<!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 6.00.6000.16640" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=171521502-09062008>A quick perusal of the Great Fountain electronic data indicates wild phase activity in September 1999, February 2000, September 2000, November 2001, December 2002, October 2003, and October 2006.  I didn't look closely for exact dates; these times are based on very short (<6hour) intervals that usually occur just before a wild phase.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=171521502-09062008></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=171521502-09062008>Ralph Taylor</SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>TSBryan@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 07, 2008 7:07 PM<BR><B>To:</B> geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Geysers] Geyser report Frid June 6<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 6/7/2008 5:48:44 PM Mountain Daylight Time, lstephens2006@hotmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial>Scott's "Now what?" may have been rhetorical, but for those who have never seen a "recovery" from wild phase, Great Fountain may go into a period of up to several days where it does one false overflow after another after another after another, etc. These false overflows may, or may not, continue for several days.   Finally, with no sign that I've ever figured out (although I've only seen two recoveries from "wild phease" Bot Hoffman told me he'd never been able to figure out a preliminary indicator either), one of the overflows becomes a true overflow and Great Fountain goes back to normal activity.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Yes, the "Now what?" certainly was rhetorical. Question: is there a list (whether complete or not) of when wild phase has been observed?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Given the comparison to 1994, it seems that overflow might be seen tomorrow and that the following 2 to 4 days could be quite interesting. I'll be there (if it doesn't snow too much... again ! ).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. <A title=http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4?&NCID=aolfod00030000000002 href="http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4?&NCID=aolfod00030000000002" target=_blank>Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>