[Geysers] Is "Hot Dog" A Geyser?

[David Schwarz]

   The original was definitely Hot Dog--I was either there or heard the
story a day or two later, can't remember.  It was in 1990 or '91.

David Schwarz

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Stephen Eide <stepheneide at cableone.net>wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Hmmm, I always heard it called Dog  Bone and the hole farther out was
> Thumper (for its noise).  I don't know if they are just part of Spasmotic.
> They usually git full and Dog Bone overflows during a Tardy cycle when Penta
> is possible.  So I thought of them as part of Penta's system and Spasmottic
> but they appear to be more active when a Penta eruption is possible.  As for
> if its a geyser, I'm sorta liberial on this issue, it puts water in the air,
> its a geyser to me.
>
> Stephen Eide
>
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Mary Beth Schwarz <schwarzmb at gmail.com>wrote:
>
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>>      That is an interesting story which I have never before heard.
>>
>>      Since the baby marmots used to get into it (when the holes were
>> smaller and were not full of hot water) on cold mornings to keep warm, we
>> called it Baby Marmot Hole.  It is between Thumping Hole and the boardwalk.
>> I never thought of it as being a vent of Spasmodic Geyser.  It usually is
>> high and overflowing in a Tardy cycle in which we might get an eruption of
>> Penta.
>>
>>      Mary Beth Schwarz
>>
>>  On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:03 PM, JEFFREY CROSS <jeff.cross at utah.edu>wrote:
>>
>>> Is the small vent across the boardwalk from Penta a geyser?
>>>
>>> If so, should it be considered a geyser separately from Spasmodic?
>>>
>>> This summer, I found out that some people call this vent "Hot Dog."  It
>>> is right next to the boardwalk, on the same side as Spasmodic and opposite
>>> Penta.  It is shaped roughly like a bootprint.  It seems to be most active
>>> when Penta is about to start an eruption.
>>>
>>> The origin of the name is interesting: A careless visitor was illegally
>>> walking a dog on the boardwalk.  When the animal saw the bubbling vent, it
>>> jumped down to investigate and burnt its paw.  The animal's yelps attracted
>>> the comment from one gazer: "That's what I call a hot dog."
>>>
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