http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Gordon+Gumpertz World Affairs Gordon Gumpertz Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=312411&ca=World+Affairs The amount of warning time a tsunami warning system can provide depends on the distance between your location and the location of the undersea event. A tsunami can travel 500 to 600 mph in deep water, slowing as it approaches shore. If the undersea earthquake that starts the tsunami is 500 miles o... World Affairs Gordon Gumpertz Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=309265&ca=World+Affairs The Hawaiian Islands would not be here today if it were not for the volcanoes of the mid-Pacific. There would be no Kauai, no Lanai, no Molokai, no Oahu, no Maui, and no Big Island. They were all formed by shield volcanoes fed by a constant flow of magma from a superheated pocket in the lower mantle... World Affairs Gordon Gumpertz Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=306970&ca=World+Affairs In preparing to write my novel Tsunami, about a fictional undersea volcano on the verge of exploding and sending a monster tsunami smashing into California, I did a great deal of research into the world of natural disasters. I leaned heavily on NOAA, USGS, NASA and dozens of library and university... World Affairs Gordon Gumpertz Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=305728&ca=World+Affairs The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped line of volcanoes and deep ocean trenches that runs around the Pacific Rim: from New Zealand up through Tonga, New Guinea, Indonesia, Japan, the Aleutian Island Chain, Alaska, and down the West Coast of Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central America, fi... Writing Gordon Gumpertz Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=305499&ca=Writing Can a tsunami strike the coast of New Jersey, North Carolina, or Florida? The question crossed my mind as I was doing research for my action/adventure novel TSUNAMI, even though the book is set in the Pacific. The answer is yes, a tsunami hitting the Atlantic Coast is possible, but much less likely... Writing Gordon Gumpertz Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=305507&ca=Writing A hurricane-driven storm surge can be as destructive and deadly as a major tsunami started by an undersea earthquake or exploding volcano. In fact, tropical cyclones -- called hurricanes in the Atlantic, typhoons in the eastern Pacific, and cyclones in Australia, Bangladesh, and India -- have done...