today we spoke with don jepson who is a building official with washoe county. he said there is not a big concern in the reno-sparks or washoe county areas when it comes to infrastructure safety if a large earthquake were to hit. still, he said the county makes sure it's buildings, especially the only ones like the courthouse, are up to date. jepson also said the county currently follows in international building code similar to the bay area. even though nevada is the third most seismically active state in the country, he said earthquakes are not the only natural occurrence of buildings are >> we know has a special windy area. we have a 130 mile an hour design wins for our structures. we also have high snow load. we can exceed five -- 300 pounds per square foot those two by themselves are different than the bay area but it makes our structures more resistant. >> reporter: he said within the last 100 years, the courthouse building has been improved. we will tell you exactly what's been done coming up at 6. for now, i'm jamie hayden, news 4. >>> officious with the