Time Summary
0:28 Interview starts
0:46 Linda and Sam describe living in Scotts Valley until 2003, meeting here, and Linda's work at Rose Hill Systems
1:40 Linda describes experiencing the earthquake from work
2:33 Linda describes the scene in the office, and leaving for the hallway
3:31 Earthquake stops
3:56 Observes the scene outside the office and goes downstairs
4:06 Linda describes the first of the aftershocks, and discovers an injured shipping clerk
4:36 Workers watch landslide nearby
4:50 Linda goes to leave to reach daughter at Vine Hill school
5:05 Noticing smoke from Santa Cruz
5:24 Facing erratic drivers on the way to school
5:48 Situation at Vine Hill school, and meeting a shocked daycare worker
6:38 Fetching daughter and making way home to Boulder Creek
7:15 Noticing bridges are raised on the way home, decisions whether to cross by car
8:16 Linda's later study of geology
8:28 Getting home
9:13 Description of home upon return
10:13 Description of earthquake kit, and seismologists' reports before October 17
10:52 Camping in the front yard
11:41 Sam describes experiencing the earthquake from his work in Menlo Park
12:15 Sam leaves work, gets car
12:33 Observations driving home, landslides on Highway 9, erratic driving
13:19 Returning home, Sam's sister visiting from Texas
13:47 Discussion of earthquake kit
14:38 Communication, radios, limited landline usage, and Linda's son in San Jose
15:38 Tension of the first night
15:47 Inability to visit Linda's son due to landslides
16:02 Aftershocks and fear
16:27 Sam's inability to access phone numbers from computer
17:21 Information through radio and local gossip in Boulder Creek
18:32 Radio focus on Bay Area, difficulty of accessing local information
19:02 Limited understanding of significance
20:45 Impact on lives and Linda's PTSD
21:44 Linda and coworkers called back to work, despite preference not to
22:06 Injured shipping clerk returns to work
22:20 Fears from building shaking
22:36 Community effort and support
23:25 Discussion of red-tagged buildings
23:38 Community tensions, fist-fights, raised gas prices
24:04 Shared fear of aftershocks
24:22 Effects on daughter and cat
25:05 Experience of 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake
25:58 Sam's experience of returning to normalcy
26:49 Routine in following weeks of dealing with aftershocks
27:28 Sam describes Linda and his sister's state
28:11 Discussion of the Pacific Garden Mall, and going to the site
29:26 Leaving Santa Cruz for Tehachapi, and observations when returning to Santa Cruz
30:57 Linda returning to school to study geology, her childhood interest, and Karen McNally's work
32:14 Smell in the Zayante Creek
32:47 Opal Creek overflowing its banks prior to the earthquake
33:00 Highway 9 flooding
33:18 Linda returning to Cabrillo, sense of awe
35:29 Coping and awareness of environment
36:46 Moving to Tehachapi and understanding of faultlines
37:50 Learning about PTSD
39:02 Group therapy for PTSD, and decision to leave the group