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