[Geysers] OF Visitor Education Center

[Paul Strasser]

I'm reading the EA for the OFVEC and am going to comment to them.  

 

But I'm asking all of you - is anyone else as surprised that this NPS
document would call the rush of people leaving the benches around OF after
an eruption a "geyser flush"?  I've never, ever heard that expression.  It
was always the "gush rush" to my ears.

 

It strikes me that "geyser flush" is one of the more demeaning terms I've
ever heard.

 

And what is a large group of people supposed to do after the eruption?  Stay
twenty minutes and admire the steam?  

 

No.  The frigging eruption was over.  They leave.     

 

Paul Strasser

 

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From: geysers-bounces at wwc.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces at wwc.edu] On Behalf Of
TSBryan at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 4:31 PM
To: geysers at wwc.edu
Subject: [Geysers] OF Visitor Education Center

 

Noted the other day is that the Environmental Assessment document (69 pages)
for the new OFVEC is available online (any comments due to YNP by March 10).
But wondering since things were still a bit loose last I'd heard, I queried
about the funding. The following was received today from Beth Kaeding,
Interpretive Planner, YNP:

 

"Yes, funding for the OFVEC is secured -- YPF [Yellowstone Park Foundation]
has its $15 million and FY '06 line item construction has the additional $11
million in it. Construction is scheduled to begin April 2006.."

 

So this year we get to put up with OF Inn things, next year apparently Inn
and VC.

 

Scot Bryan

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