By Dr. Kit Miyamoto I am just now leaving the disaster site on the Syrian border, headed to Istanbul on an 11-hour overnight bus ride. It is rugged. The bus is packed to the brim, above the hubbub is the sound of little kids crying. Those who aren’t, are playing with my laptop, a welcome distraction from the disaster they’ve experienced. They are being evacuated from the general disaster area. I must say, this disaster in Turkey is one of the worst I have seen in the last 20 years of working in disasters. Yesterday, I was carefully walking through…

February 15th Ancient city of Antioch (Hatay) Today, I am walking carefully through the downtown area of Hatay on a small trail of twisted metal, broken concrete, and bricks. It is a somber sight to see that around 90% of buildings have been wrecked. I can only imagine what this place used to be like, with its narrow downtown streets bustling with commerce, restaurants, and apartments. All that is gone now; it disappeared in an early morning tremor a few days ago. Surprisingly, this town is far from the ruptured fault line, approximately a few hundred kilometers away. However, it…