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Author Archives: Tom Hopp
I saw A’yahos, Seattle’s earthquake serpent spirit
I’ll never forget the ripples underground or the accompanying thunder on the day I met A’yahos, the Duwamish Tribe’s legendary earthquake serpent spirit. I’m a believer now, because I saw him slithering with my own eyes! Continue reading
How Earthquakes Shaped Seattle’s Landscape
Give a thought to where you’ll drop, cover, and hang on if a landscape-shaping rupture of the Seattle Fault strikes again. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Northwest Tales, Seattle
Tagged Alki Point, Seattle Fault, The Great Seattle Earthquake
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ShakeOut! Did Seattle’s Earthquake Drill Make A Deadly Mistake?
First of all, decide right now that if you experience an earthquake at a game in Seattle, you will not immediately leave the stadium, unless the place is coming down around your ears. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Health, Northwest Tales, Seattle
Tagged Earthquake preparedness, Great Seattle Earthquake, Great Shakeout, Seattle Fault
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Rugby Daze
Ernest Hemingway, you weren’t so badass. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Food and Drink, Northwest Tales
Tagged Rugby football, The Great Seattle Earthquake
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EARTHQUAKE!
The Great Seattle Earthquake has come–to my doorstep, delivered by overnight express. And it’s a fine and handsome book. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Northwest Tales
Tagged Duwamish Tribe, helicopter rescue, medical thriller, Native American, novel, Seattle earthquake fault
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Shaken before I stirred
While the other night’s temblor caused some excitement, it pales in comparison to the magnitude 7.8 terror I dreamed up for my story The Great Seattle Earthquake! Continue reading
Posted in Northwest Tales, Seattle
Tagged The Great Seattle Earthquake, Three Lakes earthquake
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The Great Seattle Earthquake is on its way
I expect The Great Seattle Earthquake to be released in early 2019. Let’s hope the Seattle Fault doesn’t release its pent-up power anytime soon. Continue reading
Posted in Northwest Tales, Peyton McKean, Seattle
Tagged Cascadia Subduction Zone, Great Seattle Earthquake, natural disaster novel, Seattle Fault
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The Fireboat Leschi
Sometimes being a writer of thriller novels causes you to go places and do things you might otherwise never think of. Like the other day when background research for my novel about an earthquake and tsunami in Seattle led me … Continue reading
Posted in Author, Northwest Tales, Seattle
Tagged Fireboat Leschi, Seattle Fire Department, The Great Seattle Earthquake
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A Ride In My Uncle’s Warplane!
I hadn’t guessed that I would not only see, but fly in the aircraft that’s central to my novel about Uncle Herb’s exploits, heroism, and tragic crash-landing on a jungle island. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Guadalcanal Aviators, Northwest Tales, Uncle Herb
Tagged Grumman Avenger, guadalcanal, herbert hopp, south pacific, world war 2
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Jurassic World vs Dinosaur Wars
Ever get the feeling someone was looking over your shoulder while you were reading a book? Well, these days I’m getting that feeling as I WRITE my books. I have a sneaking suspicion that some of the people writing the … Continue reading
Posted in Author, Dinosaur Country
Tagged Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, dinosaur trainer, Dinosaur Wars, Owen Grady, velociraptor
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