[Geysers] Added details

[Pat Snyder]

I agree on the large Oblong eruptions this year. This big burst  
happened on May 30, 2005, at about 9:37 a.m. MDT.
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I know many of you may have seen taller bursts, but this was the  
tallest I had ever seen. Very impressive!

Pat S.


On Jun 26, 2005, at 10:04 PM, Karl and Lori Hoppe wrote:

>
> Finally, one more remark on the Giant area...  Oblong
> has been having LARGE eruptions this year.  On Friday,
> 24 June, Kitt Barger was watching Oblong while Steve
> Robinson and I were at Giant.  Oblong was beyond the 4
> hour mark and appeared ready to erupt (islands
> covered, heavy flow off the front).  When Steve called
> the beginning of the Giant hot period at 1745, Oblong
> immediately crashed.  The exact same thing appeared to
> have happened at the 1920 hot period.  When we arrived
> at Oblong, it was well below overflow, but water was
> running to the river in front of us, indicating a
> crash.
>
> Oblong finally erupted at 2058ie (I~6h 42m).  Giant
> hot period followed at 2111.  Feather was on for a
> whopping 1m 01s.  Yes.  In fact I probably let the
> stopwatch run an extra half second just so I could say
> it was "more than a minute".
>
> Might big, mostly fairly regular Oblongs not be ideal
> for Giant, either (in addition to increased activity
> in Turtle)?  Who knows!  I just found the events from
> that evening interesting and thought I'd pass them on
> (interesting except for the 2111 hot period, that is).
>
> Karl Hoppe
>
>
>
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