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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yesterday (2/24) I visited Norris together with
brother Dave and the Friz family. We were there from around 3 to 4
pm. Steamboat was putting forth great clouds of condensed steam, but no
water at all from either of the main vents. Listening carefully, we could
hear no water splashing, even at depth. There was only ice in the runoff
channel where south vent's bursts normally drain. Down below, there was no
runoff at the little bridge to Echninus and no sign of a recent eruption--no
snowmelt on the boardwalk or mud/gravel on the little bridge, no disturbance of
the bacterial mat under the ice.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cistern Spring was almost empty, with only a flat
pool of water visible at the very bottom, slightly steaming but not
boiling. Echnius was full and in overflow, but we saw no eruption.
One guide told us that the Park Geologist had been there the day before looking
things over. Maybe we'll get a report.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It looks like the plug was pulled on
Steamboat/Cistern's water source. Strange indeed. I'll post some
pictures later.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill Warnock</FONT></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=KSCOPE_YNP@peoplepc.com href="mailto:KSCOPE_YNP@peoplepc.com">Mike
Keller</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> Wednesday, February 21, 2007 8:38
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Geysers] Steamboat?</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There is an unconfirmed report
that Steamboat erupted within the past 24-48 hours. The following was
reported to Bonnie Schwartz, Old Faithful Sub-District Ranger this afternoon
(2/21) by a female guide (I didn’t get the guide’s name):</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“Steamboat Geyser appears to be
ready to erupt. It is sending a plume of steam several hundred feet into
the air, and Cistern Spring is draining.” The guide said Cistern dropped
2cm in the 20 minutes they watched it. Now before you say “Steamboat
erupted”, the guide neglected to mention anything about ice, wash, snowmelt,
or mud in the area. Instead, she said the bacteria mat looked thick in
the runoff channel. She also told Bonnie there were no footprints in the
snow and that her party appeared to be the first one to visit the area in
days. YNP has been hit with a heavy snowstorm the past 48 hours, with
over a foot of new snow falling in the interior.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am heading out of the Park
tomorrow morning for the weekend and won’t be able to visit Steamboat until
early next week. Hopefully someone else who knows what to look at will
get there before I do…</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">MK</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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