[Geysers] OF Visitor Education Center

[Tom Kearney]

The law enforcement rangers at OF have been calling it the "geyser flush" 
for at least the 10 summers that I've been working in YNP.

Tom Kearney


>From: "Paul Strasser" <upperbasin at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: geyser observation reports <geysers at wwc.edu>
>To: "'geyser observation reports'" <geysers at wwc.edu>
>Subject: RE: [Geysers] OF Visitor Education Center
>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:44:51 -0700
>
>I'm reading the EA for the OFVEC and am going to comment to them.
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>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.
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>It strikes me that "geyser flush" is one of the more demeaning terms I've
>ever heard.
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>And what is a large group of people supposed to do after the eruption?  
>Stay
>twenty minutes and admire the steam?
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>No.  The frigging eruption was over.  They leave.
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>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
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>
>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:
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>"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.."
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>So this year we get to put up with OF Inn things, next year apparently Inn
>and VC.
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>
>Scot Bryan
>
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