This work has to be done for good reason, but looks like they're on it?
[1] https://fostercitylevee.org/ [2] https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/palo-alto-sea-le... [3] https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/new-200m-levee-upg...
- All freeway pylon supports were beefed up. They were already on the heavy side, but huge metal supports were built around them. You can still see those.
- The SF bay bridge eastern span was entirely replaced with a new bridge.
- The western span, the suspension bridges, was made more flexible. The roadway was jacked up and stainless steel slide plates were inserted to allow the roadway to slide relative to the towers if necessary.
- The Golden Gate Bridge had been strengthened a few decades previous, after the Tacoma Narrows bridge disaster.
- Most, but not all, unreinforced masonry buildings in SF have been strengthened or demolished.
- The backup water system (three hilltop tanks and an entirely separate plumbing system) for fire protection has been beefed up. In 1989, there were some water main breaks and nobody up at the tank to close the valves, and the Twin Peaks reservoir drained out.
- Three new fire boats. (There were zero in 1989, and that was a problem.)
Earlier this year the road was flooded as bay water went the wrong way through the storm drains…