[Geysers] Last names

[Lee_Whittlesey at nps.gov]

One of the things that is really not helpful about this website's reports
is when people refer to other gazers using only first names. Those of us
who are trying to save things for history's sake do not find satisfaction
with "Nellie,"  "Kitt," "Donna," etc.

Last names, or at least a last initial where the name is obvious, would be
really helpful.

Imagine that you are someone who is reading the report one hundred years
from now in the Yellowstone archives and trying to make sense out of what
someone saw erupting long ago.  It will be maddening to them to know that
"Julie" saw an eruption of Giant back in 2006 but that we do not know her
last name.

I've run into this phenomenon while looking back to the 1880s. It happens
anytime that someone used only a first name.  As a historian, it drives me
nuts.

Please consider using people's last names.

Lee Whittlesey