[Geysers] Giant/Grotto update

[TSBryan at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/10/2006 11:01:28 PM Mountain Standard Time,  
kendall.madsen at onyxgfx.com writes:

Grotto off at  7:30 when checked water in run-off  channel warm, Bijou off 
hung out at platform until someone  called Beehive indicator which was false 
when we return to Giant platform at 10:48, Bijou is on,   India  dry 
11:56 Giant hot period  duration 4 minutes mastiff  flat 
13:42 Grotto Fountain Near Start 
13:51 Grotto start 
Do not  know shut-off time but Grotto  was short lived, called out over radio 
15:43 Giant hot period duration 4 minutes 30  Seconds Mastiff to 1 foot 
17:19 Giant hot period Duration 5 minutes  Mastiff to 1 foot 
18:11 Grotto Fountain 
18:16 Grotto 
Grotto still on at  20:30
 
The above, from kendall Madsen, was for yesterday, May 10. Today, May 11, I  
was told that the Grotto that started at 13:51 was __extremely short__ -- like 
 35 minutes total duration, which elicited discussion then and queries to me  
today. It seems clear that the previous eruption had been rather short, too.  
This morning, although Grotto was in full eruption at 07:30, Bijou was still  
rather strong. Meaning, I think, that Grotto's eruption had not been on for 
very  long and, therfore, that yesterday's 18:11/18:16 eruption was again 
rather short  (and that today's marathon was NOT a continuation of last evening's 
eruption).  In other words, yesterday Grotto appears to have been short, very 
short,  short.
 
With that, however, today's eruption was a marathon, with little  doubt -- it 
had been on for quite some time as of 07:30 and it was still on  at 12:30 
and, as noted before, it killed Bijou.
 
Now, is this next item good or bad? People have talked about a lack of  
runoff from South Purple Pool being good for Giant. Indeed, in the past few days  
there has been little to no such runoff. But today there was a lot.
 
Scott Bryan

 
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