I love this! When I moved to the west coast I came across some ShakeOut info and actually enjoy doing all the preparedness stuff. Now I nag my in-laws to stock their supplies and read up on safety tips lol. If it weren't for outreach like this I would still be living like earthquakes are something to ignore until it happens.
My question: would you say that the pace of retrofitting in the Bay Area (or any metro you have insight on) is going well? I see retrofitting contractors all over town working on tons of properties. But there's a lot of buildings in this city. You could tell me we're only at 5% earthquake safe and it's a disaster waiting to happen, or you could tell me a vast majority of buildings have been upgraded to modern standards - I'd believe either one because I have no idea what the goal is. Any of you have an idea of where we're at, and maybe compare that to some other earthquake-prone regions of the world?
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I love this! When I moved to the west coast I came across some ShakeOut info and actually enjoy doing all the preparedness stuff. Now I nag my in-laws to stock their supplies and read up on safety tips lol. If it weren't for outreach like this I would still be living like earthquakes are something to ignore until it happens.
My question: would you say that the pace of retrofitting in the Bay Area (or any metro you have insight on) is going well? I see retrofitting contractors all over town working on tons of properties. But there's a lot of buildings in this city. You could tell me we're only at 5% earthquake safe and it's a disaster waiting to happen, or you could tell me a vast majority of buildings have been upgraded to modern standards - I'd believe either one because I have no idea what the goal is. Any of you have an idea of where we're at, and maybe compare that to some other earthquake-prone regions of the world?
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