Below are four audio files that I recorded just after the Loma Prieta Earthquake. Hear damage reports being called into the W6ASH (SPECS) Ham Repeater's Net Control station. Hear the excitement and fear as aftershocks happen during the net. Excuse the open microphone, it's all I could do at the time. You will need an MP3 player to hear them. Most current operating systems come with a player that can decode MP3 files. If you have an older OS, you may need to get a player.

Here are some of my post event notes.
I started the tape about 10 minutes after the main event. Seconds before I pushed record, we had a Mag 5x aftershock. If you listen closely, you can hear my neighbor's alarm sounding in the background. There were several more aftershocks that happened during the taping. One knocked my phone off the hook. You can hear the alert beeps. One aftershock interrupted the net due to net control having to leave the Sunnyvale Fire Station he was in. I pulled out my generator at dusk and we had the whole neighborhood at our house watching the news. We were without PG&E Power for 3 days after the event! The night of the quake around 11:00pm, I was called to open a Red Cross Shelter at the Senior Center in Mountain View. I checked people in all night, but in the morning the city condemned the building due to damage. We moved the shelter to the Rengstorff Park Recreation Center where I finished my shift.
Hope you enjoy the audio files, '73 Eric N6OIM