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| Homes in a Del Dios California Evacuated After the Earth Beneath Them Shifts
Three homes in a Del Dios development near Lake Hodges were evacuated after the earth beneath them started moving. Behind security gates is a newer development called Cielo, which in Spanish means sky, appropriately named for its magnificent views from million-dollar mansions built on steep hilltops. But the earth beneath at least three of them is starting to shift. In the 18000 block of Avenida Apice, cracked sidewalks and pavements forced evacuations. "We are getting an arcuate failure or pull away service where this mass of earth is being pulled by gravity down slope," geologist Dr. Pat Abbott said. Abbott told NBC 7 such slides are home destroyers. They are slow-moving, but still dangerous. "If it cracks a natural gas line, you can asphyxiate and that has happened," Abbott said. Rancho Santa Fe fire inspectors examined the damage and homeowners were told to move out. By most accounts, the cracks showed up just in the last week-and-a-half. These are properties worth millions of