Time Summary:
0:29 interview begins

0:41 Describes moving to Santa Cruz in 1977 as a psychology student who was originally from Alabama

1:05 During the earthquake, worked as the county's emergency coordinator and 911 director

1:40 Describes experiencing the earthquake while picking 15 month old son from daycare on El Rancho Drive in Scotts Valley

3:01 Describes leaving Scotts Valley for county emergency operations center at the county building at Ocean and Water

3:51 Goes over mental list of her expectations of damage to facilities and consequences for providing emergency services

4:30 Describes turning on the radio to hear a recording of her own emergency broadcast system

5:49 Describes the conditions of downtown emergency as she headed down El Rancho from Scotts Valley

6:35 Arrives at the government center and is surprised to find it standing and finds staff already responding

7:17 Describes the 911 system and staff responding despite being newly installed that day

8:25 Describes the arrival of disaster response researchers from Johns Hopkins

9:08 Details how well county staff showed up to help

9:43 Describes her family response while she wasn't able to go home for 54 hours

10:06 Discusses the positive official reviews of Santa Cruz County disaster response

10:45 Describes emergency operation center responses to changing communications and presidential arrival

11:36 Describes work history that supported her role as emergency services coordinator

12:57 Physically experience flu-like symptoms in the aftermath as her body processed the adrenaline

13:14 Describes awareness of the significance of Loma Prieta

14:05 Describes feeling more confident, in the wake of the earthquake, in herself and her team's ability to respond

15:07 Discusses her personal responses to the earthquake

15:38 Describes how the earthquake improved individual and governmental preparedness

16:11 Talks about the financial impact of the earthquake on government budgeting

16:53 Describes her personal steps for emergency preparedness

17:48 Reflects on the value of training at the time and after the earthquake

18:28 Discusses the importance of having supportive childcare provider as an emergency responder

19:06 Describes noticing changes in disaster including effects of climate change, building codes, and fire safety

20:17 Discusses disaster representations in media, both news and fiction

21:30 Describes changing understandings of what is means to be an emergency responder