[Geysers] Steamboat Geyser vs. steam pipe explosion

[Paul Strasser]

IMO Steamboat seemed less powerful than this steam pipe eruption.  I'm
referring to the most powerful time in the steam phase, in the immediate
aftermath of the transition from water phase.  They're sort of in the same
ballpark, but SteamPipe is more powerful (and bigger) than SteamBoat.

 

Paul Strasser

 

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[mailto:geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Cross
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 9:58 PM
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Subject: [Geysers] Steamboat Geyser vs. steam pipe explosion

 

Steamboat Geyser is generally acknowledged to have the most powerful steam
phase of any geyser in Yellowstone, with Giantess often being cited as the
second most powerful.  But how could the power of the steam phase be
quantified?  Perhaps we might compare it to an event about which some
parameters are known:

 

I found the following footage of the 2007 New York City steam pipe
explosion.  The pipe was 24 inches in diameter, and carried steam at
temperature of 400F.  The steam cloud rose to a height of the nearby
Chrysler Building, which is just over 1000 feet high.  The crater left by
the explosion was 35 feet wide and 15 feet deep.

 

Would anyone who has seen Steamboat be willing to rate the power of the
eruption in the film referenced below, and indicate whether it is more
powerful or less powerful than the steam phase of Steamboat Geyser?  (Or
perhaps, Giantess at its best.)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_zZladkXM

 

Jeff Cross

Jeff.cross at wallawalla.edu

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