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The Cedar House Sport Hotel. Olympic Village Inn. Element Sacramento Airport. Pictured above is what's left of a pier at the dried up coastline at Bombay Beach. Tim Krantz is the recognized authority on the geography of the Salton Sea. He told DailyMail. Pictured above is what's left of a pier at Bombay Beach.
Krantz says the problems are going to get worse. This is a public health disaster if nothing is done to fix it. Over the past 15 years, the surface of the Salton Sea has declined 7. The dust has already started affecting the health of people living near the lake, which is split between Imperial and Riverside counties.
Imperial County has the highest rate of asthma-related emergency room visits for children in California. In Imperial County, one in five children suffer from asthma and respiratory illnesses compared with a state average of one in eight and a nationwide average of one in 12 according to the latest date from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC. For many residents, the option of packing up and moving to another city is not on the table. One in four people in Imperial County live in poverty.
With the housing demand in California increasing, middle and lower-income families are being forced to move to more urban areas in the state. It was a hot afternoon when DailyMail. Seaview Elementary School teacher Heidi Pelonski was one of the two dozen people gathered for the event. Besides the ecological nightmare the Salton Sea has become, Johnson said the main issue is dust control. Several plans have been proposed by officials over the years, but none of them have seemed to take shape and truly help the lake until now.
In March , Gov. However, the projects will only cover up less than half of the more than 60, acres of lakebed that will be left dry over the next decade.
Pictured above is a newly painted sign near Bombay Beach. Pictured above is an aerial view showing vacant plots of land in Desert Shores. Pictured above is a sign advertising land that's for sale in the Salton Sea beach area.
The think tank warned that the exposed lakebed could be releasing as much as tons of dust into the air per day within 30 years. The costly issues the Salton Sea is not the first time the state has faced such an expensive health hazard. Pictured above are the few waterfront houses that remain in the Desert Shores community near Salton Sea.
Water used to reach the docks, but they are now left exposed due to how quickly the water has evaporated from the lake. With the increasing cost of living in California, it's difficult for residents who live in the small communities around the Salton Sea in Imperial County to pack up and move.
Pictured above are dozens of homes and trailers at what's remaining of the Bombay Beach neighborhood. Pelonski told DailyMail. I know that there is a notable difference in the kids who come here from elsewhere and the kids who have been living here and their struggles with respirations.
And they miss a lot of school for that. Community leader and activist Kerry Morrison above has been a leader in the efforts calling attention to the issues with the Salton Sea. Just the way the cost of living is going in California, this area is an affordable place for them so they are here. I hate to see them suffer just because they are trying to get by. Sandra Ramirez - a stay-at-home mom of four children aged 15, 13, 11 and nine whose year-old has asthma - is one of the many who moved to the area nearly 20 years ago because of the low cost of living.
But over the years the water has just dropped and dropped. Morrison, who is the mayor of the West Shores community around the Salton Sea, believes that the area has been ignored by state officials for far too long and something must be done now to save it. Pictured above is his former waterfront home in Desert Shores.
Many of the abandoned buildings and homes in the empty communities around Salton Sea have become covered in graffiti. Pictured above is an empty building with 'smells like fish' painted in purple below a face of an owl in Salton Sea Beach area. Besides buildings being left behind, so were dozens of campers and trailers that have also been covered in graffiti, like the one pictured above at Salton Sea Beach.
The abandoned properties create what many call a ghost town atmosphere for the area. Wrecked cars from the s and 60s can be found scattered in a lot at what's called the Bombay Beach Drive-in. Unclear if it still operates, but the area has now become a favorite site for those who tour the area since it is has high levels of aesthetically pleasing levels of urban decay.
A small community of those who remain in the Niland area, which is known to some as East Jesus, have transformed their properties into unique outdoor spaces. Pictured above is a man named Caribe who is pointing at something outside of his home that is full of a variety of signs.
Eventually, it could get so bad that everyone will have to move. Bates is right about the toxic levels of dust in the air. The southeastern corner of the state has some of the worst air pollution in the United States due to the dirt from farmland and open desert mixes with the windblown clouds of the toxic dust that rises from the receding shores of the lake.
For years, residents have been calling for state officials to do something about the problems plaguing the communities around the Salton Sea. The government has been thinking about it, and spent a lot of money on thinking about it.
But not a lot has been done. The few residents who do remain in the East Jesus area of Niland have transformed their desert properties to resemble an outdoor art exhibit using props that used to belong on the shoreline.
Pictured above is a sign warning there's no lifeguard on duty propped up against a Firestone tire that's been painted white. The property above was once a restaurant and club with a swimming pool that was likely booming with business in the s and 60s before falling into disrepair with other businesses.
It's now owned by the Imperial Irrigation District in Desert Shores and has been abandoned for years. It's set to be demolished sometime this year. Many abandoned and decrepit buildings are visible in many of the communities surrounding the Salton Sea. Most residents live in an area segregated from the ruins depicted in this article. Have you visited Bombay Beach, which many consider to be the creepiest abandoned town in Southern California? What do you think are some of the scariest places in Southern California?
Share your experiences in the comments below! Are you up for a ghost hunting adventure in SoCal? There are several fascinating abandoned places in Southern California. For a spooky adventure, visit the remains of Griffith Park Zoo. This old attraction opened in and only had 15 animals. The park closed in , and has been abandoned ever since. This place will definitely make your imagination run wild. For another creepy adventure, visit Palos Verdes and search for the remains of a s boat wreck.
The rusty machinery leaves its print into the sand, and the result is absolutely eerie. This once magnificent structure fell victim to a forest fire.
All that remains are the rotting walls and decaying foundation. Want to learn more about this 3-mile hike? Read our feature article here.
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