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Category Archives: Seattle
Of Tidal Waves and Tunnels and Highway 99
Imagine an eight- or ten-foot wall of water pouring over the brink of the tunnel entrance. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Northwest Tales, Seattle
Tagged The Great Seattle Earthquake, tidal wave, tsunami
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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
Posted in Author, Indian Country, Northwest Tales, Seattle
Tagged A'yahos, Duwamish Tribe, earthquake serpent, Nisqually earthquake, sisiutl, The Great Seattle Earthquake
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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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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
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Tagged Fireboat Leschi, Seattle Fire Department, The Great Seattle Earthquake
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Rain City Mystery Writers Seminar
As President of the NW Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America, it is my solemn duty to inform you: there’s just one month left until the RAIN CITY MYSTERY WRITERS SEMINAR in Bothell WA, June 24, 2017 Continue reading
Posted in Author, Seattle
Tagged Mystery Writers of America, seminar
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Earthquake Warning
I’d like to tell you all about my Seattle Earthquake story, but I haven’t written the final details yet. So, who falls from a crumbling building, or who gets swallowed up by a giant crack in the ground, hasn’t quite been figured out yet. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Nature, Northwest Tales, Seattle
Tagged Cascadia Subduction Zone, Full-Rip 9.0, natural disaster, Seattle earthquake, Seattle Fault
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The Duwamish In Me
Like Duwamish Tribe members of ancient times, I am one of those people whose earliest childhood memories are of playing beside their river. Continue reading
Posted in Indian Country, Northwest Tales, Seattle
Tagged Blood Tide, Duwamish River, Duwamish Tribe, longhouse, Rainier Erupts
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