[Geysers] Constant Geyser Data Logger Mystery (Young)

[Bill Johnson]

I may have been the one who mentioned seeing an "aborted" Whirligig
eruption as Scott mentions, although it would have been last year rather
than this.  The memory is fading, but I don't remember seeing any highly
anomalous runoff when it happened.  My notebook from last season is
currently packed up for a trip to Alaska, so I can't check to be sure, but
I'm pretty sure we didn't notice anything that would have produced these
spikes,

Another possibility: might this be a new, very small vent right next to the
sensor and therefore invisible from the boardwalk (which would be on top of
it)?  Proximity that you're not expecting can make small phenomena look
like big ones.

-- Bill Johnson


On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:46 PM, <TSBryan at aol.com> wrote:

> **
> Looks like these spikes happen anywhere from zero times per day (two
> multi-day episodes in the past month) to once or twice per day. And since
> 1) Whirligig is known to have erupted on the date of one of the spikes; and
> 2) somebody earlier this season mentioned seeing some sort of "abortedc"
> eruption by Whirligig, I shall posit that those spikes are indeed caused by
> Whirligig. (
>
> A ground squirrel is somewhat less likely, but don't discount those pesky
> bears.)
>
> Scott Bryan
>
>  In a message dated 8/22/2013 6:48:19 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
> jakefrisbee at yahoo.com writes:
>
>  In the attached graph, you can see the temperature spike at about 1500 on
> July 29, 2013.  There is a Geysertimes.org report of Whirligig Geyser at
> 2005 ie on July 29 from Craig Munson.
>
>
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