[Geysers] Mastiff Function Giant?

[Karen Webb]

cool. Worth checking YT or anywhere for footage? (And 1999, right? 1099 
is a form Mastiff would have had to fill out to pay its taxes as an 
independent contractor) :-)
Karen Webb

On 10/9/2012 3:58 PM, Lynn Stephens wrote:
> Karen,
>
>    The September 12, 1099 eruption of Giant was a Mastiff function, 
> with Mastiff going to at least 100 feet.  It was preceded by a normal 
> hot period, with full activity from the platform vents, then Mastiff 
> surging, but then Mastiff kept climbing even after Giant started.
>
> Lynn Stephens
>
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> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 23:55:38 -0600
> From: caros at xmission.com
> To: geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu
> Subject: Re: [Geysers] Mastiff Function Giant?
>
> For Paul:
> LOL!!!
>
> For Steve:
> OMG do not denigrate your skills or the quality of the image!! This is 
> stunning and glorious and we all sat with our mouths hanging open 
> watching it. OK, drooling. Makes me wish gazers had a saying for 
> geysers they've either never seen or missed for extended periods, 
> similar to "Next year in Jerusalem" (said at Passover as a Jewish 
> tradition).
>
> One question: With a Mastiff Function, is there not much going on in 
> the platform vents at the time Mastiff takes off? Do you get sort of a 
> normal hot period, and this starts as the platform vents die down or 
> do Feather and friends just not start?
> Karen Webb
>
>
> On 10/4/2012 9:21 PM, Paul Strasser wrote:
>
>     Who was that idiot screaming over on the boardwalk?
>
>     Oh...
>
>     Never mind,
>
>     Paul Strasser
>
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>     [mailto:geysers-bounces at lists.wallawalla.edu] *On Behalf Of
>     *STEPHEN P BEZORE
>     *Sent:* Thursday, October 04, 2012 4:24 PM
>     *To:* Geyser Observation Reports
>     *Subject:* Re: [Geysers] Mastiff Function Giant?
>
>     Years ago I made a short edited video of the September 27, 1997
>     eruption of Giant.  Try as I might, I can't find a copy of it.  As
>     a substitute I took my recording of the beginning of the eruption,
>     trimmed it, and uploaded it to Youtube.
>
>     http://youtu.be/_uU180CpFho
>
>     It was a cool, steamy morning, the sun was obscured by clouds, and
>     the cameraman was incompetent.  However, it does give one a sense
>     of scale.
>
>      Steve Bezore
>
>
>     --- On *Mon, 10/1/12, Karen Webb /<caros at xmission.com>
>     <mailto:caros at xmission.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>         From: Karen Webb <caros at xmission.com> <mailto:caros at xmission.com>
>         Subject: [Geysers] Mastiff Function Giant?
>         To: "geysers" <geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu>
>         <mailto:geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu>
>         Date: Monday, October 1, 2012, 4:45 PM
>
>         Just writing to ask if anyone has footage of a Giant Mastiff
>         Function eruption? I've found the one that lasts about 4:41
>         seconds (you can *really* hear Rocco in the background) on YT,
>         but it's so steamy you can't quite see water till Giant
>         actually starts, and it's difficult to appreciate the height.
>         Sorry, getting greedy in my old age; I was so sure we'd get a
>         Giant in August or September (or, you know, Giantess...)
>         Thanks,
>         Karen Webb
>
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