[Geysers] Geyser Report October 9 (Stephens)

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The missing Aurum.  I observed Aurum at 1602 (while I was loading our 
bikes).  It finished in that minute, so it probably started at 1601.  I 
thought you'd like to know.  Kitt
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Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 7:05 PM
Subject: [Geysers] Geyser Report October 9 (Stephens)


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> 18:45 10/9
>
> Grotto was ie at 06:48 when Kitt went out this morning but was off when 
> Dan Larsen got there about 8 am.  Grotto waited until 17:15 to have its 
> next eruption.  In the meantime Giant hot periods were at 9:09, d =7m25s, 
> no Cave, no Mastiff surges, no Giant surging, escept one right at the 
> beginning; 13:16, d = 3m55s; and 14:56, d= 9m03s, again nothing 
> exciting--no Mastiff surging and Cave barely burbled.
>
> Grand had two daylight eruptions today.  I finally got to see a two-burst 
> eruption.  Grand erupted at 11:11, a T2C (duration 8m45s--that's right, 
> 8m45s), and at 17:52, 1C, d = 9m36s.
>
> Castle had a minor late this afternoon.
>
> I saw two Lion initial eruptions (both ie) today--one at 07:18 and one at 
> 18:04.
>
> Beehive had a 22h13m interval, eruptiong at 14:21.  The Indicator started 
> 16 minutes before Beehive.
>
> Great Fountain was way down when I checked it at 14:45 so we took it off 
> the prediction board for lack of information.
>
> No one reported an Aurum today.  Generally we have two reports.  Intervals 
> for October vary from a minimum of 3h05m to a maximum of 5h11m.  The 7 
> intervals have a median of 4h16m and a mean of 4h5m.
>
> Two eruptions of Daisy were reported this morning.  For October there are 
> 13 intervals, varying from a minimum of 2h36m to a maximum of 4h45m.  The 
> median is 3h0m and the mean is 3h4m.
>
> Weather:  We only had a tiny skiff of snow here last night.  It was mostly 
> cloudy today, with some patches of blue.  The clouds would start to break 
> up, then would coalesce again into a mass of gray, then break up, then 
> coalesce.  They parted enough during the late afternoon Grand that we (all 
> 6 of us there for the eruption--myself and 5 visitors) had a rainbow 
> during most of the eruption.
>
> Wildlife:  There's one independent cow with her calf that neither bull 
> seems to be able to keep attached to his harem.  She was in the meadow 
> this morning with no other elk anywhere in sight.  I think she is the same 
> one that I've seen at least one of the bulls trying to corral the past 
> two - three weeks.
>
> Visitor comment of the day:  Upon seeing the price of gas at the lower gas 
> station--"Holy ----, that's higher than the prices in California."  I 
> don't think he realized either how loudly he made the comment or how 
> voices carry when there aren't many people around.  He didn't put very 
> much gas in his vehicle.  But the price of gas isn't any cheaper in West 
> Yellowstone--at least not for the same octane levels.
>
> Lynn Stephens
>
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