<!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 9.00.8112.16421"></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>As was suggested, the early issues of The Sput contain a bit of info about Oblong erupting in series. The following is from 1988 (I failed to check just which issue -- sorry):</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Oblonq -- Enjoyably Erratic<BR>Oblong is typically ranging from 24 to 48 hours between eruptive<BR>episodes. The average interval is likely near 30 hours. I say"episodes"<BR>because when there is one eruption, there may be a second and third.<BR>As seen in 1986-87, the interval between the first and second play is<BR>typically around 2-2 1/2 hours; the next interval, when it happens (and<BR>it usually does not) is of 28-42 minutes. Interestingly, the majority<BR>of eruption series have occurred near the time of something by Giant,<BR>and is therefore believed to serve as something of an indicator worth<BR>watching for.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>