<!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 6.00.6000.16525" 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>I am getting to this late so I'll leave it with the big news of FAN & MORTAR today, September 3 at 1308.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Really odd start.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>First there was a Gold Vent pause. River came on, and then:</DIV> <DIV>1221 River Vent pause</DIV> <DIV>1247 River on</DIV> <DIV>1249 High and Gold on</DIV> <DIV>1252 Angle on</DIV> <DIV>The vents had good water all along, pouring out a lot of water. Finally, at roughly 1300 the vents went into a lock.</DIV> <DIV>Then they dropped out of the lock.</DIV> <DIV>Then they went into lock</DIV> <DIV>Then they dropped out of the lock.</DIV> <DIV>Then they went into a lock.</DIV> <DIV>Then they dropped out of the lock. Yes, what seemed to be the classic lock type of steady, strong jetting by High and Gold happened three separate times, each separated by a time when the vents were hardly splashing at all.</DIV> <DIV>During the latter part of this, there was increasing steam from Main and East vents. And finally:</DIV> <DIV>when the vents dropped out of the third lock, then and only then did the eruption start with East Vent, at 1308.</DIV> <DIV>Sheesh.</DIV> <DIV>Whoo.</DIV> <DIV>Attached photo by Pat Snyder, with thanks.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Get a sneak peek of the all-new <A title="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" href="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>