[Geysers] Probable Fan & Mortar 0954 10.22.08 webcam

[Bill Warnock]

I can confirm that there was indeed a Fan and Mortar eruption this morning. 
My computer was sick, so I had to wait until 9 am to drop it off with my 
server in West.  Just after driving over the OF overpass at 0950 I saw a 
very large cloud of steam down basin.  I stopped at break by Castle, and saw 
it seemed to be BEYOND Giant...maybe Riverside?   I drove to the OF Inn 
parking lot overlook and saw the column looked very large indeed and to the 
left of Giant.  I parked by my bike at 0955, hopped on it and pedalled like 
mad.  I saw that Riverside was i.e. at 1000 with a lot of steam to the left 
of it.  I saw F&M at 1002 coming down the hill and parked my bike by the 
bridge.  Water was still coming from Fan, but Mortar was already in steam 
phase.  The boardwalk was wet, and pools of water were in front of and to 
the left of Norris Pool.  Intermittent water from Fan reached 40-50 feet or 
so, mainly from Main and East vents.  The marker was washed.  Last water I 
saw from Fan was at 1025.  Mortar was wet, but seems to have had a short 
water phase; no water at all from the time I arrived at 1002.

Lynn came on radio later to say that I had probably seen Riverside first and 
that F&M was 0955 n.s.  Also said Artemesia was 0921 n.s.,  I noticed it 
first at 0925.  Later saw Indicator at 1255, Beehive at 1308 with nice 
double rainbow.  Lynn radioed that Great Ftn. was at 1254.  She said Daisy 
was 0908 n.s. and I saw next at 1138.  She said Grand was 0803, tho I'm not 
sure if that was start time or n.s.

Talked later with Steve, Ranger at the VC; he had been at F&M at 0930 on 
morning check, saw some good steaming, but his marker was still in place. 
He missed it by minutes!  At any rate, attached is a pic.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Snyder" <riozafiro at comcast.net>
To: "Geyser Observation Reports" <geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 10:05 AM
Subject: [Geysers] Probable Fan & Mortar 0954 10.22.08 webcam


> Very likely Fan  & Mortar this morning, 0954 webcam time, 10.22.08, when I 
> saw the first steam rise above the trees.
> A couple of cool snaps attached.
> Riverside had already been going when the second steam cloud came up. Hope 
> we can get confirmation!
> GO FAN & MORTAR!!!
> Pat Snyder
>
>


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