The Santa Barbara earthquake, which struck 100 years ago, devastated downtown, particularly affecting State Street, leading to a low death toll and subsequent obscurity in historical accounts. The event underscored the vulnerabilities of brick buildings, yet despite recognized dangers, little retrofitting action was taken until later mandates in various cities. Experts, including seismologist Lucy Jones, stress the importance of this quake in lessons for future earthquake preparedness, emphasizing the need for stricter regulations to protect property and lives.
"The Santa Barbara earthquake revealed the dangers of brick buildings from that era, but decades of inaction on retrofitting have had deadly consequences since then."
"One of the biggest lessons is that we are afraid to tell people what to do with their own property, so we've sort of gone for the minimum."
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