Point of No Return – Ecuador Day 4/5
7:15 am, April 25 As we pack the car to leave earthquake-ravaged Portoviejo in the cool morning air, the middle-aged owner of our rented jungle oasis in the disaster zone…
Ecuador, Day 3: Leaning Tower of Death
8:15 a.m., April 26, 2016 As the equatorial sun beats down on us, we drive quickly to the Command Center in Portoviejo, Ecuador, Ground Zero. We are little a late…
DAY 2: INTO THE RED ZONE
7:02 am – April 25, 2016 I awake to pounding at the thin wood door of my jungle hotel. Opening it, groggy, I find a slender woman in a gray…
Ecuador Day 1: JOURNEY TO MANTA EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATION
Quito, Ecuador – 11:12 am, April 24, 2016 As we fly into Quito, the capital of Ecuador, the high mountain scene opens up below. Wispy clouds drift over patches of…
Earthquake Structural Expert Dispatched to Ecuador
ECUADOR – Earthquake structural engineering expert Dr. H. Kit Miyamoto, a California Seismic Safety Commissioner and president of nonprofit Miyamoto Global Disaster Relief and Miyamoto International, has been dispatched to…
7.8-M Ecuador Earthquake Damage spans 200-km coastline
As the death toll from the April 16, 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Ecuador continues to rise, the magnitude of the disaster comes more clearly into focus. The earthquake struck off the…