bob flaccas is her neighbor. >> reporter: you just woke up, you walked out and it looked like this. >> yes. did not hear a sound, not a sound one. it's just, the land went away. >> reporter: five feet from his front door is now a cliff. a week's worth of nearly nonstop rain in this picturesque part of tillamook, oregon has left bob and his wife of 36 years, dee, literally living near the edge. people are pitching in to help. more than 200 sand bags are holding down a tarp intended to stop the ground from sliding any more. >> i could cry. >> reporter: why? >> people that i never knew and probably might not see again, came up here to help me save this hill. it overwhelms me. that's hard. >> reporter: 30 yards from the flaccas home, the landslide has pushed into a barn owned by cottry's family. >> i mean, right now, this is the only thing holding that hillside up. >> cottry's relatives live alongside the barn in this home. they are now staying in a horse trailer because the home is in danger of being condemned. cottry, whose house is safe so far, says sand bags have been their best and o