[Geysers] Geyser Report 7/11/09

[Freund, Udo]

The "SPUT" has had articles on what to look for at various features
also.  Perhaps it's time for someone to revive the series (perhaps make
them recur regularly???) as well as update us all on anything new and
different.  I encourage those who do not currently contribute articles
for publication to take up this task.  I'd offer to do them myself but I
feel that I do a lot of work for GOSA already and simply don't have
time.

Thanks, 
Udo Freund 


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[mailto:geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu] On Behalf Of Pat Snyder
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Subject: Re: [Geysers] Geyser Report 7/11/09


For more information, there's a helpful article about Fan & Mortar
Activity by Tara Cross in Transactions Volume VII (2002) that includes
an excellent illustration with all of the vents numbered and named (page
58). The article also has a detailed description of what each vent does
during event cycles.
I have found it quite useful in understanding what to look for at Fan &
Mortar, in addition to Scott's book.
Pat Snyder



On Jul 11, 2009, at 10:10 PM, <Joeerg at aol.com> <Joeerg at aol.com> wrote:


	This time we actually have something interesting to report.
	We went downbasin today to see Riverside a d maybe Grand, but
Grand was way early in its window so after Riverside, I suggested we
check out Fan and Mortar.  Main reason for my doing this, because I
thought it was too early since the last one, was to finally sit down
with this geyser in front of me along with the book so I could get a
grip on what all of this arcane lingo is about.  When we got there, it
was deader than...whatever...so I got Joe involved in reading Geysers of
Yell with me and piecing together where all of these various vents must
be.  This took some time and also argument.  Finally we decided upon
what was what (I won) and as I watched, I began to notice that it sure
was starting to look like a cycle.  We'd only seen a little steam, but
then we saw that bottom vent and later, lower Mortar were both beginning
to splash a bit.  The energy shift between the 2 geysers began to seem
very clear as I watched M stop and the activity in F pick up.  Finally,
we saw some splashing in Main Vent.
	We continu d arguing about the significance of all this, with
one of us an optimist and the other one, hungry, while the Mortar
activitity started really picking up and turning into an eruption.
	Still, we weren't able to determine whether (from the book
description) this was really the start of something or just background
noise.  The deciding thing was whether the Fan vents started doing
anything, and to this point they had not, other than a little steam.  I
started reluctantly picking up stuff to go, while looking over my
shoulder with a continuing nagging feeling that this was "something."
Luckily for us, incredibly, along came a guy who knew something, named
Dean, who asked us whether we were aware that this was an event cycle.
I told him that I was reasonably sure that was a possibility, he quizzed
me about whether we had a radio (we do, but it is a little walkie
talkie) and whether I was planning to call it.  I told him the reality;
that I would hate to call wolf, I thought it was omething and certainly,
if Gold and Angle had gotten to the level that they obtained after he
arrived, of course I would have called it.  After he arrived, the
activity in Gold, Angle and High all picked up and looked really
promising for a second.  Meanwhile, Dean answered all our questions and
confirmed what we had id'ed as the vents (we got 100%).  Along with
this, he gave us all kinds of information about what he was looking at
in terms of water levels, etc.  The excitement died down, though, and
again, he told us why he was calling it.
	So thank you so much, Dean, for all of that.  This was just
great!  Of course, I'd still like to witness an eruption.  And
certainly, if I'd seen activity out of the top vents in Fan, I'd have
worked out to make a call.
	More than anything, now I understand a little about what's so
compelling about this geyser..
	Deb Stahl
	
	
	
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