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Tag Archives: The Great Seattle Earthquake
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
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Tagged Seattle, 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
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Tagged A'yahos, Duwamish Tribe, earthquake serpent, Nisqually earthquake, Seattle, 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
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Tagged Alki Point, Seattle, Seattle Fault, The Great Seattle Earthquake
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Rugby Daze
Ernest Hemingway, you weren’t so badass. Continue reading
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Tagged Rugby football, The Great Seattle Earthquake
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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
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Tagged Seattle, The Great Seattle Earthquake, Three Lakes earthquake
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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, Seattle Fire Department, The Great Seattle Earthquake
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