<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> The lack of grotto marathons also explains the lack of Grotto Fountains.  "Historically" the farther away from a Grotto marathon a Grotto eruption is, the less likely it is that Grotto Fountain will precede the Grotto eruption.  Thus, fewer Grotto marathons also equals fewer Grotto Fountain eruptions.<BR>  <BR> Lynn Stephens<BR><BR><BR> <HR> <BR> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 15:33:59 -0500<BR>From: david.schwarz@gmail.com<BR>To: geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<BR>Subject: Re: [Geysers] Grotto Fountain is active<BR><BR><BR> <DIV dir=ltr><BR>   I just took a quick look at the Grotto data that Ralph uploaded.  It may be a coincidence, but Grotto seems to have had no real long-mode eruptions between July 6 and August 3, and only one eruption in that period that was substantially longer than the usual short-mode duration.  That's a pretty striking change--literally one marathon in the last month--and it overlaps with the period during which Grotto Fountain wasn't observed.<BR><BR>   Looking at the year-to-date data, it looks like there's an ongoing major decrease in the frequency of marathons, especially intermediate-length marathons, that started shortly before Giant went dormant.<BR><BR>David<BR></DIV><br /><hr />Reveal your inner athlete and share it with friends on Windows Live. <a href='http://revealyourinnerathlete.windowslive.com?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WLYIA_whichathlete_us' target='_new'>Share now!</a></body> </html>