[Geysers] Grand Geyser - ten bursts?

[Bill Warnock]

I do remember the first Grand eruption we saw in 1954.  We were passing 
Castle in our car and I was reading the Haynes Guide.  Suddenly a huge 
geyser jetted up across the river and I told Dad to stop the car....that 
must be Grand!   There were at least 15 separate bursts in that eruption. 
We saw later eruptions in the 1950s which usually had at least 8 bursts, the 
2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th usually the highest.  We used to be able to sit on the 
hill above Grand and look down at the steam bubbles coming up.

Bill Warnock
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JOHN WARNOCK" <johnwarnock at msn.com>
To: <geysers at wwc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Geysers] Grand Geyser - ten bursts?


> As the subordinate Warnoxious brother, (I can see Heinrick grinning as he
> reads this, after all he is the one who gave us that endearing name) I 
> must
> confess that at 8 years old it seems as though we waited 3 days.  My most
> vivid memory was of George Marler encouraging us to wait.  As I recall, 
> the
> most bursts I saw were a mere 9, but at my age I could be wrong.  Is it
> Memorial Day yet?
> Go Giant;
> John Warnock
>
>
>>From: "MA Bellingham" <mabdepot at msn.com>
>>Reply-To: geyser observation reports <geysers at wwc.edu>
>>To: geysers at wwc.edu
>>Subject: Re: [Geysers] Grand Geyser - ten bursts?
>>Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 23:20:27 -0700
>>
>>Good research Dick!  And the Warnoxious brothers recall getting out of the
>>car at Castle to see a Sixteen burst Grand!
>>
>>MA
>>
>>
>> >From: "Richard/Marion Powell" <rlpowell at indiana.edu>
>> >Reply-To: geyser observation reports <geysers at wwc.edu>
>> >To: "geyser observation reports" <geysers at wwc.edu>
>> >Subject: Re: [Geysers] Grand Geyser - ten bursts?
>> >Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:57:31 -0500
>> >
>> >MA:
>> >     I remember a GOSA "show and tell" a few years ago where Dave
>>Goldberg
>> >presented a tape of eleven or more burst from Grand.
>> >     Scott Bryan (1955) Geysers of Yellowstone, p. 74 mentions 11 bursts
>>in
>> >an exceptional eruption in 1983.  Is this the eruption Goldberg 
>> >recorded?
>> >     J.S. Reinhart (1974) Geysers; Trans. American Geophysical Union, 
>> > pp.
>> >1052-1062, states on page 1057 that "At Grand, the jets can be
>>interrupted
>> >as many as twenty times".
>> >     E. T. Allen and A. L. Gay (1935) Hot Springs of the Yellowstone
>> >National
>> >Park, p. 164, state "In a phenomenal eruption in July 1928, witnessed by
>> >the
>> >writers, there were 29 distinct outbursts, ..., the whole active period
>> >covering 33 minutes."
>> >     G. D. Marler, (no date, but pre 1973), Inventory of Thermal
>>Features,
>> >etc., USGS GD 73-018, transcripted from microfiche by Lynn Stephens for
>> >GOSA, indicated )p. 113) that the number of separate eruptions during an
>> >active phase ranged from "6 for a minimum, with 45 eruptions being the
>>most
>> >observed to date".  Grand was dormant for "the rest of the year"
>>following
>> >the 17 August 1959 Hebgen Lake Earthquake.  The next eruption was 19 
>> >Feb.
>> >1960, followed by 28 eruptions to the end of the year (Marler, p. 114).
>> >     There's more of interest in the Marler report, but I digress.
>> >                             Dick Powell
>> >
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "MA Bellingham" <mabdepot at msn.com>
>> >To: <geysers at wwc.edu>
>> >Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 12:18 AM
>> >Subject: [Geysers] Grand Geyser - ten bursts?
>> >
>> >
>> > > Not bursts, but "spurts"!
>> > >
>> > >>From The Brooklyn (NY) Eagle, August 1883....
>> > >
>> > > " The Grand, which we saw twice during an eruption, has no raised
>>cones,
>> > > but
>> > > merely a depressed basin.  It is active about twice a day, and sends
>> >water
>> > > nearly 200 feet. It usually makes about seven spurts, with nearly a
>> >minute
>> > > intervening between each one. I saw this geyser make ten spurts, but
>> >this
>> > > was more than is usually set down in the programme. "
>> > >
>> > > See you on the boardwalks,
>> > > MA
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > M.A. Bellingham
>> > > mabdepot at msn.com
>> > >
>> > >
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