[Orion78]

"I doubt it. A few buildings of unreinforced masonry may have been evacuated, but they do that when a big truck goes by almost. Maybe this will finally get the SLO building owners to retrofit. Nah..."

You would think the December quake and damage to the same types of buildings in Paso Robles would be enough to get them to retrofit.

[MineralMan]

"You would think the December quake and damage to the same types of buildings in Paso Robles would be enough to get them to retrofit."

Not really. The commercial buildings downtown are almost all owned by landlords who do not occupy them. Retrofitting these buildings is usually a multi-million dollar proposition. They won't do it until the building falls down or they're forced to do it.

Rents are already so high in downtown SLO that retrofitting would put the rents way to high for anyone to afford, so the buildings would end up empty.

It's a vicious circle. I'm glad I'm gone. I sold my paid-for house there and fled to the Midwest, where I bought more than twice the house for half the money. Nice feeling.

[GOP_1900AD]

Nah, they just retrofitted all the fermentation tanks in the wineries! ;) LOL .....