<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> I have no idea how many hours I've spent in the UGB, but I do know that the August 21, 2004 Fan & Mortar eruption was my 47th.  (Meaning, I think, that Pat is closest at 55.)  It was an eruption I almost didn't see; if Kitt and Scott hadn't been down that way to check Artemisia and called splashing in Main Vent, we all would have continued to think that F&M had no chance of erupting since it had been only 1d16h since the last eruption.  Also of interest are the big Main Vent splashes that preceded the start of the eruption.  The start of the eruption immediately prior had also been preceded by large Main Vent splashing, but according to people who saw both eruptions, the splashing was larger and lasted longer the first time.  My husband finds it amusing that of the 69 eruptions I have seen, I've videotaped only 3.<br><br>--Tara Cross<br>fanandmortar@hotmail.com<br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:34:09 -0800<br>From: greinstein@prodigy.net<br>To: geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<br>Subject: Re: [Geysers] Re: Which F&M on Tara's List?<br><br> <title></title> Gee, I thought we were guessing the number of F & M's by Mrs. Monteith as of the movie date, not the number of hours spent by her in in the UGB.<br> <br> GE<br> <br> <a class="EC_moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:TSBryan@aol.com">TSBryan@aol.com</a> wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:c5a.3addb948.3654b8f3@aol.com"> <font id="EC_role_document" color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"> <div>5,623.</div> <div> </div> <div>TSB</div>  <div><br></div></font><br></blockquote><br /><hr />Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. <a href='http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_112008' target='_new'>Sign up today.</a></body> </html>