<!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 10.00.9200.16578"></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>Jim,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Should the "Today" actually be the 19th?; that is, the day after the umbrella blew into the crater? If so, then why did it take the NPS so long to take action? Seems to me that Heasler et al. made something of a show of the situation. But then, I wasn't there.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 9/19/2013 6:20:25 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, jimscheir@aol.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Today (September 18) I watched as Dr. Heasler's properly-outfitted thermal cleaning team retrieved from a full and overflowing pool the battered - but intact - umbrella using a long-handled spoon. Barbara Lasseter took a picture of Rich returning triumphantly from Grand with the umbrella. <BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>