Gordon Gumpertz
Gordon Gumpertz, author of TSUNAMI, is a working novelist who writes suspense-packed adventure novels featuring believable characters caught up in the dynamic forces of natural and man-made disasters. His books achieve a sense of immediacy and realism through extensive background research. For more, visit <a href="http://www.tsunaminaturaldisaster.com" title="http://www.tsunaminaturaldisaster.com" target="_blank">http://www.tsunaminaturaldisaster.com</a>.
Articles by this Author
Tsunami Warning System - Will it Give You Time to Escape?
- By Gordon Gumpertz
- Published 11/6/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
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
- By Gordon Gumpertz
- Published 10/27/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
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
Tsunami: One of Nature's Most Destructive Forces
- By Gordon Gumpertz
- Published 10/18/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
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 sources for my information
The Ring of Fire: Where Trouble is Born
- By Gordon Gumpertz
- Published 10/14/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
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, finally ending where the southern end of Chile meets Argentina near Cape Horn at the tip of South America
Big Winds Can Be Big Killers
- By Gordon Gumpertz
- Published 10/11/2008
- Writing
- Unrated
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 far more damage in the past 100 years than tsunamis
Can a Tsunami Strike the Atlantic Coast?
- By Gordon Gumpertz
- Published 10/11/2008
- Writing
- Unrated
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