<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 6/7/2005 6:00:38 PM Mountain Standard Time, seide1@mindspring.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Scott noted earlier a late Beehive time (VR) in the logbook<BR>and discounted it.  I'm not sure that's a good idea, but I have no real<BR>proof.  However, on the fifth after a 0726 (I think, I forgot to write<BR>it down) Beehive I was on the hill prior to sunset.  The west bubbler<BR>was ie at about 2000, I saw the steam from it from over by Old Faithful<BR>and went to look at it.  Beehive was very wet with many splashes in the<BR>next hour and a half, some 2-4 feet over the cone and several feet out<BR>from Beehive.  On the 6th the log shows a morning eruption of Beehive<BR>just after 0800.  Seeing Beehive before it was completely dark, I can't<BR>believe it waited eleven hours to erupt.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have said several times that we _think_ these are long intervals. The overall behavior is what some call "winter mode" and in that mode Beehive can (positively does) splash in its "normal" fashion starting some 6 to 10 hours after an eruption and continues to do so until the next eruption -- which at times this past winter was at intervals longer than 40 hours... It is therefore very easy to believe that Beehive "waited eleven hours to erupt.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Let us also consider that Beehive has certainly _never_ undergone weeks of consistent 10 to 12 hour interval. Is it possible that it is doing so now? Yes, of course. Is it likely? In my opinion, absolutely not.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And yes, the electronic monitor (presuming it is working) will hopefully tell the tale.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>