[Geysers] Water in Beehive's Indicator

[Kory Collier]

>>> I vote for MORE information rather than LESS.  Those who are listening
can choose for themselves what they want to do with that information.>>>

I agree with those statements.  On 28 July, while at an Old Faithful budget
cabin, I heard someone on the radio (I don't know who) ask if anyone could
verify that the Indicator was erupting.  The person who transmitted said he
was at a computer looking at the webcam, and couldn't be sure.  My son took
off running and was at Plume at the start of Beehive.  I wasn't able to drop
everything and run like my son did, but I made it to a nice vantage point
for the eruption.  We very much appreciated the transmission.  Whoever it
was made it clear that they weren't sure, and that they were looking at
Geyser Hill only by means of their computer.  We realized the nature of the
information and did what we wanted with it.

On a somewhat related note, I want to send my enthusiastic thanks to all the
dedicated gazers who have gathered, digested, and shared information, both
in sources like the listserv and Sput, as well as in person in the basins
and over the radios.  Among other things, you helped my sons and me see our
first Giant, on the 28th.  Because we could manage only a very short visit
this summer, as usual, I thought the odds were slim that we would manage to
see Giant.  We were the beneficiaries of a lot of willingly shared
information that we did not help generate.  (And a little luck was on our
side too---that is, the short interval.)

Thanks!!

Kory Collier


On 7/31/07, Tara Cross <fanandmortar at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Given that water is often seen in the Indicator well before it actually
> erupts, some have asked whether it should still be called.  My suggestion is
> that it should definitely still be called, but additional details should be
> included in the call.  For example, the observer could say, "Water is
> visible in Beehive's Indicator but there is no bubbling yet."  Then the
> observer could note any further activity, such as when the Indicator begins
> to well up and bubble (in my experience, this meant that it was committed to
> actually erupting--correct me if I'm wrong).
>
> The reason I make this suggestion is that there were a number of instances
> last week when people were at far-flung locations like Hams, Oblong, Fan &
> Mortar, etc., and were able to make it all the way to Geyser Hill for
> Beehive because of the early call of water in the Indicator (thanks
> especially to Barb Lasseter for investing the time at Beehive).
>
> I do understand that there is an investment of time and effort to get to a
> viewing location for Beehive, and that it would seem to be a waste if the
> water in the Indicator dropped and did not return for a while.  (As a matter
> of fact, I expended quite a bit of energy getting to Beehive on July 20,
> having just arrived from sea level, only to find out that there had been
> some confusion on the radio and water in the Indicator had in fact NOT been
> called.)  However, as someone who is often at the other end of the basin, I
> vote for MORE information rather than LESS.  Those who are listening can
> choose for themselves what they want to do with that information.
>
> --Tara Cross
> fanandmortar at hotmail.com
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