<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Karen, thank you very much for checking into the Giant report.  Having that information to start with would have been helpful, because based on what Megan reported about water on the platform and Bijou being off, I would say that Giant probably erupted within 12 hours prior to when Megan found the signs moved.  Depending on the size of the eruption and the wind direction, the signs don't always move a long way, so the corroborating evidence is just as important.  In this case, it also gives us a clue as to when the eruption may have occurred.<br><br>Thanks to Karen, Carolyn, and Megan.<br><br>--Tara Cross<br>fanandmortar@hotmail.com<br><br><br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:43:06 -0800<br>From: yellowstonekaren@yahoo.com<br>Subject: RE: [Geysers] Giant signs nudged<br>To: geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu; Megan_O'Malley@nps.gov<br>CC: <br><br><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; -x-system-font: none;" valign="top"><div>I asked Megan for details when I was in the Visitor Center today.  She said there was a lot less ice than a few days before, standing water (on a cold morning) and that Bijou was off.  I asked about the possiblity of the signs being kicked by bison, but she didn't think they would have kicked both heavy signs that far.</div> <div> </div> <div>Karen Low<br><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br /><hr />See how Windows Mobile brings your life together—at home, work, or on the go. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/' target='_new'>See Now</a></body> </html>