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Loma Prieta Oral History of Ed Snow |
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by Loma Prieta Oral History Project |
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Description: In the wake of the October 17, 1989 Loma |
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Prieta Earthquake, Caltrans commissioned an oral history |
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project to document the personal and professional |
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experiences of Caltrans employees who worked to restore |
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the State's damaged transportation system. Ed Snow was |
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the supervisor at the Caldecott Tunnel at the time of the |
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Loma Prieta Earthquake on October 17, 1989. In this |
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interview he discusses his reaction to the earthquake and |
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his and his crew's response to inspect the tunnels, |
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operate the radios, and field the telephone calls that |
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came from Caltrans offices, the CHP and local police |
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agencies. He explains the difficulties of radio |
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communications between other offices and base stations in |
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the earthquakes aftermath. Ed Snow acknowledges the |
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lighter-than-usual traffic due to the World Series |
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baseball game and offers suggestions for revising |
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communication methods between the offices and yards for |
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future disasters. |
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Digitized by California Revealed[1]. |
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1. californialightandsound |
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Date Published: 2018-06-26 19:27:11 |
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Identifier: casadt_000162 |
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Item Size: 54619747 |
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Language: eng |
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Media Type: audio |
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