[Geysers] OF Visitor Education Center

[Paul Strasser]

Tom Kearney wrote: 
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I really don't think of "geyser flush" as directed towards the visitors 
personally.  It describes the traffic jam just after the eruptions.>>>>

I quote from the OFVEC document:

"During the peak of the summer season, approximately 2,000 to 4,000 visitors
patiently wait on the boardwalk surrounding Old Faithful Geyser for each
eruption to occur. Once the eruption is over, these visitors will quickly
move toward the visitor center, resulting in a phenomenon called "geyser
flush.""

Where do the visitors park their cars in the VC? :-)


BTW, it's kind of funny that we're discussing one word in this document.  I
suggest you actually dissect what it says about the building itself, its
site, and the way the visitors will approach it.  Something is awfully odd
about it.  

I do wish they'd added some views of the appearance of the front of the VC
(that is, the side facing the geyser).  All we see is the side facing...
well, it isn't really the side facing the west parking lot, unlike what they
say on page 22(see diagram on page 21) but more the side facing the geyser
grill.  

And couldn't they find an object in nature more in keeping with Yellowstone
and the northern Rockies than a "nautilus?"  Maybe in Key West for a
nautilus.  

In exchange, perhaps the Everglades will get a Visitor Center with the look
of sinter, rhyolite, or granite.  

Paul Strasser