Time Summary:
0:28 video starts

0:46 Collaborated on book of earthquake reflections

1:38 Begins reading her contribution, written October 23, 1989

3:45 Experiences earthquake at Natural Bridges

5:32 Slowly realizes magnitude of quake due to damage to homes and local landscape

7:50 Family home provides shelter to many nervous people

8:34 Reads deceased husband's letter to a friend in Prague, describing the earthquake

12:9 Describes the quakes' furious effect on house

13:10 Earthquake started while on the toilet, ended up experiencing the quake "with [his] pants down"

13:40 Seeks local information from radio, describes Candlestick Park broadcast and emergency broadcasting

16:20 Checking in with family in SF bay area

18:28 Checking in with family in Scotts Valley, who come over to stay

20:05 Describes local and bay area damage and loss of life

20:45 Marilyn pauses narrative to affirm the sadness of the deaths at Coffee Roasters

20:55 Marilyn returns to husband's narrative, beginning with overview of Pacific Garden Mall

22:22 Describes the days after the quake

24:15 Detailed discussion of rescue attempts at Coffee Roasters

25:47 Returns to broader discussion of community recovery in post earthquake days

27:10 Earthquake and weather

30:30 Earthquake's effects on Watsonville

30:57 Husband’s description of heroism and mutual aid, Marilyn reaffirms this

32:23 Concludes reading of earthquake memoir

32:40 Presidential visit to Santa Cruz

33:51 Psychological discomfort of aftershocks

34:24 Santa Cruz came together as a community in response to earthquake

36:00 Emergency preparedness today

37:15 Impact of reflecting on the earthquake after thirty years