[Geysers] GIANT 15 Sept @ 21:37

[Tim Holmes]

WOW -- im SOOO jealous -- im hopin to be there summer of 2008 and i REALLY
wanna see a Giant --

Never been in the basin after dark, i think i'll have to try that - sounds
like fun

Tim

On 9/17/07, Tonya Mathews <greywolf at mail.yellowstone.net> wrote:
>
> Details on September 15th's Giant....
>
> I guess someone needs to send something about Saturday's Giant eruption
> and since there were only two of us there and one is tied up I will write a
> few things.  We (Dean Lohrenz and myself) had gone out expecting a wait on
> other things so were packed for cold and rain.  We ended up going down to
> Grotto and seeing everyone else was already gone we headed to Oblong.  It
> erupted at 20:15.  Eric Hatfield called a Giant hot period as "the last hot
> period of the day" at about 20:18....not sure about that exact time as I
> didn't write it down, but it was close to Oblong.  The three of us were
> seeing increased steam at Grotto so were runing back and forth checking on
> it.  Then Eric called Grotto Fountain at 20:26.  Grotto continued to make
> more noise so we stayed to see if we would end up having a Fountain solo or
> if we would get Grotto.  We got a Rocket Major at 20:52 with a duration of 8
> minutes.  Figuring that Rocket would probably kill Grotto we were thinking
> of leaving when Grotto began making more noise.  Then 14 minutes later, at
> 21:06, we got a Grotto eruption.  The stars were brighter than ever and
> totally clear skies and no wind made it a perfect time to be out.  So
> eventually Dean and I made our way to the cage wondering what the hot period
> would bring us.  It came a little earlier than expected.  We had fleece and
> more layers scattered out getting ready to bundle up for the wait and were
> looking around with optics when, in the dark I saw someting bubbling.  Dean
> found a light and saw it was the SW vents and started calling on the
> radio.  Then we found a feather.  That time was 21:26.  Never did we see
> anything from Mastiff.  We were watching a weak feather and talking about
> how poor the hot period seemed when suddenly India was flooded and the
> entire platform filled with steam.  We were trying to see feather and
> Mastiff to see where the water was coming from and kept saying "I can't see
> anything!" .....then Dean called on the radio something like 'We can't see
> anything through the steam but we're hearing lots of noise from Giant's
> cone.....water filling the.....water twice the height of the cone!!....oh my
> gosh, we have GIANT!'  We grabbed our packs and ran, forgetting other things
> on the platform.  The plume rained everywhere as there was not a breeze.  It
> didn't seem to matter which direction we walked it was raining.  With the
> large flashlight we saw a column of water here and there.  It's amazing how
> much louder the eruption seems in the dark when there are no other
> people.  Eric Hatfield ran out of nowhere to join us, without rain
> gear.  (:    It was a pretty spectacular eruption, three people, bazillions
> of stars overhead, and no wind.  It would have been warm had there been a
> dry spot in the vicinity.  Sorry to all those who waited so many daytime
> hours in the cage...you guys deserved it.
>
>
> I hope this is good enough to satisfy the curious folk.     (:
>
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Tim Holmes
W8TAH - Amateur Extra Operator
Medina County AEC
Skywarn Advanced Storm Spotter Certified
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