<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" 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 4/26/2006 5:24:51 PM Pacific Standard Time, upperbasin@comcast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Courier New" color=#000000 size=2> <P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Was I delighted to see Giant erupt?  Absolutely.  But it was truly strange – so strange that the build-up of excitement that I’ve felt in the past wasn’t quite there.  I kept expecting Mastiff to stop.  Again.  And I don’t care how interesting it sounds, but watching Bijou, Feather, and Feather’s satellite erupt for 10 minutes one day (and no eruption) followed by nearly 25 minutes of similar activity the next day is not fun.  It was bizarre, odd, bemusing, and worthy of much talk among the gazers, both then and now.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For those watching Giant for the next few weeks I am both happy for you and pitying you.</SPAN></FONT></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>I can understand there being all sorts of puzzlement and etc., but watching something entirely "new" is not fun? That attitude is what to me is bizarre! And oh, but how I wish I could see this. The pity wouldn't be for watching the geysers, but rather for still being 1,000 miles away right now.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Anyhow, here's my question: This was the first Giant eruption of the 2006 season, and thus apparently the first to have truly been observed. However, might there be any indication that these short interval eruptions were preceeded by similar Mastiff-Platform-Bijou action? (I know this question has already been raised -- so now I ask if there's been an answer.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>