[Geysers] Fan and Mortar 5 September 2011 (Barwin)

[Karen Anne Webb]

GACK. *Knew* this would happen when it went overnight the night before 
we would have left to come up for Labor Day but then calculated when it 
would *really* go was when we had already hit the road to come home (ie, 
we opted to stay home and have some couple time while Zayne went to 
Flaming Gorge with friends). Stuck between saying "Curse you, F&M!" and 
thanking Cynthia for a report so detailed and descriptive I could at 
least see it all in my head. What a great send-off for the rest of you! 
See everyone next summer! (And I'd still like to see statistics on how 
frequently the big, less predictable geysers go on holidays of all 
sorts. Sometimes it's like they *know*...)
Karen Webb

On 9/6/2011 8:37 PM, Mary Beth Schwarz wrote:
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> These details are from the 5 Sept. 2011 Fan & Mortar:
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>      1010 River on
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>      1015 River off...Pause
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>      Main Vent was putting out heavy steam until first water seen by 
> me at 1024 (others saw spits that I could not confirm)
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>      1031 River on
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>      1040 River off...Pause #2
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>      MV continued to splash until 1051
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>      1049 River on
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>      1058 River off...Pause #3
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>      1101 River on
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>      1108 Gold on
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>      Water levels varied from good to not so good, until...
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>      1114 Angle on
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>      And then it was GAME ON!  As soon as Angle turned on, High and 
> Gold responded with water levels that improved with each passing minute.
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>      1118 - Ten minutes into Gold and water levels were Excellent!
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>      1119 - A LOCK is declared and many gazers and visitors begin to 
> stow possessions and waterproof themselves while staking out optimal 
> viewing positions
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>      1125 - Nice surge from Upper Mortar, but it realized it would be 
> a break in protocol to initiate an eruption during a Fan LOCK  and 
> quickly recalled its water and withdrew to wait its turn.  Moments 
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>      1125 FAN and MORTAR    East and Main Vents started the eruption 
> at virtually the same time.
> Upper and Lower Mortar started only a few seconds later.  In looking 
> at the puddles left by Main and East, I would not be surprised if 
> water was landing in Norris Pool.
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>      1140  end of first burst of the eruption of the Fan vents.  
> Sorry, I did not record the end of the water for Upper and Lower Mortar.
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>      1143-1145 Restart 1
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>      1147-1150 Restart 2
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>      1155-1157 Restart 3
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>      1200  Powerful steam from East, no water
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>      Duration = 32 minutes
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>      A blue sky eruption - spectacular!
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>      A pre-departure eruption for many - satisfying.
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>      A fabulous eruption shared with good friends - priceless!
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>      Respectfully submitted by Cynthia Barwin
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