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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>I wonder</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>if after sitting,
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>they really 'do' need to
flush...</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>so to
speak...</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>*groan*</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>*sheri*</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Papyrus color=#800000>in eastern washington
state</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=upperbasin@comcast.net href="mailto:upperbasin@comcast.net">Paul
Strasser</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=geysers@wwc.edu
href="mailto:geysers@wwc.edu">'geyser observation reports'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 31, 2005 9:06
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Geysers] OF Visitor
Education Center</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Tom Kearney wrote: <BR><<<<<BR>I really don't think
of "geyser flush" as directed towards the visitors <BR>personally. It
describes the traffic jam just after the eruptions.>>>><BR><BR>I
quote from the OFVEC document:<BR><BR>"During the peak of the summer season,
approximately 2,000 to 4,000 visitors<BR>patiently wait on the boardwalk
surrounding Old Faithful Geyser for each<BR>eruption to occur. Once the
eruption is over, these visitors will quickly<BR>move toward the visitor
center, resulting in a phenomenon called "geyser<BR>flush.""<BR><BR>Where do
the visitors park their cars in the VC? :-)<BR><BR><BR>BTW, it's kind of funny
that we're discussing one word in this document. I<BR>suggest you
actually dissect what it says about the building itself, its<BR>site, and the
way the visitors will approach it. Something is awfully odd<BR>about
it. <BR><BR>I do wish they'd added some views of the appearance of the
front of the VC<BR>(that is, the side facing the geyser). All we see is
the side facing...<BR>well, it isn't really the side facing the west parking
lot, unlike what they<BR>say on page 22(see diagram on page 21) but more the
side facing the geyser<BR>grill. <BR><BR>And couldn't they find an
object in nature more in keeping with Yellowstone<BR>and the northern Rockies
than a "nautilus?" Maybe in Key West for a<BR>nautilus. <BR><BR>In
exchange, perhaps the Everglades will get a Visitor Center with the look<BR>of
sinter, rhyolite, or granite. <BR><BR>Paul
Strasser<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Geysers
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