<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Udo,<br>Thanks for the reply! Being from Oklahoma, I appreciate your Will Rogers quote.<br><br>Patrick<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 4/21/10, Freund, Udo <i><udo.freund@lmco.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Freund, Udo <udo.freund@lmco.com><br>Subject: RE: [Geysers] Saturday report<br>To: "'Geyser Observation Reports'" <geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu><br>Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 8:27 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1229588978">
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="571140713-21042010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Geyser gazers use FRS walkie talkies
set to channel 4 sub-code 5. Rangers at the visitor center also listen in
and use them when needed. Many of us have had good experiences with the
Motorola brand, which are available at many retailers and online. Most
other brands are compatible but some cheapies aren't. I don't recall which
brands are incompatible.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="571140713-21042010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="571140713-21042010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Channel 4 code 5 also is a shared
frequency with GMRS walkies, which are more powerful than FRS, but the user
needs an $85 FCC license to legally operate a GMRS radio. Due to
greater power GMRS can send a signal farther than an FRS can
reply. For more information on both types I suggest searching the
web.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="571140713-21042010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="571140713-21042010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">FRS = Family Radio
Service</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="571140713-21042010"><font color="#0000ff" face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">GMRS = General Mobile Radio
Service</font></span></div>
<p><span lang="en-us"><font color="#007600" face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Thanks,</font></span> <br><span lang="en-us"><font color="#007600" face="Script MT Bold" size="4">Udo Freund</font></span> <br><span lang="en-us"><i><font face="Arial" size="1">"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you
just sit there."<br>--Will Rogers</font></i></span> </p>
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[mailto:geysers-bounces@lists.wallawalla.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrick and
Tami Elder<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 20, 2010 3:39 AM<br><b>To:</b> Geyser
Observation Reports<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Geysers] Saturday
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<td valign="top">I am new to this group and was wondering about the radio
that Polly refers to in this report. Is it something that anyone can
obtain and use?<br>Thanks in advance.<br>Patrick<br><br>--- On <b>Mon,
4/19/10, Polly Panos <i><pollypanos@earthlink.net></i></b>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);"><br>From:
Polly Panos <pollypanos@earthlink.net><br>Subject: [Geysers]
Saturday report<br>To: "new - geyser reports"
<geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu><br>Date: Monday, April 19, 2010,
9:36 PM<br><br>
<div class="plainMail">Hello All!<br> I was fortunate
enough to be able to make a weekend trip to the park with my husband,
George. It was so great to be there!<br>Here are the geyser times
that I had for Saturday, April 17:<br> Old Faithful was
ie at 804 as I got my gear together to head out. I headed towards
Castle, where I watched the basin for some time. The weather was
overcast, and as the morning progressed, we had steady rain and then
some snow. <br> 0827
Plume<br> Sawmill was off. A coyote was howling
and yipping somewhere out of sight near
Castle.<br> 0834 ie Riverside (steam
cloud)<br> 0853 ie Grotto (It was close to the
start.)<br> 0903 ie Daisy<br> 0905
Sawmill<br> 0922 Plume<br> 0945 ns Old
Faithful<br> 0955 Aurum was called on the
radio<br> Sometime after this, I apparently leaned over
and dropped my radio in the rain. It was a few minutes before I
realized it, and afterwards I found it I had a difficult time receiving
and sending messages. <br> I walked over to
Grand, and saw Bulger ie at 1034.<br> 1036 Plume (radio
call)<br> At Grand, Victoria and I could see steam in
the Fan & Mortar vicinity. It was not an eruption, but looked
steady enough to be something going on down there. So, she walked
and I hopped on my bike to check. She was past Grotto, and I was
nearly there when we heard a call of water in Beehive's Indicator.
(Of course - isn't that the way it goes!) The Indicator was called
at 1106, and Beehive at 1111. I was able to make it to Castle to
see Beehive take off, then rode up the path a ways to watch it.
Victoria was still walking, but she did catch Oblong ie at 1107.
(Later, we also had a report from Maureen that Fountain erupted at
1151.)<br> Back at Grand, we had a steamy eruption at
1129. I heard Turban start, and then a second later Grand rose up
through the steam. (We couldn't see the pool.) After an 11
minute first burst, I had little hope for a second. We could not
see if there was still water there, but after a wait Grand suddenly shot
up for a second burst. This burst lasted over 2 minutes.
Vent and Turban quit after Grand.<br> Sawmill was off
before 1145 and Grotto was off before 1209.<br>Shades of Labor Day
Past:<br> After Grand, I rode down to Fan &
Mortar. When I arrived at 1210, River Vent was off and there was
steam in Main Vent. I began to hear steam rushes from Main Vent,
and Bottom Vent began spritzing. At 1216 I had my first Main Vent
splash. Bottom Vent and Lower Mortar alternated splashing, and
Main Vent continued to splash. (By this time, my radio was not
working at all, and I had to use my phone to call the Visitor's Center
so that they could relay reports.) As the event cycle proceeded,
we had a double River Vent pause and many splashes from Main Vent, 2 of
which were quite large (the kind that are strong enough to have water
come out of Angle, too). Sometime during all of this, my husband
came to my rescue and brought down a spare radio for me! When
River came on at 1301, we had nice, high water levels. By 1319,
High and Gold were steady and high enough to look like a lock.
They continued like this for several minutes. It was steamy and
hard to see, but I did not see much steam from Main Vent during this
time, and there was NO steam in East Vent. At 1326 we had one of
those Main Vent splashes that often sets off the eruption, but nothing
happened. By 1329 Gold started to lose its punch, and by 1331,
Fan's vents had gone to steam. Ouch!<br> Oh, and
at 1250 Daisy was called.<br> As we were getting ready
to head out, the bison herd that had been at Castle earlier came down
the bike path. Most of them turned off to the river bank, but one
began walking across the bridge towards a group of us. As we tried
to get out of his way, though, he rethought his path and went back with
the others.<br> Some of us went to Riverside, which was
called at 1413. As it was finishing, Grotto Fountain was called at
1433. Grotto began erupting at 1435 - a nice, vigorous
start.<br> I decided to go to Oblong and watched for
Daisy from there. Daisy - 1533.<br> Oblong at
1541 was steamy, but had great thumps. <br> Two
more radio calls before I left the basin - Aurum 1640 and Depression
1635ie.<br> We went out to Fountain to wait for the
evening eruption. Spasm was ie at 1727, probably near the
beginning of the eruption. Fountain began at 1812. It was a
beautiful, high eruption with the sun out and the wind blowing it away
from us. Morning's Thief was difficult to see with the wind direction,
but I saw it at 1813 and 1815. Jet finally began at 1840.
The duration of Fountain was 31 minutes.<br><br> More info about
Sunday and park conditions will come in a later report...<br>
Polly
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