A tragedy
with names..Manabi and Esmeraldas Earthquake
April 16th
of
2016 (Day eight)
Quito.-
Last April 16th at 18:45 the Earth tumbled down all over my country.
It was the time in which the Ecuadorians used to be having dinner or sharing in
family. I personally found cleaning up the stairs at my Daddy`s Home. When I
surprisingly saw how the yard and backyard was moving increasingly and it last
about 45 seconds. I found myself pretty shocked as never ever I ´ve found.
Immediately,
lights went out and some people who were walking up the street I live were
having some joke among them and according the situation. Suddenly it happened. Other neighbors near my house
were screaming. The Earth was moving very hard for seconds. So nobody knew what
to do.
My sister and
Dad got out the house nowhere to go.
It was the
time I call them up “hey guys.. come. This is a safe place to stay.”
It was a
kind terrace where some guys and neighbors were gathering for seconds too.
Meanwhile we were together, I mean, Dad my two nephews and my sister, a couple
of electric devices crash because of the hard quake.
The phenomena, was very hard in Quito. So some
buildings and houses in the Old Town were damaged but not as serious as in
cities were the quake impact destroyed and killed more than 500 people in just
seconds. I Mean two important provinces in Ecuador: Manabi and Esmeraldas.
The Earthquake
target was exactly in Pedernales, a small town at the Manabi`s beach. The
destruction was terrible and some scientist think that it was harder than the
Ambato’s Quake in 1949.
The
Ecuadorians really know how dangerous is the country but, something that I´m
impressed is to know that even though we have been practicing and simulating
situations like these, it’ll never be the same as living the real situation.
Think, in
just second you will never know what to do, you will never know what is the
best practice in this case and remember, you have no time to lose.
Besides, Ecuadorians live as quite sure without
preventing for instance, a first aids box, prepare the safe room to stay at
home and thongs like these. The lack of a preventive culture was the real
difference between survive or dead.