[Geysers] Geyser report 14-15 Jul 12

[TSBryan at aol.com]

Gordon only saw a dozen or so people swimming there? More than once there  
were easily two dozen vehicles along that area with correspondingly  
40-50-60 people in the water. I saw that more than once, and one time the  
resulting traffic back-up was worse than in any animal jam I encountered this  year.
 
But "How is closing the largest and safest place to swim... good safety  
policy." Hey, look around at all that's happening in the park -- it's the NPS. 
I  believe that the Peter Principle fully applies to the existing NPS 
hierarchy.  Many sit on their duffs in Mammoth and have no real idea as to what 
is actually  going on out in the Park. (Unfortunately, this does not apply 
only to  Yellowstone. Really, it increasingly is the modern NPS.)
 
Sorry, kinda off geyser topic but responding to a list item.
 
Scott Bryan
 
 
In a message dated 7/16/2012 6:41:40 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
taigabridge at hotmail.com writes:

Saturday  there were cars in the first pullout north of Firehole Canyon 
Drive and a  dozen people were in the water. The bend right above Firehole 
Cascade, where  the road used to flood in high-water years before it was rebuilt 
in the 90s. I  suppose the water gets shallow enough that any non-toddler 
could regain his  footing before being swept over the top... but really, 
swimming within sight  of the top of a waterfall?? How is closing the largest 
and safest place to  swim, and pushing people into the marginal locations, a 
good safety  policy?
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