<div>Hello Kurt,</div> <div> </div> <div>The webcam operators are volunteers, and at the time I think several people were calling the law enforcement rangers. Someone had to get through first. It just took a while for the ranger to drive to the area and intervene. The NPS just doesn't have enough staff to man the cameras. </div> <div> </div> <div>Stephen Eide<br><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Kurtis Hoppe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kurtishoppe@yahoo.com">kurtishoppe@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff"> <div><span>I'm sure that it's been said already, but who exactly controls the streaming webcam? And why didn't the operator notify the rangers? Unless this fellow Wisconsinite of mine was just too quick of a dialer. Just curious.</span></div> <div><br><span></span></div> <div><span>Kurt Hoppe<br></span></div> <div><br></div> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman,new york,times,serif"> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman,new york,times,serif"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</span></b> "Whitledge, Vicki M." <<a href="mailto:WHITLEVM@uwec.edu" target="_blank">WHITLEVM@uwec.edu</a>><br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b> Geyser Observation Reports <<a href="mailto:geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu" target="_blank">geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</a>><br> <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, May 1, 2011 9:39 PM<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> [Geysers] Cone Walker News<br></font> <div> <div></div> <div class="h5"><br><br>Below an article on the incident from Associated Press.<br><br>Vicki Whitledge<br><br><br>Webcam catches tourists walking on Old Faithful<br><br>YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. – Yellowstone National Park rangers say they've handed out $125 tickets to three people after someone watching by webcam saw tourists walking dangerously close to the iconic Old Faithful geyser.<br> <br>Someone from Wisconsin called rangers to report the errant tourists Wednesday. A park ranger found about 30 people standing around the geyser's cone taking pictures.<br><br>Venturing off boardwalks in Yellowstone is extremely dangerous. Only a thin crust of soil covers boiling-hot water in places. Hot water has severely burned several people in Yellowstone over the years.<br> <br>Standing near Old Faithful is doubly dangerous. Old Faithful erupts with scalding blasts of 204-degree water. The eruptions occur every hour or two — less predictable than the geyser's name suggests.<br><br>Rangers cited the tour group leader, bus driver and a tour member._______________________________________________<br> Geysers mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu" target="_blank">Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</a><br><a href="https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers" target="_blank">https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</a><br> <br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Geysers mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu">Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</a><br><a href="https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers" target="_blank">https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</a><br> </blockquote></div><br>