[Geysers] Giant info - 4-28-06

[TSBryan at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/28/2006 9:26:09 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
fromyellowstonewithlove at hotmail.com writes:

This  seems to point to eruptions on 4/13, between the evening of 4/15 and 
4/16,  between the evening of 4/17 and 4/19, 4/23, and sometime between 4/23 
and  the evening of 4/27!!!  Any thoughts on this??


Well, here's my 3-cents worth (that's inflation). It seems quite clear that  
the Mastiff etc. activity seen last weekend, 4/21-23, was something different. 
 But let's remember what Giant did in 1951 to 1955. Until the eruption of 
January  14, 1952, Giant averaged about 5d 17h. At that point there was some sort 
of  abrupt change (which can be interpreted as a switch from Mastiff function 
to  Normal function [?]), and from then until it abruptly began to change 
again in  July 1955 the average interval was only about 2d 06h 24m (my 
calculation from  the data in Marler's _Inventory_). There were quite a few intervals of 
less than  2 days, and two of those were only about 1d 10h. Also during that 
time, there  were rather few intervals longer than 4 days and none quite as 
long as 5  days.
 
So thoughts? We might -- hope hope -- be in for some good times. Gee, we  
might even get bored with the silly thing. (right)
 
Scott Bryan
 
P.S. Hallelujah!  Betty and I will be on the road north tomorrow  morning 
early, into West on Monday, and probably into Old Faithful on Tuesday  and/or 
Wednesday. (Gotta go to Bozeman sometime,  though.)
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