<!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 6.00.2900.2963" 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>This is really brief, as I was in the UGB for not more than 1 hour today. But two things that can be said:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Beehive erupted at 0946, so this interval was 23h 07m. The Indicator was 16 minutes.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My main reason for writing today is to note that Grotto's activity seems very similar to that which took place during the previous interval of Giant, namely a series of back-to-back mini-marathon ("10K") eruptions. (Grotto probably did this on Monday, and definitely did so on Tuesday into today.) Hot periods certainly take place, but, like this morning's, they are weak even though they sometimes have durations as long as 8 or 9 minutes. So as was the case a week and more ago, until Grotto gets back to normal eruptions only occasionally interrupted by full marathons, we probably don't have to pay a whole lot of attention to Giant. (This personal opinion need not be adhered to by other gazers.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>