<!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 6.00.6000.16414" 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 5/6/2007 5:49:43 PM Mountain Daylight Time, snorkology@sysmatrix.net 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>Let me disagree with Scott's statement asserting that a bursting eruption<BR>and a jetting eruption coming from the same vent would be unlikely; What<BR>about Porkchop in the old days? All you need is a pool with a small vent<BR>in the bottom, and for successive eruptions to come from a lower water<BR>level. With most of the pool splashed dry, the small vent produces narrow<BR>jets. And sometimes, as in Spasm, the process happens in reverse as the<BR>water level rises in the pool.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Sometimes maybe I should shut up -- but I'm also considering appearances of eruptions and other things, having been there. And frankly, Spasm's initial bursts are just that, bursts and not anything akin to steady jets (at least in my now relatively considerable experience).</DIV> <DIV>'Nuff.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>