On President's lawn, carts loaded with sandwich meat, cheese, bread, condiments, and beverages materialized from the now powerless cafeteria kitchen. A growing crowd of students, faculty, and staff gathered on the green hillside where Football Offense was erecting tents. Durango stood with the Chair of the Huygens Civil Engineering Department and the Professor of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. Under their guidance, brick buildings in which the classrooms, dormitories, and labs were housed -- and all the wood framed homes, such as Presidents House -- had been retrofitted. Caydance O'Brien and Head Football Coach, Griff McGuire emerged from coach's cottage. There were no sources of falling debris on Presidents Lawn. There were no signs of structural damage to any of the campus buildings. Durango had suggested the tents in case they were needed by refugees from nearby communities. Accompanied by a Professor of Civil and Environmental engineering, Football Defense was clearing boulders and debris from the access road. "Like an opening scene from an opera." Mira observed.

"Here, yes, but Huygens is not the built on landfill as is the Marina District, which is in flames.“ Professor Bond, whose access to an extraordinary communications system was not widely known, joined them. “On the now impassable Bay Bridge, the upper deck broke and fell onto to the lower deck. The Clock on the Ferry building has stopped. And black dust from collapsed buildings engulfs downtown Santa Cruz.”