[Geysers] Data Logger downloads and other stuff

[Moose, Allan E.]

It's ironic that there is such low interest by the Park Geologists in the thermal features and the geysers.  After all the geysers are reason for the Park's existence in the first place.  Without the park there would be no geology program.

The geysers can be studied on many levels.  To the mathematically and physically  inclined they are an interesting non-linear dynamical system.  To the statistically inclined, they lend themselves to a variety of approaches from standard frequentest methods, to Bayesian analysis, and Hidden Markov Models. 

It is unfortunate that the park geologists have chosen to ignore them.

Allan Moose 
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From: geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu [geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu] on behalf of Ralph Taylor [ralpht at fuse.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 8:07 PM
To: 'Geyser Observation Reports'
Subject: Re: [Geysers] Data Logger downloads and other stuff

I haven’t spoken with Hank for some months now, but my understanding is that it is a combination of budget cuts, lack of housing, and low interest by the Geology Program in the eruption data (not the cleanup).

Ralph Taylor

From: geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Strasser
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 12:26 AM
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Subject: Re: [Geysers] Data Logger downloads and other stuff

Karen, are you saying that there will be zero thermal; cleanup in the Firehole Basins the entire summer?

And that there will be zero logger doqnloads the entire summer?

Why on earth would these decisions be made? Is It staffing?

Paul Strasser


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From: geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu<mailto:geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu> [mailto:geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu]<mailto:[mailto:geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu]> On Behalf Of Karen Low
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 11:06 AM
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Subject: [Geysers] Data Logger downloads and other stuff

Hey all,

Yesterday, at Tour Guide Training, I asked Hank Heasler about the geyser data logger downloads, and volunteered to help with them.  He said no, that he and Cheryl will download them in the fall.  I asked about the geyser basin cleaning volunteers, and he said there weren't going to be any based at Old Faithful this summer.  So I fully expect the geyser basins to be trashed this summer.

And about a certain person who complained about geyser gazers the other day.  Sunday morning I went out up on the hill.  I chatted first with Bob (I don't know his last name) who I'd seen out there the night before waiting for Beehive.  Inez stopped as she went by and complained about the last couple calls being unclear on her radio. I am not currently carrying a radio, but I mentioned that perhaps it had been her location.  Bob mentioned something about not many calls lately, and it may have been non gazers on the channel.  I went and chatted with Michael Lang, Kristine B. and Jim S., all of whom I hadn't seen yet this spring.  Later, when I was looping the hill grabbing what litter I could with my folding grabber (while still staying on the boardwalk, of course), Inez was up by North Goggle.  I tried to introduce myself, and she said that because I'd ignored her earlier, that we were through.  I was a bit flabbergasted!  I could think of no reason for my behavior, chatting with people I've known for years, could have offended anyone!  So I think that a certain person was being unrealistic in their expectations in regards to the the geyser gazer community.

Karen Low