[Geysers] Fan and Mortar and other geysers 8/17/2011

[william barger]

Hooray!  Let's here it for a daytime eruption.  Congratulations and hope many 
gazers saw the eruption.  Kitt B.


On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:40:22 -0400
  <jimscheir at aol.com> wrote:
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> Some Geyser Times Today
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> Aurum  1216
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> Bulger's Hole  0550 ie - vigorous eruption
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> Daisy   0639, 1144, 1418
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> Castle  0338 major
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> Grand  0535, 1406
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>Fan and Mortar  1259 - details below
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> Grotto  0603 ie, 1359 ie
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> Lion  0742 ie, 0858, 1040, 1156
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> Oblong  0732 ie
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> Plume  0544 ie, 0837, 0935, 1032, 1320, 1418
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> Riverside  0816, 1423
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> I was at F and M most of the day so I probably missed some calls. Radio 
>reception was poor at times.
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> 
>Fan and Mortar
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> Most of the morning Angle was on. There was a normal cycle starting with 
>River on at 0643, but Angle did not shut off before most other River on 
>cycles. Angle had only been off a few minutes when the Event Cycle began.
> 
> 1158 First Splash in Main. River had been off for some time with Angle 
>splashing intermittently so it was a surprise. Splashing in Main continued at 
>least once a minute until 
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> 1216 River on, with splashing in Main continuing.
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> 1221 River off, River pause with splashing in Main continuing.
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> 1240 River on.
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> 1244 Gold on, water levels good.
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> 1249 Angle on, water levels continued good with no worrying drop.
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> 1257 Lock declared.
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> 1259 East started the eruption. Some water landed in Norris Pool
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> 1317 First pause.
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> 1319 Restart of Fan.
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> 1330 Last water.
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> d = 31 minutes
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> Jim Scheirer
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