I think the 'never gonna happen to us' idea is what messed up the coverage for the older larger churches. When the outside is made of huge blocks of stone you get the idea that the building is indestructible and that was proven wrong. I still cannot understand why they tore down the remaining stone walls. Insides totally destroyed, floor dropped into the basement, everything soaking wet, but the outside walls still stood.
Sister said they had been told that everything had to be built back to modern code (of course) and that will keep them from building back in the same form. Congregation has been told it may be three years until building back begins, and may be ten years before everything finished.
RSKY