[Geysers] Giant eruptions

[Paul Strasser]

I certainly didn't spend hours there, but did have about an hour or so
spread over a couple of pit visits.  Blah.  Disorganized.  Quiet, then RV,
then G,H, and Angle within seconds, then blah.  

There were cycles, but garbage-y.  It looked the same as it did in my prior
visits in 2007.  

There is precedent for it to suddenly erupt out of a dormancy.  I don't
think there is a record of it slowly improving and getting more organized
and more water and people thinking - hey, maybe it's coming out of dormancy!
Nope.  It just starts one day.  I know that's what happened in 1979 and
1983, and I believe the first one in 2000 was a bit of a surprise -
especially with the activity in 98 and 99 of Norris Pool.  (You can put
quotation marks around that name in your mind if it makes you feel better.)

I'd need to go through my notes from other "first eruptions," but I really
don't recall a time when people were saying, "Hey - F&M look pretty darn
good" and it erupts a day, week, or whatever later.  Like I told some people
in Mem Day - it's just gonna go one day.  

BTW, I wasn't surprised.  But I'm ALWAYS relieved when it has its "first"
eruption.

Paul Strasser

-----Original Message-----
From: geysers-bounces at wwc.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces at wwc.edu] On Behalf Of
Karl and Lori Hoppe
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 11:04 AM
To: geyser observation reports
Subject: Re: [Geysers] Giant eruptions

I know it hadn't gone since August 2005, but had
anyone spent any time at F&M in May to see what it was
up to?  I was thinking about asking that question a
week ago(just to know if it was in garbage mode or had
some semblence of order to its cycles... or if it was
even having cycles...).  Of course the geyser beat me
to it.  I'm not bitter.  But if anyone did spend a few
hours there in between Giant eruptions, I'd be
interested in hearing about your observations. 

Thanks!

Karl Hoppe


--- Jensjday2 at aol.com wrote:

> 
> I was surprise to find Fan and Mortar looking better
> than I had seen  it
> in a long time. The hot periods were all consistent
> in length and  the
> vents all turned on in regular order. It even
> sounded better. As soon  as
> I got there and heard the sounds it was making I
> just said Wow!  Lets
> hope it continues in that direction.
> (This is what I wrote in my  notes just after
> midnight 6/5/07. I guess if
>  I had stayed a few more hours I would of seen it.)
> 
> Jens Day
> 



       
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