<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18812"></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Just received and certainly of interest to all.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <HR> From: katjasbw@yahoo.com<BR>To: r.keam@auckland.ac.nz, glennon@gmail.com, tsbryan@aol.com, marrett@mail.utexas.edu, skieffer@uiuc.edu<BR>Sent: 9/24/2009 9:22:14 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time<BR>Subj: URGENT TATIO AGAIN<BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top>My respects to you all<BR><BR>Nearly two years ago I contacted you asking for technical support to stop geothermal exploration on El Tatio Geyser Field. The precious information you sent to me was translated and presented to the environmental and political authorities. Despite our efforts and warnings, the government approved the drillings. <BR><BR>9 days ago, one of the reinjection wells  collapsed generating a 90 feet (60 meters) tall artificial geyser, releasing heat, pressure and water into the environment, with a jet alike noise. The biggest geysers of the field, the ones located to the right at the entrance of the El Tatio Geyser Field, are already decaying in activity. The company in charge of the drillings says they will close the well as soon as possible.<BR>We will be once more presenting a writen document to the environmental and political authorities asking for the immediate closure of the geothermal project in the El Tatio area. <BR>If it is possible for you, we deeply appreciate if you could write some lines about the effects that this and future accidents might have on the geyser field. Your expert opinion will be added to the previous information you sent to us and presented to the authorities.<BR>Deep thanks for your help and time<BR>Sincerely,<BR>Katja Berger<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV id=yiv1944318280><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>