Old Faithful Chat’s Chat Logs
February 1st, 2009 View February’s Logs

07:42 Graham Hi there
07:55 Derek Just been helping wife wash the dishes
07:56 Graham ok. How are you both feeling now, you were both sick when I went away I think?
07:57 Derek Over the Christmas and New year period.
07:57 Graham I am goingn through my pictures editing them again, I got better toward the end and now have to go back to the begining and fix the older images up
07:58 Graham I like my new editor though, much more control than i had before
07:58 Derek  
http://www.tgoeuk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
07:59 Derek When you get to the Yellowstone index page you will see the box on the right where your link will be going.
08:00 Graham Cool. I will email you some.
08:01 Derek I've done quite a bit of work on it since yesterday.
08:03 Derek O.F. was at 07:13
08:05 Graham i sent you two geysers and 2 animals
08:05 Graham they are large tho, I think they are still uploading from my computer
08:06 Derek If you can eventually aim for 12 pictures.
08:09 Graham I may send you some lower res shots.....since I switched to my new computer I deleted all the high-res JPG. you may be able to use them
08:10 Graham I keep losing connection to the chat server
08:10 Derek Yeah, I noticed you disapeared
08:11 Graham maybe because of the large emails ... they go throung Norton screening and I think it slows the chat connection
08:11 Graham I only have a DSL connection here
08:13 Derek Although I have 10mbt download, my upload is only 0.5mbt.
08:17 Graham hum...I am having some problems here, may have to restar. looks like the emails failed - did you get any?
08:17 Derek Nope
08:17 Graham hi Carolyn
08:17 Connecticut Car Hello to both of you
08:18 Connecticut Car OF at 7:12 AM
08:18 Graham My hours lastweek - 10
08:18 Connecticut Car thank you
08:19 Derek Mine 29
08:19 Connecticut Car thank you too
08:19 Graham Hum, my picture editor has eaten one of my images
08:20 Connecticut Car the basin is beautiful this morning
08:20 Graham it told me it couldn't save the image but I didnt realize that meant it trashed the original one....grrr
08:20 Graham yeah its nice, you should go there Carolyn :)
08:20 Graham notice that when i left it got down to ~30 below
08:21 Connecticut Car Victor doesn't want to go during the winter
08:21 Graham I didnt say Victor had to go
08:21 Derek It's 0 c here and we've already had some snow
08:21 Connecticut Car I know...I am thinking of it ...maybe next year
08:22 Connecticut Car how does your afternoon look for some camera time Graham
08:22 Graham the only thing for me was buying the cold weather gear - cost close to $1000 boots, new coat, thermal undies, hats gloves socks, ski poles, ....
08:23 Connecticut Car yes but once you have invested you have them for the next few years
08:23 Graham but now i have them its cheaper
08:24 Graham yeah and they discount the rooms, $150 on a package deal. For me its not so bad as I dont have to rent a car. But still more expensive than summer
08:24 Graham I could do 1:30-6, then I will watch the game
08:25 Connecticut Car okay that sounds good...I won't be watching the game....Patriots aren
08:25 Connecticut Car playing
08:25 Graham :) yeah the rest of the country is happy about that
08:25 Connecticut Car that's questionable
08:26 Connecticut Car I am betting on the Steelers and you
08:26 Graham one of my co-workers is at the game, he's a Steelers ticket holder and won the lottery
08:26 Connecticut Car wow
08:26 Graham $850 game ticket!
08:27 Graham hes staying in Orlando which is reasonably priced
08:27 Graham for him i hope the steelers win but I would love to see the Cardinals pull it off
08:27 Connecticut Car I heard they weren't sold out
08:27 Connecticut Car Derek are you ready to take the camera
08:27 Graham i think the hotels in Tampa didnt sell out but there are so many close FL places to stay
08:28 Graham I expect the game is sold out
08:28 Connecticut Car I heard it wasn't
08:28 Graham wow
08:28 Graham too late to go now
08:28 Connecticut Car at least as of FRiday that is
08:29 Graham i hears there were 3 commercial spots not sold at $3mil for 30 seconds
08:29 Connecticut Car I wonder if that is Carolyn L skiing in the basin
08:29 Derek Graham, would you like me to email you a username and password for my ftp server? That would be an easy way for you to send me files.
08:29 Graham sure that would be better than email
08:29 Derek ok
08:29 Graham one email is trying to go now
08:30 Connecticut Car see you both later
08:31 Graham i dont like Norton grabbing the emails - outlook says they have been sent but they haven't
08:31 Derek Email sent
08:31 Graham by carolyn
08:33 Graham You may have an email
08:38 Derek Got the email. Any luck with the ftp?
08:38 Graham I got in on the browser, not sure how to upload direclty
08:38 Derek Drag and drop
08:39 Graham I cant drop onto the web page
08:40 Derek What browser are you using?
08:41 Graham IE 706
08:42 Graham do i have permission to upload?
08:42 Graham IE help says drag and drop should work
08:43 Derek Yes
08:43 Connecticut Car Just to let you know
08:44 Connecticut Car the west bubbler at beehive was going and the boardwalk looked like it havdn't gone in a while
08:45 Graham ok, i am in now
08:45 Graham good, maybe a nice daylight eruption
08:46 Derek Can't see anything through OFs runoff steam
08:47 Connecticut Car I know but that is what the VC told me I'll let you got know about Grand later
08:47 Derek ok
08:47 Connecticut Car probably will go while you are on the camera Graham
08:49 Derek You want delete enabled?
08:50 Graham the small trumpeter swan one completed
08:50 Graham the bison didnt
08:50 Graham so i was going to delete and retry
08:50 Derek I've enabled delete for your folder now
08:51 Derek castle ie
08:52 Graham to try and avoid multi-tasking i am not running the cams
08:53 Graham Theres a step to open the page as a usable FTP server in IE - when you have the page open in the browser you have to click on 'Page' and select Open FTP site
08:53 Graham Page
08:53 Derek Yes
08:53 Graham Never done that before, always just downloaded from links on the browser page
08:54 Derek It's better to have a dedicated FTP program
08:54 Graham that basically loads a dedicated FTP program with the folder tree etc
08:56 Graham bison in Hayden Valley are good now
08:57 Graham Trumpeter Swans were at Midway
09:00 Derek I'll leave the server online for now.
09:01 Graham ok. I am having some problems and need to go out before 130
09:01 Derek ok
09:01 Derek I'll also leave the chat room running
09:02 Graham tried to download new editing software but it failed part way, and now i cant get the download to start again - it 'knows' the download was done earlier so it doesn't try again. I hate intelligent software
09:02 Derek I have Paintshop Pro
09:02 Graham I may send some lower res pictures next time, I dont think you need the full size ones
09:05 Graham I got Nikon NX2 which has all sorts of tools for editing raw Nikon images. Its cool and way cheaper than Photoshop but does many of the same things. A lot to learn.
09:06 Graham But I have 2.0.0 from the CD and theres a new download 2.1.1 that hopefully has fixed a few bugs I have seen already - like mangaling my image
09:06 Graham I am going to restart and try that again, see you later
09:06 Derek I never delete anything from my camera until it is backed up
09:07 Graham i still have the originals and high-res JPG, so its no crisis
09:07 Graham bye
09:07 Derek ok
10:12 bojo good afternoon
10:12 Derek Hi
10:13 bojo thanks!
10:14 Derek Would you like to see my website? I have been adding some Yellowstone pictures.
10:15 bojo of course!
10:15 Derek  
http://www.tgoeuk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
10:15 Derek I am currently preparing some pictures sent to me by Graham Meech
10:16 bojo I'll head there in a bit.
10:18 bojo Haven't been here in a while; good to see the lens has been cleaned. That must have been a difficult job!
10:18 Derek Last Tuesday Tom Cawley went down from Mamouth on the snow bus.
10:19 bojo I'm off to your site ...
11:30 Derek  
http://www.tgoeuk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/meech%20pic…
11:30 Graham hello
11:30 Derek It's not linked to the main index yet
11:31 Derek If you could, at your leisure, give me a brief description for each picture, for example where and what.
11:32 Graham mice. I forgot you had those others
11:32 Graham nice
11:32 Derek If you want anything changed or added, just ask.
11:32 Graham I will send you some more. Looks like the lower res pictures are ok for me to send?
11:33 Derek No less than 800x600
11:33 Derek Beryl's calling. Would you like to take the controls?
11:33 Graham sue. anything happened?
11:34 Derek Only O.F.
11:34 Graham ok. no beehive or grand
11:34 Graham you had Castle right?
11:34 Derek There may have been a grand at the same time as castle but there was a lot of steam
11:35 Derek Seeya
11:35 Graham bye
11:57 Connecticut Car Castle went at 8:45 AMMST
11:58 Connecticut Car Grand is predicted for 2:15PM MST
11:58 Graham ok, thanks for that
11:58 Graham Derek mentioned that Castle went earlier
11:59 Connecticut Car I was just talking with Carolyn L. and she told me of Grand
11:59 Graham thats good, have they fixed the logger?
12:00 Graham i guess they must have for that prediction
12:00 Connecticut Car she did say that she was going to download it this morning
12:00 Graham we had to estimate based on refill since the logger died while i was there
12:00 Connecticut Car no, she had downloaded it
12:01 Connecticut Car anything with beehive
12:01 Graham that Dwarf pts up so much steam I keep thinking Depression is going
12:01 Connecticut Car Is dwarf steaming now
12:01 Graham I just started watching. some splashing and i thought i saw steam from the indicator before but i think it was other steam
12:02 Connecticut Car I don't have the camera on now
12:02 Graham it stopped steaming again
12:02 Graham started again
12:02 Connecticut Car I just thought I'd check in
12:02 Connecticut Car I am going to get on the stream
12:03 Graham it must be stopping and starting a lot because therea a big burst of steam and then none
12:04 Connecticut Car is dwarf right below the brownish hill
12:05 Graham there are several of them but the active one is below the brown hillside
12:05 Graham steam blows right behind Depression
12:05 Connecticut Car I get confused on the camera
12:06 Graham the perspective is hard to grasp on the cam too
12:07 Connecticut Car I just started the medi player
12:07 Graham nice day in the basin
12:08 Connecticut Car it's beautiful
12:09 Graham so has your snow and ice gone?
12:09 Connecticut Car still lots of snow
12:10 Connecticut Car some ice has melted but we face north and our sidewalks still have ice
12:10 Connecticut Car we are to get more snow Tuesday night
12:11 Graham I live in a condo and i changed my parking space so its sunny and uphill so the snow plough ploughs on the other side of the road :)
12:11 Graham yeah the forecast hear is for rain/snow but not as bad as they warned us about last week
12:18 Connecticut Car see ya
12:18 Graham bye
12:53 Graham Castle must have minored this morning since it's 1251ie H2O
13:04 Graham another minor too since it quit
13:13 Derek Back
13:15 Graham wb
13:15 Graham i posted some more files
13:16 Derek On the Ftp?
13:16 Graham did Castle last very long this morning? I saw a minor so this mornings should have been a minor too
13:16 Graham yes on the FTP server
13:17 Graham tried to round out the collection
13:18 Derek Is Carolyn at home?
13:18 Graham not sure, she just left without saying
13:19 Derek I wanted to tell her something amusing my son told me today.
13:19 Derek I give her a quick call
13:19 Graham k
13:38 Derek We got cut off first time so I had to call her back.
13:38 Derek  
http://www.tgoeuk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/yellowstone…
13:39 Derek Carolyn suggested I made the static cam smaller.
13:40 Graham thats good
13:40 Derek It doesn't seem to self-refresh anymore.
13:41 Graham the yellowstone net page doesn't refresh?
13:42 Derek I mean the reduced image on the new page
13:43 Graham k
13:43 Graham the mudpot picture is Fountain Pain Pots
13:51 Derek I've linked the altered YNP index page
13:52 Derek Before I link your page, I need descriptions of the 12 pics I've already put there.
13:53 Derek Would you like me to take the cam for a while?
13:53 Graham I can write it here
13:53 Graham OF Inn from Geyser Hill
13:53 Derek ok
13:53 Graham Bison in Hayden Valley
13:54 Graham Trumpeter Swans at Midway Gayser Basin
13:54 Graham Coyote on Geyser Hill
13:54 Graham OF from Observation Point Trail
13:55 Graham Grotto and Riverside erupting and steam from Giant (left to right)
13:56 Graham Coyote near Canyon (both of them)
13:56 Graham Grizzly trying to enter the OF Inn parking lot
13:56 Graham Grizzly near OF
13:57 Graham Beehive and the Indicator
13:57 Graham Lion
14:00 Derek I've added them
14:00 Graham Must be oblong now
14:00 Graham maybe
14:00 Graham k
14:00 Derek I'll now link your page
14:01 Graham faithful has one l
14:02 Graham Plume
14:06 Graham Depression
14:07 Derek It's all linked
14:07 Derek It's quite simple for me to change pictures, so if you want anything changed or added, just ask and I'll do it.
14:08 Graham theres a typo on the observation point shot
14:08 Graham 2 ls
14:08 Derek Damn, I missed that one :-)
14:10 Derek I'd like to see your picture of the cam.
14:12 Graham ok i am fyping them
14:12 Graham ftp
14:13 Graham you have them
14:17 Derek Thanks
14:19 Graham u r welcome
14:35 Derek I lost the chat room for a while there
14:36 Graham im doing good now I am not up/downloading much
14:37 Derek That's weard! I can only load the chatroom with Firefox. It wont load in IE
14:38 Graham hum,i have had it open for a long time now tho
14:39 Derek I accidently closed it but couldn't get back in.
14:39 Derek I've tried it on both PCs and neither will load the room with IE
14:40 Graham well i will stay logged in
14:40 Graham wb Carolyn. still no Beehive
14:40 Derek Try this Carolyn:
http://www.tgoeuk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
14:41 Derek 12 pics each from Graham and Bruce.
14:41 Graham You should put the Elk pic in place of one of the coyotes
14:42 Graham Elk along the Madison RIver
14:42 Connecticut Car I think it is a little confusing
14:42 Derek Which coyote do you want to lose
14:42 Connecticut Car I like the size though
14:43 Graham The one on the right
14:43 Connecticut Car for the streaming cam you have to say click on the above
14:43 Graham replace it with the Elk would be better
14:43 Derek Whats confusing? You just click on what you want :-)
14:44 Connecticut Car my mistake...
14:44 Connecticut Car it does say above
14:45 Graham may be better to keep them all the same, image above and text below
14:46 Connecticut Car I would replace coyote at canyon with the elk
14:47 Connecticut Car did you notice I was on this page three times
14:47 Derek Yes
14:47 Derek I have to go and convert the elk image
14:47 Connecticut Car everytime I went to your site and then came back here I reentered
14:53 Derek Graham, I've changed the right hand coyote for the Elk
14:53 Derek What in the description?
14:54 Graham Elk along the Madison River
14:56 Graham looks good
15:00 Graham indicator!
15:02 Derek I've just made another adjustment to the Yellowstone index page
15:02 Derek I'm closing the FTP now.
15:03 Graham ok. i just called Carolyn
15:03 Derek Thanks
15:03 Graham least i could do after she called me in the park
15:04 Derek I changed the static cam text to match the other two like Carolyn suggested
15:05 Graham you have it saying below tho
15:05 Derek Oooops
15:06 Graham short indicator or i missed the start
15:06 Derek Changed
15:11 Connecticut Car beautiful shot of BEEHIVE!!:)
15:11 Connecticut Car thank you for calling
15:11 Graham you are welcome, least i coulddo after you called me in the park
15:13 Graham Grand too!
15:15 Derek Carolyn
15:15 Derek I've put your DVD in a mailer ready to post
15:16 Derek I did manage to convert it to NTSC (USA) format after all.
15:18 Connecticut Car what time did grand start
15:19 Graham I had it at 1512
15:19 Connecticut Car thank you
15:19 Derek Did you get my message Carolyn?
15:19 Graham there was another Castle minor earlier too
15:20 Connecticut Car Thank you Derek...I will look for it in the mail
15:21 Derek I will post it as soon as I can. We have heavy snow forcast for tomorrow
15:22 Graham 2nd burst!
15:22 Connecticut Car nice
15:23 Connecticut Car Derek...stay in and relax tomorrow
15:23 Connecticut Car enjoy the snow
15:23 Derek We still have to try and visit the father in law
15:23 Connecticut Car well then, drive carefully
15:24 Connecticut Car Graham have you ever seen a three or four burst at Grand
15:24 Graham yep, there was one on my last trip
15:24 Connecticut Car I've seen a 3 but never a four
15:24 Derek OK you guys, I'm off downstairs
15:25 Connecticut Car goodnight
15:25 Graham not seen a 4 or 5 burst for a while tho
15:25 Graham bye
15:25 Derek Seeya
15:26 Graham Daisy next?
15:26 Connecticut Car I am going to grab something to eat so just log off when you want and I'll come back some around 6
15:26 Graham maybe missed it
15:26 Graham theres Daisy!
15:27 Connecticut Car yep
15:27 Graham all the stress is getting to me :)
15:28 Connecticut Car I was just going to say nice job
15:28 Connecticut Car beautiful daisy
15:28 Graham nice subdued tones
15:28 Connecticut Car did lion ever go today?
15:29 Graham not yet..its waiting for Daisy to finish
15:30 Graham interval was 2h21min
15:32 Graham should have gone to Plume, 1531
15:33 Graham 1h26min interval
15:46 Graham I will leave the cam on Lion since it should be due. Have to go do a few things. WIll stay logged in though


February 2nd, 2009 View February’s Logs

06:58 Derek I'm here :-)
07:02 Connecticut Car I am now on the computer but I really have to watch for OF so chatting is difficult
07:03 Derek OK, I can just about see the picture now.
07:07 Connecticut Car do you still have the original setup for the camera on your computer? If so can you e-mail it to me
07:07 Derek I'll have a look
07:12 Derek I simple forwarded to you the original email plus attachments that Tom sent me :-)
07:12 Derek simply
07:13 Connecticut Car thanks
07:17 Derek It bounced back
07:17 Connecticut Car interesting
07:17 Derek Do you know how to unzip or rename a file?
07:17 Connecticut Car not really
07:18 Connecticut Car ]I will look for mine
07:18 Derek Your server doesn't like files with exe at the end.
07:19 Derek Just going downstairs for a few minutes
07:19 Connecticut Car okay
07:29 Derek Back again
07:34 Connecticut Car I found my original site to log on....I have to go into the NPS pput in a few numbers...find Yellowstone ...put in a few more numbers and
07:34 Connecticut Car passwords.
07:35 Connecticut Car I may ask Tom to e-mail me a new thing that I can open and reload
07:35 Derek Tom did say there was an FTP site to get the software from
07:36 Derek If Tom emails it as a exe file it will bounce back the same as it did with me.
07:37 Connecticut Car maybe I'll just suffer
07:38 Derek If you could use my FTP site like Graham did, I could put it on mine for you.
07:49 Connecticut Car OF 7:49AM MST
07:50 Derek Yup
08:10 Connecticut Car lion 8:10 (IE)
08:11 Derek I see it
08:31 Connecticut Car During the camera over to you see you later
10:26 Connecticut Car just taking a food break
10:26 Derek Hi
10:26 Connecticut Car static cam is stuck
10:26 Derek Grand 8:10 (IE)
10:27 Connecticut Car anything else
10:27 Derek Beehive 9:16 (IE)
10:27 Connecticut Car I saw it steaming but was in the middle of sewing and did not wait
10:29 Derek I see what you mean about the static
10:29 Derek It last updated 10:17
10:29 Connecticut Car yep
10:30 Connecticut Car I will be back at 1:45
10:30 Derek ok
11:42 Connecticut Car hi
11:42 Connecticut Car just took the camera
11:42 Derek Nothing to report
11:42 Connecticut Car okay
11:42 Connecticut Car I see the static is working now'
11:43 Derek It wasn't off for long
11:43 Connecticut Car I am working on the quilt for my nephew
11:43 Connecticut Car I just started to quilt it
11:44 Connecticut Car I am putting it awau for when he goes to college many years from now
11:44 Connecticut Car nothing like being prepared!!
11:45 Derek It's stopped snowing here. I don't know if we'll get anymore.
11:45 Connecticut Car that is good to here
11:45 Connecticut Car our snow hasn't begun
11:46 Derek OK, I'm off downstairs now. See you later.
11:46 Connecticut Car okay
13:12 Derek Back
13:13 Connecticut Car I almost fell asleep while on the camera
13:14 Connecticut Car I closed my eyes and was just about to doze
13:14 Derek Been there done that :-)
13:14 Connecticut Car Victor called me and wanted some soup so I went downstairs for a few minutes
13:14 Derek I had some soup too
13:14 Derek Tomato
13:15 Connecticut Car I had made a bean and barley soup
13:15 Connecticut Car He loves soup and I make it often
13:15 Connecticut Car I am to tried to sew
13:16 Connecticut Car I think I might watch a little TV
13:16 Derek Or to type :-)
13:16 Connecticut Car yes and to type
13:16 Connecticut Car I can't seem to spell
13:17 Derek Just like Bruce :-)
13:17 Connecticut Car I'll be back in a while
13:17 Derek ok
15:57 Connecticut Car are you ready to take the camera
15:59 Graham Sure
15:59 Graham anything happening?
15:59 Connecticut Car okay
15:59 Connecticut Car quiet
16:00 Connecticut Car I have been following the bison
16:00 Graham did Grand go?
16:00 Connecticut Car no
16:00 Graham Yeah I see the large self moving objects
16:00 Graham ok, any idea when Turban is due?
16:01 Connecticut Car I was on OF until it went around 3:13 PM MST
16:01 Connecticut Car then on the bison
16:01 Connecticut Car I am going to make supper now
16:01 Graham ok, they finally came back!
16:01 Connecticut Car have fun
16:01 Graham thanks for the update
16:01 Graham yep
16:01 Graham see ya


February 3rd, 2009 View February’s Logs

07:18 Connecticut Car hi
07:19 Derek Hi
07:19 Connecticut Car My new eye glass prescription is not correct and tomorrow I have to go back to the eye doctor
07:19 Connecticut Car my appointment is at 1:30 PM EST just about the time you go to lunch
07:19 Derek Eye doctor? We say Optician
07:19 Connecticut Car same
07:20 Derek Yup
07:20 Connecticut Car my dr. is called an optomotrist
07:20 Derek Do you call a Dentist, A Teeth Doctor? :-)
07:21 Connecticut Car no
07:22 Connecticut Car seriously though here a Dr. for the eyes is either called an optomotrist or ophalmologist
07:22 Connecticut Car optician here in the states only sells eyeglasses and lenses
07:22 Derek Well, the snow's stopped falling but most of our sidewalks are frozen
07:22 Connecticut Car been there...had that
07:23 Connecticut Car still waiting on OF
07:23 Derek Just doing some printing
07:24 Connecticut Car if you can will you call me
07:24 Derek Is it important?
07:24 Connecticut Car no
07:25 Connecticut Car I have a surprise for you and it's easier to tell on phone
07:25 Derek A sirprise?? :P
07:25 Connecticut Car If you are running out of minutes it doesn't matter
07:25 Connecticut Car I am sending you something
08:08 Connecticut Car finally OF 8:08 AM
08:45 Connecticut Car Pictures are on the way...Victor just went to the post office to mail them
08:45 Derek Good ol' Victor :-)
08:46 Derek Bison in the Basin again
08:46 Connecticut Car they were at the same place yesterday
08:47 Connecticut Car what a pretty view:)
08:47 Connecticut Car I am going to sew for a little while
08:48 Derek ok
13:07 Derek I'm back
13:07 Connecticut Car I have not been on the camera
13:07 Connecticut Car did you get my e-mail
13:07 Derek Do you know if Tom has finished?
13:08 Connecticut Car I don't know but I think you can take over
13:08 Derek Will do so now
13:08 Connecticut Car he was having the staff practice on the wiper
13:09 Connecticut Car there are only one or two people at the VC center
13:09 Derek Good news
13:09 Connecticut Car remember the staff is very small in this winter
13:09 Derek Will the VC be closing when the winter season ends?
13:10 Connecticut Car they close in March and open again around April 15th
13:10 Connecticut Car they are getting the roads ready for the summer season
13:10 Connecticut Car during that time
13:10 Derek Let's hope it don't get dirty between those times :-)
13:11 Connecticut Car the rangers have vacation
13:11 Derek If it got real bad I guess Tom would come down.
13:12 Connecticut Car chances are it will as they are away 4 or 5 weeks
13:12 Derek But will Tom still be at HQ?
13:14 Connecticut Car he is there until the end of March but he wants to attend a program honoring someone so he probably will be there until the middle of April
13:29 Derek The stream is down
13:30 Connecticut Car I know you have not been able to use the camer
13:30 Connecticut Car I have been on the phone with craig
13:30 Derek Cam is OK
13:30 Connecticut Car they are testing
13:30 Derek Nothing on the stream
13:30 Connecticut Car I would stay off no one is seeing anything
13:31 Derek I am sure I just saw Tom
13:33 Connecticut Car Tom is at lunch
13:33 Connecticut Car I just spoke to him on the phone and he has to get back so I only talked a few seconds
13:34 Connecticut Car I have been watching the basin in flash player which craig set up for me
13:34 Connecticut Car it will only run while they are testing
13:34 Derek A guy who looked like him was standing near the benches chatting to another guy, then they shook hands and he went back in the direction of the VC
13:34 Connecticut Car I saw that...I don't think it was tom
13:35 Derek I have reset to the default position but I'm still watching
13:35 Connecticut Car what are you seeing
13:36 Derek Some guy sitting on the benches
13:36 Connecticut Car how is the color
13:36 Derek Same as normal
13:36 Connecticut Car in flash player it is very sharp
13:36 Connecticut Car I am going to get my other computer and see I'll be right back
13:40 Connecticut Car looking at the two screens I think they are about the same
13:41 Derek They must be just working on the stream, because they're not moving the camera
13:42 Derek To me, the cam viewer image looks brighter than the static cam image
13:43 Connecticut Car you are correct
13:43 Connecticut Car I was viewing it on the streaming cam
13:44 Connecticut Car comparing the streaming cam on the media player and flash is what I was referring to
13:44 Derek I don't have any stream access, only the cam viewer at 1.7 fps
13:44 Connecticut Car you wouldn't...they craig gave me a long address to log into
13:44 Derek Lucky you :-)
13:46 Derek Well, Tom still hasn't taken control from me. I still have a green box.
14:02 Connecticut Car the flash palyer has stopped
14:02 Connecticut Car I don't know if it will be active again
14:03 Derek Media player stream is still down
14:03 Connecticut Car They are working the stream
14:04 Connecticut Car I have been on the phone with Craig
14:04 Connecticut Car I need to compare the flash player with the media player when it goes back on
14:05 Connecticut Car that is if the flash player is working
14:17 Connecticut Car I don't know how long the video player will be down so I am not planning on going onto the camera at this time
14:18 Connecticut Car Craig has posted on the NPSite that the cam will be down
14:31 Derek I was just on the phone to someone
14:57 Derek The cam is moving
15:03 Derek Are you there?
21:37 Jimbo Just wanted to say hello; waiting for the forums to work again. Nice clean lens! Jimbo


February 4th, 2009 View February’s Logs

07:54 Connecticut Car I just got on the camera
07:54 Derek OK, I was minding it for you :-)
07:54 Connecticut Car it was so foggy that I couldn't see anything so I did some work around the house
07:54 Derek It was out of focus
07:54 Connecticut Car did you happen to see OF erupt?
07:55 Derek No
07:55 Derek I started at 9:20
07:56 Connecticut Car well, I was on at 9 until 9:30 and decided it was too foggy
07:56 Connecticut Car obviously it cleared between 9:30 and the time I logged on
07:57 Connecticut Car The Y-net forum is running
07:57 Derek I haven't moved the cam much. I just pointed it to the boardwalk to re focus
07:57 Connecticut Car remember I have to see the optomotrist today during you tea time
07:58 Derek No problem, I'll simply leave it logged on and wide.
07:58 Connecticut Car thanks
08:02 Derek When the mist cleared briefly, I think there were Bison over to the left, where they were yesterday
08:04 Connecticut Car just saw preplay
12:59 Connecticut Car are you here now
13:10 Derek Got to phone my mother, then I'll be with you.
13:10 Connecticut Car okat
13:12 Derek OK, that's done.
13:13 Connecticut Car did you get my e-mail with the photos
13:13 Derek Did you see I started the Streaming cam February thred in the forum for you?
13:13 Derek Yes thanks
13:13 Derek MY!, your room is so tidy :-)
13:14 Connecticut Car The quilt is for my nephew for college
13:14 Connecticut Car The snow scenes are from my back yard
13:14 Derek Beehive at 11:51
13:14 Connecticut Car wasn't home
13:15 Connecticut Car I do have to go out in a little while but I thought I would check in
13:15 Derek The forum still comes up with errors, but things can be posted
13:15 Connecticut Car is Paul thompson's link to the video all white on your computer
13:16 Derek What link?
13:16 Connecticut Car what do you mean the forum comes up with errors
13:17 Connecticut Car I do not have a media player link on this page. It is all white
13:17 Derek When I submit a post, there is an error message, but the message still gets posted
13:17 Connecticut Car oh
13:18 Derek The media player automatically appears here when I start the chat room
13:18 Connecticut Car I don't think mind did this time...it usually does
13:18 Connecticut Car bye
13:18 Derek Bye
15:17 Bruce Jensen Hi, Derek - pretty weather! I like what you did with your website! Also glad that you have a number of non-geyser pix - Yellowstone is so much of everything...
15:26 Derek Hi Bruce
15:26 Bruce Jensen Hi! Grand yet today?
15:26 Derek Carolyn is at the eye doctors
15:26 Bruce Jensen Just glasses I hope...?
15:26 Derek Graham Meech is due on cam at 16:00
15:27 Derek Yep
15:27 Bruce Jensen ok
15:27 Derek Haven't noticed Grand, but I haven't been here all the time
15:27 Derek Lion at 14:32
15:27 Bruce Jensen Oh! Could you tell if it was an initial?
15:28 Derek Castle at 13:49, possibly a minor
15:28 Derek I don't know the difference
15:28 Bruce Jensen An initial Lion is REALLY BIG. Tall as the trees almost
15:29 Derek Was a nice high erruption
15:29 Bruce Jensen Good! Maybe we get another in a few minutes then :)
15:29 Derek Looked similar to a Beehive
15:29 Bruce Jensen That almots has to be an initial...
15:30 Derek O.F. predicted at 15:38
15:30 Bruce Jensen Recall that Lions in series come about 70-90 minutes apart, maybe abit longer. With OF at 15:38. we may have a two-fer
15:31 Derek Beehive went at 11:51
15:31 Bruce Jensen I menioned above that I;m glad you included some non-geyser shots in your website update - very nice! Graham got some good critter pictures.
15:32 Derek If you ever want me to change or add to your page, just ask, because it's easy for me to do.
15:33 Bruce Jensen Dude, it's YOUR page! And it's great just like it is. You picked some good shots.
15:33 Derek Tom was at the VC again yesterday traing staff to clean the cam glass
15:33 Bruce Jensen Ah - so he's going to trust someone else with the swabs, eh?
15:34 Derek No, I just provide the space. You and Graham supply the nice pictures
15:34 Bruce Jensen Just stand-ins until you get some of your own :-)
15:35 Derek Not just trust em with the patented sponge on the telescopic pole, but also operating the wiper from the server.
15:35 Bruce Jensen :D Patented sponge? hehheh!
15:36 Derek I have to be realistic about it. With my domestic situation, it highly unlikely I'll ever get to the park myself. Hell, I can't even make it to Connecticut to visit my brother
15:36 Bruce Jensen Man, it's nice to see some video. Haven't seen anyhting for awhile.
15:37 Bruce Jensen Well, buddy, I'm getitng lottery tickets too..
15:38 Derek So I rely on you guys to keep me in the picture.
15:38 Bruce Jensen With your hand on the throttle, you ARE the picture! :)
15:39 Derek Tom is aware of the zoom problem
15:39 Bruce Jensen Everytime I see someone comment on the camera work, it is always very positive, and you can take full creedit for much of that!
15:39 Derek He said the doubler is inside the camera so he'll have to talk to canon about it.
15:40 Bruce Jensen The doubler - is that a specfici lens?
15:40 Bruce Jensen Here it comes
15:40 Derek It's great to have the wide angle again too.
15:41 Bruce Jensen Well, that's gorgeous - indeed wide angle is nice!
15:41 Bruce Jensen I wonder why there is no geyser named Gorgeous?
15:41 Bruce Jensen Does that sound too precious?
15:41 Derek The wide angle is even wider than the static cam
15:41 Bruce Jensen Is that it now?
15:42 Bruce Jensen If so, it is huge!
15:42 Derek In this position, we can see from Castle to Giantess
15:42 Bruce Jensen WOW! You can see every major geyser visible to this camera!
15:43 Derek There goes Pump
15:43 Bruce Jensen I;m thinking we may see Lion soon
15:43 Bruce Jensen Yepp, I see Pump
15:45 Bruce Jensen Hmmm - looks sleepy. Maybe I;m worng!
15:48 Derek I'm up later than normal tonight
15:48 Bruce Jensen Waiting for Graham?
15:48 Derek Yep
15:50 Derek What's that one to the left of Dome?
15:51 Bruce Jensen IT has a name, but I don't think it's a geyser
15:51 Graham hi there
15:51 Bruce Jensen Hey! :-)
15:52 Derek There's your Lion Bruce :-)
15:52 Graham what have I missed?
15:52 Derek Everything
15:52 Derek Beehive 1151
15:53 Derek Castle minor 1349
15:53 Bruce Jensen Hi, Graham - Derekk, that pool, left of Dome, is Butterfly. It has frequent tiny splashes
15:53 Derek Lions at 1432 and 1552
15:53 Derek It's all yours Graham
15:53 Graham is carolyn running the cam?
15:53 Derek I'm off to bed.
15:54 Graham oh, you are on late!
15:54 Bruce Jensen Very pretty Lion, about 1:20 after the initial. maybe another at 1710 or so? G'nite Derek!
15:54 Derek Carolyns at the eye doctors
15:54 Graham ok, have a good sleep
15:54 Derek Cheers
15:54 Graham snows all melting
15:55 Bruce Jensen So iut seems to be. - it was pretty snowy while you were there?
15:56 Graham there was sunshin for most of the week, only really snowed Friday/Sat
15:56 Bruce Jensen (sigh) I miss snow.
15:56 Graham about a foot less than last Feb when I was there
15:57 Graham any idea about Grand? pat said it went 0833
15:57 Bruce Jensen Graham, I am afraid I have an appointment to keep, so I must dsepart. Hope you see some good play! Dererk said he had not seen a Grand yet today.
15:57 Graham ok, so its in its window
15:58 Bruce Jensen I will see you - best of luck on Grand
15:58 Graham thanks
15:58 Graham bye
16:09 Graham Grand ~1602


February 5th, 2009 View February’s Logs

07:27 Derek Old Faithful at 7:07 MST
07:27 Derek Just going downstairs for a few minutes
07:36 Derek Back again
07:49 Connecticut Car OF erupted at 8:06 AM MST
07:49 Derek I saw it at 7:07
07:49 Derek It's not 8:06 yet :-)
07:49 Connecticut Car sorry 7:06 AM
07:50 Derek On my attomic clock it was 7:07 :-)
07:50 Connecticut Car When I opened this chat page I had a white area where the media player would be and the voice was going
07:50 Derek I posted it in the forum too.
07:51 Derek I get that in Firefox but it's OK in Internet Explorer
07:51 Connecticut Car I don't have an atomic clock and by my cell phone it was 7:06
07:51 Derek I've reported it to Paul
07:52 Derek I work to the nearest second here X-D
07:52 Connecticut Car I see you are on the streaming and so I am going to do some things around the house
07:52 Derek I have been watching for a while
08:00 Derek I have the room and the brown bar across the top, but nothing else, and I can't shut the audio off
10:08 Derek Hi
10:08 captbunzo Hi...
10:09 Derek It's not the rooms fault, it's something in tyhe media player stream that is not compatible with Firefox
10:09 captbunzo that can't be completely true - I am using firefox as we speak
10:09 captbunzo ooo. nice eruption.
10:10 Derek I tried the streaming cam link on the nps site and that wont work in firefox either
10:10 Derek By the way, Carolyn is using Firefox too.
10:11 captbunzo ahhhh. that's interesting that the nps page didn't work.
10:11 captbunzo I wonder why it still works on mine!
10:11 Derek Has your firefox been updated recently?
10:12 captbunzo not sure, yours?
10:12 captbunzo what version are you using?
10:12 Derek Yes, this morning
10:12 captbunzo version?
10:12 Derek 3.0.6
10:13 captbunzo ah! me, 3.0.5
10:13 captbunzo I'll let it upgrade and see if that kills things
10:13 Derek I wonder if I can roll back.
10:13 captbunzo yep
10:13 captbunzo probably somehow
10:21 Derek I can't find my original download
10:32 captbunzo do a google search for firefox 3.0.5
10:33 Derek OK thanks. Then I had better disable the auto updates.
10:34 captbunzo here you go: http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.0.5&os=win&lang=en-GB
10:35 Derek Page aint loading
10:35 captbunzo it's just a download link
10:36 Derek I clicked on it, but it just says connecting
10:36 captbunzo give it time, maybe
10:36 Derek Maybe :-)
10:40 Derek That's better :-)
10:41 Derek I'll pass this on to Carolyn when she shows up.
10:41 Derek Thanks Paul.
10:42 captbunzo k
10:44 captbunzo brb
10:53 captbunzo yep, now I have no video (after the upgrade to 3.0.6)
10:53 Derek I just went back to 305 with no problems
10:56 Derek That is an ENG GB version which is fine for me. Is there an ENG USA version for Carolyn?
11:05 Derek Paul, are you still there?
11:05 Derek I just called Carolyn and showed her your link. It fixed her too.
11:09 captbunzo http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.0.5&os=win&lang=en-US
11:09 Derek Thanks
11:10 captbunzo I'd guess this will be fixed in 3.0.7
11:10 captbunzo wow, I'm shocked we ACTUALLY found the answer. cool!
11:11 Derek YOU found it :-)
11:12 captbunzo I got lucky. but that's half of what good computer work is anyhow :)
11:13 Derek Very true
11:19 captbunzo and....... now I have video again!
11:20 captbunzo upgraded, confirmed our conclusion, then downgraded...
11:20 Derek Great
12:23 captbunzo gotta run for now derek. ttyl
13:54 Connecticut Car what time did indicator start
13:54 Derek Didn't see the start. I was looking down basin.
13:55 Connecticut Car okay
13:55 Connecticut Car thanks for calling
13:55 Derek I'm currently struggling with a very slow framerate
13:55 Connecticut Car mine is 1.56
13:56 Derek It was hovering around 0.25 a few minutes ago, but now it's up to 1.0
13:57 Connecticut Car I am freezing and am about to take a shower to warm up as soon as Beehive goes
13:57 Derek ok
13:57 Connecticut Car it is such a clear day in the basin
13:58 Derek By the way, I wont be on so early tomorrow. Today we got home unusually early :-)
13:58 Connecticut Car the temperature here today is freezing
13:58 Derek It's +2 here
13:59 Connecticut Car I have a meeting tomorrow morning and then we are going to Boston for two days to take care of the grandchildren
13:59 Derek I saw some dear or elk earlier
13:59 Connecticut Car where in the basin
13:59 Derek Other side of the river towards grand
14:01 Connecticut Car yes!!
14:01 Derek For the last OF eruption there were a whole load od people on the boardwalk. It was almost like the summer season.
14:01 Derek of
14:03 Connecticut Car This geyser is Beautiful:):)
14:03 Derek :-)
14:04 Connecticut Car I wish you could be in the park to feel the real effect when this geyser erupts...Powerful and loud
14:04 Connecticut Car I'll be back later
14:59 Connecticut Car I on
14:59 Derek Daisy at 1:46
14:59 Connecticut Car thanks
14:59 Derek Plume at 2:06
15:00 Derek OF at 2:43
15:01 Connecticut Car looking for the elk
15:01 Derek Just after that Beehive a Coyote ran across.
15:02 Derek They were on the right
15:08 Derek I did see another Lion since your one but it was very brief and not very high, so I didn't log the time
15:09 Connecticut Car could have been the last one in the series
15:09 Derek That was how I figured it.
15:14 Derek Next Thursday we are attending a small birthday party so I'll be a bit late, maybe 1 or 2 hours.
15:15 Connecticut Car no problrm
15:15 Derek My youngest granddaughter will be 1.
15:15 Connecticut Car it is so much fun to see them grow
15:16 Derek Yep
15:16 Derek Anyway, I'm off downstairs now. See you tomorrow.
15:16 Connecticut Car okay
15:17 Connecticut Car remember I have a meeting and then will be going to boston


February 7th, 2009 View February’s Logs

07:20 Graham hi there. Looks like I missed Beehive
07:20 Derek Hi
07:20 Derek Me too
07:20 Derek I'm not officially on the cam yet, but carolyn is in Boston.
07:21 Graham How are you?
07:21 Derek Fine thanks.
07:21 Graham ok, so you are driving now?
07:22 Derek I have a few things I'd like to do before my official start time of10:30, so if you are free, you can mind it until then.
07:23 Graham I have to go out really soon too, so the cam will go un-attended. I plan on being back at 130 though. My mom is visiting me this weekend
07:23 Derek I'll leave it logged on.
07:24 Derek I'll move it whenever I pop in my room.
07:24 Graham ok. we are going lamp and grocery shopping
07:24 Graham did you see Beehive start?
07:25 Derek I just noticed the steam on the static cam
07:25 Graham ok
07:25 Graham I guess the VC won't get their early morning call
07:25 Graham You saw Pat and Taras moonlight Grand time
07:25 Derek I don't have their number anyway
07:25 Graham neither do i
07:25 Graham got to go, see you
07:26 Derek ok
11:24 Graham Im back
11:24 Derek Hi
11:25 Graham hello. what's going on?
11:25 Derek Lion 0951
11:25 Derek Plume 1056
11:26 Derek Carolyn sent me a load of photos via the post
11:26 Graham ok, no grand then
11:27 Graham YNP shots?
11:27 Derek I've scanned them all and they look nice
11:27 Derek Yep
11:27 Derek It was very misty earlier so I could easily have missed grand
11:27 Graham cool. I am ready to make a DVD for you. I can give you photo's from several years if you like or just this winter. I usually keep hgundreds from each trip
11:28 Graham its window should have started ~0940
11:28 Derek When Carolyn gets back I'll ask her if she would like a page on my website
11:29 Graham thats a nice idea
11:29 Derek I love this wide angle. I can monitor everything from castle to giantess
11:29 Graham yeah. anything from Castle or Daisy?
11:30 Derek Not recently, but as I said, it was misty earlier
11:30 Graham looks like a nice day now tho
11:30 Graham hows your snow?
11:31 Derek Most of it's gone but we may get more.
11:32 Graham we still have not had much although we got our first inch a week ago
11:32 Graham I guess everything ground to a halt for a while?
11:33 Derek Yesterday at about 2:45 MST someone grabbed the cam and operated the wiper
11:33 Graham oh, did it clean up the screen?
11:34 Derek I wasn't dirty. I think they were just practicing
11:35 Graham ok. i can take the cam over if you need to go.
11:35 Graham aby wildlife around?
11:35 Graham any
11:35 Derek None today
11:37 Derek Wife will be calling me soon, so you can take the cam as soon as you like,
11:37 Derek What browser do you use?
11:38 Graham ie
11:38 Derek OK, no problem.
11:39 Derek But theres a problem with Firefox 3.0.6
11:39 Derek It wont display the streaming video
11:39 Derek I had to downgrade back to 3.0.5
11:39 Graham oh. i have never used Firefox
11:39 Derek I use it for some things
11:40 Derek IE is still my default browser
11:42 Derek OK, I'll be back to chat later.
13:29 Derek away I'm back
13:29 Graham nice dinner?
13:29 Derek I didn't have much, I just kept my wife company
13:30 Graham ok. We had Grand at 1231
13:56 Graham looks like i just missed Daisy there. My sister was on the phone
14:25 Derek Now I'm on the phone :-)
14:26 Graham ok, i am running the cam but not able to type
15:35 Derek Goodnight
15:36 Graham bye


February 8th, 2009 View February’s Logs

08:15 Derek Hi
08:25 Graham hi
08:25 Graham was away
08:25 Graham looks like a nice day
08:25 Derek Yep
08:26 Graham You saw the overnight moonlit times?
08:26 Derek I take it, Carolyn is still away
08:26 kalamitykatie beautiful day and clean glass!
08:26 kalamitykatie yay!
08:26 Derek I got your email
08:26 kalamitykatie oh, mornin' guys.
08:26 Derek Katie, what browser do you use?
08:27 Graham I have no idea where Carolyn is
08:27 Derek Boston
08:27 kalamitykatie both Firefox and IE
08:27 kalamitykatie why?
08:27 Derek Firefox 3.0.6 doesn't like the webcam streaming video
08:27 Graham i am going out, see you
08:28 Derek 3.0.5 has no problem
08:28 Derek ok
08:31 kalamitykatie huh. I think maybe I knew that... I've been using IE on this page which is atypical for me. I use Firefox on most.
08:31 Derek According to my son, it's something to do with the embed code that our cam stream contains
08:43 kalamitykatie when I tried, Firefox wanted to install the plugin for Windows Media Player. I let it do that but no change.
08:44 Derek I went back to 3.0.5 and it's OK
08:44 kalamitykatie It's not really installing the plugin. I just did it again.
08:45 Derek Carolyn has been having the same problem.
09:15 Graham lots of steam clouds
11:53 Derek Going for tea


February 9th, 2009 View February’s Logs

11:07 Connecticut Car hi
11:08 Derek Hi
11:08 Connecticut Car I am home and I will be able to take the camera during your tea time
11:08 Derek ok
11:08 Connecticut Car If I get tired I will just leave it on OF
11:08 Connecticut Car Did your mozilla firefox update again like mine?
11:08 Derek Yesterday tea time I just left it on wide angle
11:09 Derek I disabled my auto update
11:09 Derek My son did some investigation into the problem
11:09 Connecticut Car and what did he find
11:10 Derek I'll phone you
11:10 Connecticut Car okay
11:31 Derek At the same time I took the picture from the static, there was even a feint image on the streaming cam.
11:43 Derek OK, it's yours :-)
13:05 Connecticut Car I see what you mean about Beehive
13:06 Derek On a hair trigger
13:06 Connecticut Car I am going to lie down for a while
13:06 Derek ok
13:06 Derek Sweet dreams
13:06 Connecticut Car bty, just as you went to tea Craig called me
13:07 Derek Yeah
13:07 Derek ?
13:07 Connecticut Car He realized that their was a problem with the embedding
13:07 Derek Ahh good.
13:07 Derek I wish I knew what it meant :-)
13:07 Derek My son does.
13:08 Connecticut Car however, they want it in place so that you cannot stay on the media player forever
13:08 Connecticut Car see ya
15:01 Connecticut Car I am back
15:01 Derek Hi
15:01 Connecticut Car anything happen
15:01 Derek Lion at 2:14
15:02 Derek Otherwise, just O.F.
15:02 Connecticut Car okay
15:02 Connecticut Car I had a little nap
15:02 Derek Great :-)
15:03 Connecticut Car I stay on until Graham take over so if you want an early night...go for it!
15:04 Derek Thanks, I wont be going to bed yet, but I'll go downstairs to see how Beryl's doing.
15:31 Graham_away hi there
15:31 Graham im back
15:34 Connecticut Car hi
15:34 Connecticut Car do you want to take the camera
15:34 Graham how was your weekend?
15:34 Graham i can take it when you like
15:34 Connecticut Car tiring
15:34 Connecticut Car Today I had so minor surgery
15:34 Connecticut Car the camera is yours
15:34 Graham ok, did it go well?
15:34 Graham ok
15:35 Graham anything happen today? I got Pats email with Grand ets
15:35 Connecticut Car yes..two weeks and I have to go back to have stiches removed
15:35 Graham good. well you can relax now
15:35 Graham maybe get a Lion coming up
15:36 Connecticut Car while Derek was at tea time I had Little Cub, Lion, Plume
15:36 Connecticut Car Derek had Lion at 2:14 MST
15:36 Connecticut Car All else is quiet...I am going to sign off
15:37 Graham ok. I see from pat Plume at 1451
15:37 Graham ok, have a good rest
15:37 Connecticut Car thanks


February 10th, 2009 View February’s Logs

08:26 Connecticut Car hi
08:27 Derek Hi
08:27 Connecticut Car are you ready to take the camera
08:27 Derek OK, I THINK I saw OF errupt at 12:30am on the static cam
08:28 Connecticut Car wow
08:28 Connecticut Car did you get my e-mail this morning with eruption times
08:28 Derek Using the 90 minute rule, it should errupt next at 0830
08:28 Derek Yes, I have sent you one email too
08:28 Connecticut Car okay i will look
08:29 Connecticut Car this morning I saw it at 7:35 (OF)
08:30 Derek OK, so I couldn't have seen it in that case :-)
08:30 Connecticut Car no question about it
08:31 Connecticut Car the moon was very bright and OF absolutely could have been visible
08:31 Derek It sure looked like an erruption.
08:32 Connecticut Car did you happen to capture a picture
08:32 Derek There was also a column of steam from the Grand area
08:32 Derek Not this time
08:34 Connecticut Car Lion should be going shortly
08:35 Connecticut Car I say this because it went at 7:15 this morning
08:36 Connecticut Car I didn't sleep well last night because of all the stitches in my back
08:36 Connecticut Car I just couldn't seem to get comfortable
08:36 Connecticut Car BTY I thought you looked great in the video
08:36 Derek Haha, thanks. Great for a 60 year old.
08:37 Connecticut Car I really enjoyed viewing it
08:37 Connecticut Car I LOVE water views:)
08:39 Derek Would you like a phone call? I just topped up my skype credit.
08:41 Connecticut Car sure
09:33 Connecticut Car hi again
09:34 Connecticut Car did you get the latest e-mail I just sent
09:34 Derek Nones arrived yet
09:34 Connecticut Car It has the picture of the OF Parking lot
09:34 Derek My autochecker goes every 5 minutes
09:34 Connecticut Car I will resend it
09:34 Derek Wait
09:36 Derek Got it
09:36 Connecticut Car good
09:36 Connecticut Car I am so bored....just because I can't sew
09:36 Derek I just looked at the screen and someone had taken control away. I have it back now.
09:37 Connecticut Car I think I might ask Victor to take me out for a drive
09:37 Derek To Yellowstone? :-)
09:37 Connecticut Car wouldn't that be nice
09:37 Derek Yeah
09:37 Connecticut Car why are we both double on this page
09:38 Derek Not on mine
09:38 Connecticut Car I am going to sign out and then sign in again
09:39 Connecticut Car okay...now I have only one name on the side
09:39 Connecticut Car I don't have the camera on...anything happening?
09:40 Derek Nothing
09:40 Connecticut Car I hate having this white box and no picture on the mediaplayer
09:40 Derek Have you tried this direct link for the stream? mms://a293.l2717654292.c27176.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/293/27176/v0001/reflector:54292
09:41 Connecticut Car I think I am
09:41 Connecticut Car going to try IE
09:41 Derek ok
09:41 Connecticut Car Will you e-mail me that mms and I am going to try to coopy and paste it
09:43 Derek Just popping downstairs for a quick cup of tea. Back in 5.
09:43 Connecticut Car I have the picture in IE
09:47 Connecticut Car let me know when you are back....I have the camera now
09:49 Derek Back
09:50 Connecticut Car Okay please take it back
09:50 Derek Got to wait for time out
09:50 Connecticut Car does it look like grand to you
09:51 Derek Can't see any white rockets
09:51 Connecticut Car all I saw was a lot of steam
09:52 Connecticut Car What does the mms://a293 etc do?
09:53 Derek You have to paste it into windows media player. It's a direct link to the stream
09:53 Connecticut Car where do I find that on the windows media player
09:54 Derek File button, then select "open URL"
09:56 Connecticut Car thank you... I was able to get it...do I have to do that each time
09:57 Derek I just have the link as a shortcut on my desktop
09:57 Connecticut Car okay
09:57 Derek I just click it and the player opens
09:57 Connecticut Car I was able to view it in IE and it worked fine
09:57 Connecticut Car did lion just go again
09:58 Derek No
09:58 Connecticut Car right now it looks like it is just steaming...did we miss the third eruption today
09:59 Connecticut Car no I guess not
10:01 Connecticut Car another question? How do I make that stream a shortcut to my desktop?
10:01 Derek Right-click mouse on desktop and select NEW shortcut
10:03 Connecticut Car thank you thank you thank you
10:03 Derek :)
10:04 Connecticut Car now I can be on this page through firefox and still watch the media player if I choose
10:05 Derek I think it would be great if Tom hung a weather-proof microphone in the cam tree and fed it into the stream.
10:05 Connecticut Car for what reason?
10:06 Derek So we can hear the sounds of Yellowstone
10:06 Connecticut Car I see what you mean about the media player being so smoothe
10:06 Connecticut Car I rarely watch it so I didn't know how nice it is
10:07 Connecticut Car I think all we would hear is the wind if their was a microphone there
10:07 Derek How about the roar of beehive and Lion?
10:07 Connecticut Car When George does his talks they have to place him so you don't hear the wind
10:08 Derek His microphone doesn't have a windshield
10:08 Connecticut Car look at Beehive
10:08 Connecticut Car alot more steam
10:09 Connecticut Car my back is starting to bother me...I think I will lay down until your teatime
10:09 Derek ok
11:58 Derek away It's now 2:00 est. I'm going for tea.
13:10 Derek away 10:51 Grand IE
13:11 Derek away Would you like to stay and do Beehive?
13:11 Connecticut Car sure
13:11 Derek away I'll watch and take notes :-)
13:17 Derek away I saw those gears jump when you panned upwards
13:17 Connecticut Car boy this is beautiful:):)
13:17 Derek away It was quite noticable on the media player
13:18 Connecticut Car problem was that the fps were stuck and then they jumped!
13:19 Derek away No, I am sure because everything else kept moving. I could see it bounce.
13:19 Connecticut Car the camera is yours now....thanks for having me stay on
13:20 Derek away If that was on one of my old security cameras, I would order a new pan and tilt motor :-)
13:21 Connecticut Car how was tea?
13:21 Connecticut Car now that you are back...change your away
13:21 Derek away I had 2 toasted crumpets and 2 hot cross buns
13:22 Connecticut Car sounds good... see you later
13:22 Derek ok


February 11th, 2009 View February’s Logs

08:21 Connecticut Car hi I just sent you an e-mail
08:22 Derek OK, got it.
08:22 Connecticut Car Lion has been steaming heavy off and on...no eruption to date
08:23 Derek I'm just going to continue working on your pictures, ready for the web page, between moving the cam.
08:23 Connecticut Car okay... I'll have you take the camera now if it is okay with you
08:24 Derek Sure.
08:24 Connecticut Car thanks
08:24 Connecticut Car see you later
08:24 Derek :-)
13:08 Derek Back already? :-)
13:08 Connecticut Car I have been back for a while
13:08 Connecticut Car I had to run an errand
13:08 Connecticut Car the camera is yours
13:08 Derek I will be late starting tomorrow
13:09 Derek Granddaughters party
13:09 Connecticut Car Yes, your granddaughters birthday
13:09 Derek I didn't know if you remembered
13:09 Connecticut Car when do you think you will be back
13:10 Connecticut Car I noticed the lens has a few spots and I called the VC
13:10 Derek Hmmm, at a rough guess, about 12:00 EST
13:10 Connecticut Car they can't clean it until Saturday...Meghan is alone today and tomorrow
13:10 Connecticut Car Carolyn L. is alone on Friday
13:11 Derek By the way, you have 32 pictures on your web page now. :-)
13:11 Connecticut Car is that on your page
13:11 Derek On the link I emailed you
13:12 Derek It is not indexed yet
13:12 Connecticut Car I will look now
13:13 Connecticut Car I went to your page but only see Bruce and Grahams
13:13 Derek You need to click the link in the email
13:14 Derek I wont put it on the index until you've checked it.
13:15 Connecticut Car To me they are sharp like Grahams..do they seem a little blurry?
13:16 Derek They should be the same
13:16 Connecticut Car beehive is really steaming
13:16 Derek When you click a picture you will see the 800 x 600 version
13:16 Connecticut Car oh
13:16 Connecticut Car I will have to do that
13:18 Connecticut Car it looks better when you click on it
13:18 Derek Coyote
13:18 Connecticut Car good shot
13:19 Connecticut Car that took alot of work to post all those pictures..thanks
13:19 Derek If you are happy with them I will get to work indexing the page
13:37 Connecticut Car I am back
13:37 Derek So I see :-)
13:38 Connecticut Car did you get my e-mail
13:38 Derek Yes
13:38 Connecticut Car it was weird
13:38 Connecticut Car the computer froze
13:38 Derek I have the index page ready to go live if you are happy with your page.
13:39 Connecticut Car what do you think?
13:39 Connecticut Car I do like the way you listed each shot
13:39 Derek I used exactly the same style as with Graham and Bruce.
13:40 Derek I followed the descriptions you sent me.
13:40 Connecticut Car later today I will look at each one individually
13:40 Connecticut Car I only looked at the first one and then I lost the internet
13:41 Derek OK, then I will hold back until I hear from you.
13:42 Derek By the way, there was a Plume just as O.F. was finishing
13:57 Connecticut Car sorry I just had a phone call
13:57 Derek ok
13:57 Connecticut Car I don't know where the day had gone
13:57 Connecticut Car It just flew by
13:58 Derek Same here :-)
13:58 Connecticut Car Graham will be on the camera tonight at 6:00
13:58 Derek Tomorrow will be worse
13:59 Connecticut Car hopefully everything will not erupt early in the day tomorrow so I will have something to look at
13:59 Derek We take my Mother to Tescos in the morning, then come home for lunch, then the party from 2:00 to 4:00 GMT
13:59 Connecticut Car BTY yesterday there were bison in the basin
13:59 Connecticut Car did you see them
14:00 Connecticut Car nice capture today of the coyote
14:00 Connecticut Car you were able to get up close
14:00 Derek I did see a small group of Bison in the distance
14:00 Derek The coyote was this side of the river
14:05 Derek Have you any idea when the last Beehive was?
14:05 Connecticut Car bo
14:06 Connecticut Car beehive yesterday 13:14
14:06 Derek Could be anytime now then
14:07 Connecticut Car I thought it was steaming earlier
14:07 Connecticut Car heavier
14:08 Connecticut Car it's waiting for me to take the camera...no?
14:09 Derek Maybe :-)
14:09 Connecticut Car it looks like it is snowing
14:09 Derek It sure is.
14:10 Derek I used your Beehive picture for the link to your page. I thought it appropriate :-)
14:10 Connecticut Car neat
14:11 Derek You will sit in the middle between Graham and Bruce :-)
14:11 Connecticut Car I had to turn off the media player because I keeep trying to move the camera
14:12 Derek Haha
14:12 Connecticut Car I am going to go downstrairs until 5:00...see you then
14:12 Derek ok
15:06 Connecticut Car are you still there
15:06 Derek Yep
15:06 Connecticut Car I just had a coyote ...did you see it
15:07 Derek No, I was doing something on this PC.
15:07 Connecticut Car he was right by the benches near the visitors
15:09 Derek I guess he's not scared of people.
15:09 Connecticut Car he was moving quickly
15:10 Connecticut Car first in one direction and then he turned around and went toward the cabins
15:11 Derek I've finished updating the website for today. My next task is to increase Graham and Bruces pictures.
15:12 Derek If you email me any pictures, make sure they are at least 800 x 600.
15:13 Connecticut Car okay but I don't know how to do that
15:13 Derek I guess you'll have to mail them. :-)
15:14 Connecticut Car I'll send one and if it isn't right you can let me know
15:14 Derek I can easily reduce them but it's not good to enlarge them.
15:15 Derek Got to go now. Beryl's just called.
15:15 Connecticut Car that will be my project for tomorrow
15:15 Connecticut Car goodnight


February 12th, 2009 View February’s Logs

07:52 Connecticut Car hello guest
10:20 Derek Back :-)
10:22 Connecticut Car did you have a nice party celebration
10:23 Derek Yes. The little one is coming along in leaps and bounds.
10:24 Connecticut Car the past two days here in CT it has been very warm and allot of the snow has melted
10:25 Connecticut Car Now a cold front is pushing in and it is estremely windy
10:25 Derek It was minus 2c last night here
10:25 Connecticut Car make that extremely windy
10:25 Derek At the moment it is +4c at 5:25pm
10:26 Connecticut Car is the baby walking
10:27 Derek Standing, and walking around things she can hold on to.
10:27 Derek I'll email you a picture later.
10:28 Connecticut Car good
10:28 Connecticut Car I have not had time to check my photos...maybe later
10:28 Derek Your page is live now anyway
10:28 Connecticut Car I am going to have a bite to eat...will you be taking teatime today
10:28 Derek But it is very easy for me to change things
10:29 Derek Yes, I didn't eat much at the party
10:29 Connecticut Car okay I'll be back later then
11:42 Connecticut Car Hi I am back
11:42 Derek Hi
11:42 Connecticut Car anything happening?
11:43 Derek I saw Plume at 1008, but I missed the following one
11:43 Connecticut Car 10:08 was when I was on the camera
11:44 Connecticut Car did you mean 10:08
11:44 Derek Well I wrote 1008 on my piece of paper for some reason.
11:45 Connecticut Car I don't think you were home then...still at the party?
11:45 Connecticut Car oh well, it doesn't matter
11:47 Derek Aaahh, now I understand. I copied it from your email
11:47 Derek :-)
11:47 Derek Going for tea now.
11:47 Connecticut Car okay see you ina bit
12:01 Bruce Jensen I see people making a HI on the cam at 1201 today! HI back, guys!
12:02 Bruce Jensen Now they're - ??? doing "O" above their heads...
12:02 Bruce Jensen Three people, BTW...
12:03 Bruce Jensen Lion, looks like...
12:03 Bruce Jensen Lion was ie 1203
12:04 Bruce Jensen Here come the peeps...
12:04 Bruce Jensen Nice big Lion - initial?
12:29 Connecticut Car Bison on the other side of the river
12:53 Derek I'm back already.
12:53 Derek No Beehive yet?
13:02 Connecticut Car no beehive
13:02 Connecticut Car lion went at 12:03 (IE)
13:02 Derek I saw Bruce's report :-)
14:58 Connecticut Car anything happening?
14:58 Derek Geese and Bison
14:58 Connecticut Car the bison have been in the basin all afternoon
14:59 Derek The Geese came quite close
14:59 Derek I like the way one of them always stands lookout.
15:07 Derek It's snowing again here
15:07 Connecticut Car is it suppose to mount up?
15:10 Derek There's about an inch on the ground but it's not supposed to last.
15:10 Connecticut Car we are going to have heavy winds all night and it is suppose to get colder by morning
15:11 Connecticut Car Because we face north we still have lots of snow in our front yard
15:11 Connecticut Car my neighbor across the street has a clear front yard.
15:11 Connecticut Car my back yard is snow covered still because of all the trees in the yard
15:12 Derek What's all that steam behind the trees?
15:13 Connecticut Car I can't decide...maybe grotto
15:13 Derek Graham would know :-)
15:14 Derek By the way, O.F. splashed the cam glass earlier.
15:14 Connecticut Car I will ask again on Saturday for them to clean the lens
15:14 Connecticut Car they are single handed until then
15:14 Derek ok
15:16 Derek I'll be late again tomorrow. Father in law has a hospital appointment at 3 pm GMT (10am EST)
15:16 Connecticut Car okay
15:17 Connecticut Car I have a Doctors appointment at 10:30 so I will leave the camera on the default
15:18 Derek ok
15:20 Derek Got to go. Goodnight.
15:20 Connecticut Car sweet dreams


February 13th, 2009 View February’s Logs

13:47 Connecticut Car hi
13:47 Connecticut Car remember me?
13:48 Connecticut Car I just got back to the house
13:48 Derek Who are you? :)
13:48 Connecticut Car I am exhausted!!
13:48 Connecticut Car You would think I was working all day
13:49 Connecticut Car anything exciting happen today?
13:49 Derek I started on the cam at 11:30 est
13:49 Derek Loads of Bison over to the left
13:50 Connecticut Car I saw OF erupt at 8:00 and then was off the computer all day
13:51 Derek I saw Lion at 10:28, 11:51 and 1:14
13:51 Connecticut Car mucho bison
13:52 Derek I had tea from 2:00 to 3:00 today
13:52 Connecticut Car Snow this winter in the park is very low
13:52 Connecticut Car It's going to be a dry summer
13:53 Derek Like in Melbourne Australia
13:53 Connecticut Car It is exactly 3 months until we leave for the Park in May
13:53 Connecticut Car I am anxious
13:53 Derek Did you get the 2 pics I emailed today?
13:53 Connecticut Car yes
13:54 Derek It was a little misty
13:54 Connecticut Car how is your father-in-law
13:54 Derek Normally we can see for a mile to the south
13:55 Derek They gave his heart a scan
13:55 Connecticut Car and
13:55 Derek Said it looked fine
13:55 Connecticut Car does he have a pacemaker
13:55 Derek No
13:55 Derek He's never had any heart trouble
13:55 Derek Only lungs
13:55 Connecticut Car is he a smoker
13:56 Derek Not since the war, but he worked for 40 years at a cement company
13:56 Connecticut Car aah
13:57 Derek Hence his emphysemia
13:57 Connecticut Car is he on portable oxygen
13:57 Derek No
13:57 Derek Just an inhaller
13:58 Derek and if he feels real bad he also has a nebuliser
13:59 Connecticut Car BTW, what are names of your granddaughters
14:00 Derek Kirsten 3 and Elisha 1
14:00 Connecticut Car pretty
14:00 Derek I was looking at your area on Google Earth. Is that reservoir not used anymore?
14:01 Connecticut Car not used but sometime the do canoe in it
14:01 Connecticut Car it's really more like a pond
14:02 Derek Over here, our reservoirs never retire. We don't have enough of them
14:02 Connecticut Car it's really very small and was never used for the purposes of water for homes
14:02 Derek However, the water supply for this area comes from underground streams
14:03 Derek Kent is mainly on chalk
14:03 Connecticut Car I think OF is predicted to erupt soon
14:03 Derek So the rain water soaks down through it and gets filtered on the way
14:04 Connecticut Car people are on the boardwalk
14:04 Connecticut Car I am hungry and I am going to get something to eat
14:05 Derek ok
14:05 Connecticut Car I will be back at 5:00
14:30 kalamitykatie they're enjoying the bisoni in the Firehole, it looks like
14:31 Derek Yep
14:36 kalamitykatie well, I'm gonna go get some lunch and sun.
14:36 kalamitykatie happy viewing
14:36 Derek Is Garry on today?
14:37 Derek Sorry Katw
14:37 Derek Kate
14:38 kalamitykatie I think he does have Friday afternoons. Sometimes I like to take screen shots and post them on Flickr when he's driving. We're contacts.
14:38 Derek I thought it was Carolyn
14:38 kalamitykatie I thought it was odd that YOU were asking ME.
14:38 kalamitykatie :)
14:38 Derek I heard a click and forgot CC had gone
14:39 Derek I've never made contact with Gary so far
14:39 Derek I chat to Graham quite a lot though
14:40 kalamitykatie ttyl
14:40 Derek :-)
14:54 Connecticut Car back
14:55 Derek ok
14:56 Derek There's the Bison
14:57 Connecticut Car I see why the camera was aimed there...bison
14:57 Derek Oblong ?
14:58 Connecticut Car no I don't think so
14:58 Connecticut Car I would say turban
14:58 Derek ok
14:59 Connecticut Car which means that since Grand didn't go it would be another 20 minutes before the next cycle
15:00 Connecticut Car I hope Gary goes on today. Last week he had to work and never told me and so no one was on the camera
15:01 Connecticut Car he has been having veritgo and has missed two days of work
15:01 Derek Tomorrow morning (my time), I may have to drive to a large shopping mall called Bluewater. It's about 15 miles west of here.
15:01 Derek To pick up my mothers new TV
15:01 Connecticut Car I am going to be home so I'll be on until you get home
15:01 Derek It all depends on a phone call
15:02 Derek I said morning (my time). You will still be in bed :-)
15:02 Connecticut Car of forgot the time difference
15:03 Derek I'll phone them just after 9 am. If it's there, I'll be back before lunch.
15:03 Connecticut Car okay
15:03 Derek My camera shift starts at 3:30pm (my time)
15:04 Connecticut Car I forgot I had to move the camera
15:04 Connecticut Car I just got involved talking to you
15:04 Derek Little Cub seems to be bigger these days
15:05 Connecticut Car I hadn't noticed any difference
15:05 Derek Maybe it's just me
15:05 Derek Scott says it's bigger than it looks on the cam.
15:06 Connecticut Car It doesn't erupt very high though
15:06 Connecticut Car beehive has started steaming nicely
15:07 Derek Any idea when it last errupted?
15:07 Connecticut Car I don't have anytime for yesterday
15:07 Derek Must have been during darkness
15:08 Derek I feel dizzy :-)
15:09 Connecticut Car Am I moving the camera too fast
15:09 Derek Excuse me while I get back up from the floor :-)
15:09 Connecticut Car sorry
15:09 Derek Haha
15:09 Connecticut Car did you see any daisy today
15:10 Derek No
15:11 Connecticut Car not much steam now from Beehive
15:11 Derek It comes and it goes
15:12 Connecticut Car I love this view of OF when you can see in the cone
15:12 Derek Do you remember that day when I zoomed in on that orange pylon some idiot put in the cobe
15:12 Derek cone
15:13 Connecticut Car yep
15:13 Connecticut Car sure do
15:13 Derek That got a write up in the mailing list
15:14 Connecticut Car did I tell you that they have a new camera which they will put up in the spring and put this one else where
15:14 Derek No
15:15 Derek Will this one still be on the tree?
15:15 Connecticut Car as far as I know
15:16 Derek It would be fascinating for a non-visitor like me, to see the basin from a new angle
15:18 Connecticut Car that looks like turban again
15:19 Connecticut Car and it's just about 20 minutes
15:20 Derek Last night I had a video chat with my old friend in Melbourne. He's not far from the big forrest fire.
15:20 Connecticut Car it's terrible donw there
15:21 Derek They have arrested a guy for starting one of the fires
15:21 Connecticut Car I heard they had two suspects
15:21 Derek The biggest fire was started by power lines
15:21 Connecticut Car I didn't know that ...I thought it was arson
15:22 Derek There are more than one fires
15:22 Derek One of the smaller fires was arson
15:23 Derek They have also arrested some looters
15:24 Connecticut Car the news here today has been on the plane that went down near Buffalo New York
15:24 Derek We heard that too.
15:24 Connecticut Car that was a real tragedy
15:26 Derek Got to go now.
15:26 Derek Goodnight
15:26 Connecticut Car see you tomorrow


February 14th, 2009 View February’s Logs

09:19 Derek There seems to be a ghost Carolyn in the room :-)
09:27 Connecticut Car hi
09:27 Derek Hi
09:28 Connecticut Car did you get the tv
09:28 Derek TV?
09:28 Connecticut Car didn't you have to pick up a tv for your mom
09:29 Derek My son went with her
09:29 Derek I was overuled
09:29 Derek :-)
09:30 Connecticut Car OF erupted this morning at 7:10 (NS) but I never had to call it in as it was posted on the static cam and so I did a few other things
09:30 Connecticut Car Little Cub erupted at 7:01 and several times after that but I didn't keep count
09:31 Connecticut Car Lion was steaming nicely but I didn't see an eruption
09:31 Derek I saw Lion on the static before I took over but I was too busy to log the time
09:32 Connecticut Car Graham will take over this afternoon and BTY Gary was on last night exactly at 5:30PM EST
09:32 Derek On the roster you sent me he is still down for a 4:30 EST start
09:33 Connecticut Car I probably will run some errands this morning so I will be off and on the board all day
09:33 Connecticut Car Change your time for Gary to 5:30PM EST as that is when he has been coming on
09:33 Derek Sure :-)
09:33 Connecticut Car thanks
09:34 Derek What days does he do now?
09:34 Connecticut Car Hi Graham
09:34 Graham hello
09:34 Connecticut Car just Fridays
09:34 Graham I just mailed DVD's to you both
09:34 Derek ok
09:34 Connecticut Car Thanks..can't wait to get it.
09:35 Connecticut Car The photos and Dereks page are from a point and shot and don't compare to yours
09:35 Connecticut Car since I don't have a good digital I have stopped taking pictures until someday when I get a GOOD camerqa
09:36 Graham i will have to take a look, your pics were not there last time.
09:36 Derek Graham, have you seen Carolyns pictures on my website?
09:36 Graham im looking
09:36 Connecticut Car Graham are you available for anytime tomorrow
09:36 Derek I was impressed
09:38 Graham they are good pictures, I like the bull elk by the river, its hard to get them in good photo spots
09:38 Graham I have never been to Natural Bridge, I should get there some day
09:39 Graham tomorrow, I will be out ~230-6ish
09:39 Connecticut Car it's an easy hike but area not open until late summer and early fall due to BEARS
09:39 Graham the set rounds out the park pretty well
09:40 Derek If her pictures with a cheap camera are that good, I look forward to seeing some with an expensive one.
09:40 Connecticut Car I am going to look at my photo album and possibly have Derek change some of the shot
09:40 Connecticut Car make that shots
09:41 Graham I end up going through and editing all my shots too to get them to stand out better and crop them, takes a while but its much faster with my new computer too
09:41 Connecticut Car I am off now see you both later
09:41 Graham ok, bye
09:41 Derek Graham, if you haven't done so already, update to the new free google earth. They have made some interesting changes.
09:42 Graham ok. I have not downloaded it onto my new computer yet, so I should do that
09:42 Derek 5.0.11-------- (beta)
09:42 Graham anything other than Lion this morning?
09:42 Derek Nope
09:44 Derek For every area on google earth they have more then one version of images. Yellowstone has a choice of three, the most recent being 2006
09:45 Graham The caption should be Hoodoo, not Voodoo
09:46 Derek That's what she typed. I just copied it.
09:47 Graham Hum......must be the darker side of Carolyn coming out
09:48 Derek The November 7th 2004 image has a good contrast.
09:48 Derek Just going to get a cup of tea. Back in 5.
09:50 Graham ok, I am downloading it now
09:50 Graham see ya
09:56 Derek Back
10:00 Graham ok. I downloaded it. How do you switch to different datasets?
10:00 Derek Click the little clock face
10:02 Derek I've just corrected the spelling error :-)
10:03 Graham That is cool. You can see the boardwalk change south of Oblong over the river
10:03 Derek I can see all of the larger cones on Geyser Hill
10:07 Graham not sure i can see them
10:12 Derek Can't see anything of Grand. No pool, just a few rocks.
10:12 Graham it may have been empty then
10:17 Graham I sent you a bunch of my pictures over the years, so you will see a lot of the park. Theres a couple of Bighorn SHeep shots from May 2007 that you might want to replace one of the Coyote shots on my page
10:17 Derek Sawmill looks quite clear
10:18 Derek I'll replace what you tell me to replace.
10:21 Derek I will be increasing your number of pictures to the same amount as Carolyn has = 32
10:21 Graham ok, you will have ~300 to choose from :)
10:21 Graham 3,000
10:22 Graham they are mainly the smaller size shots, that's all i kept in jpg but I can still make larger ones
10:22 Graham I have the original RAW files
10:23 Derek For the web page they need to be a minimum og 800 x 600
10:23 Derek of
10:24 Derek And I need captions for each one I use
10:30 Graham take a look at the DVD and then let me know which ones you would like to put on the web page
10:31 Graham i will give you captions and resize them if necessary
10:54 Derek Why is there 2 steam columns from castle?
10:57 Graham could be Gizmo or tortus shell spring?
11:23 Connecticut Car I'm back
11:24 Graham hello
11:25 Graham I have had a fun time on the phone with Delta trying to get them to refund some fees they charged
11:25 Connecticut Car are you going to do Derek's tea time
11:25 Graham yes, I will take over for the rest of the day then, its fone for me to start at 130
11:27 Graham when does Summer Time start Derek?
11:27 Graham ours strats March 8th
11:28 Graham Derek has my problem..keeps vanishing
11:29 Derek Sorry
11:29 Derek I had a phone call downstairs
11:29 Derek When I got back in here, my son was making adjustments to the router
11:30 Derek Graham.
11:30 Graham ?
11:30 Derek My sons router reboot has logged me off the cam
11:31 Graham ok, i will grab it
11:31 Derek So you can grab it now if you want
11:31 Graham did i miss anything?
11:31 Derek Nothing
11:31 Derek After all the Bison yesterday, I've not seen a single one today
11:32 Graham hum......they are having an easy winter with the lower snow pack
11:33 Derek The last I saw of them, they were heading to the left. Behind O.F. inn.
11:34 Graham theres some grassy areas back there
11:34 Graham and they cvan head North too out of sight
11:35 Derek Two days ago there was a nice group of geese walking around.
11:36 Graham maybe we will get some bears this spring. did you see any last spring Carolyn?
11:36 Connecticut Car in the spring yes...not in the fall
11:37 Graham seen any on the cam?
11:37 Connecticut Car no..I was visiting my mother-in-law when I got a call they were in the basin but by the time I got home that one was gone
11:39 Graham i missed the excitement too watching a bear in Hayden Valley when the bear chased the bison on Geyser Hill
11:40 Connecticut Car geyser hill was closed for two days while I was there last spring
11:41 Graham dont get me started on closures! I didnt see Grand last May because of the closures
11:55 Connecticut Car there goes plume
11:56 Connecticut Car and it looks like it is starting to snow
11:56 Graham yeah i noticed that, big white stuff
11:57 Connecticut Car did you get plume
11:57 Graham but its sunny at Grotto
11:57 Graham I was grabbing my coffee
11:57 Connecticut Car it went at 11:55 AM (IE)
11:58 Graham maybe I will get the next one. Its been bouncing around tho, sometimes an hour, sometimes 90min
11:58 Connecticut Car anything with beehive yet today
11:58 Connecticut Car doesn't look like it is steaming much
11:59 Graham i have not seen any splashing. i dont think the bubblers are going
11:59 Graham good crowd today
12:00 Connecticut Car this is the start of vacation week for many schools
12:00 Graham ah yes and a federal holiday
12:00 Connecticut Car but I find that between 11:00 and 1:00 most of the tours are in
12:01 Graham yeah thats middle of their trips
12:01 Graham it was deadly quiet in the VC at 4pm
12:02 Graham was Beehive splashing there?
12:13 Connecticut Car didn't see
12:17 Derek Graham could you try something for me?
12:17 Graham sure
12:17 Graham coyote
12:18 Derek Load this url into media player and tell me if you see anything.
http://82.34.94.201:7121
12:18 Derek My son just set this up for me.
12:21 Connecticut Car Graham Beehive went yesterday around 16:06
12:22 Derek Hey Carolyn
12:22 Connecticut Car yes
12:22 Derek Would you like to try that link?
12:22 Derek In media player
12:22 Connecticut Car what does it do
12:22 Derek My own streaming cam :-)
12:23 Graham hum...
12:23 Graham new media player - how do I get it to use a URL?
12:23 Connecticut Car me too
12:23 Derek File, then open url
12:24 Derek Paste that link in and you should see me live :-)
12:24 Graham ahhhh i just have difficulty seeing that stuff
12:24 Graham with audio too!
12:24 Graham i see you
12:25 Graham not sure i am ready for a stioff drink yet
12:25 Graham the audio and video is good
12:26 Graham ok, it works well
12:26 Derek Now I wonder if CC can get it too.
12:26 Graham it works fine for me here with the DSL too, getting the streaming YNP cam too
12:27 Connecticut Car I think I have to be in IE to view....firefox is not letting me open it
12:28 Derek You can only view it in media player
12:28 Derek Like I showed you a few days ago with the mms link to the streaming cam
12:28 Graham next up you will be merging the two video streams so we can see you in front of OF!
12:29 Graham Grabd
12:29 Connecticut Car Please e-mail me the sight again
12:29 Derek This is just for those of my friends who don't have skype
12:30 Graham haha
12:30 Graham see you as tall as grand!
12:31 Graham looks like you need to do some tidying up there Derek!
12:32 Derek I sent it to you
12:32 Connecticut Car tthanks
12:33 Graham nice wind for Grand
12:33 Connecticut Car I am on the phone now so I will look in a few minutes
12:45 Connecticut Car Derek: I don't want to lose the streaming cam and it keeps opening to it..how do I put in the new http and not loose streaming cam
12:46 Derek After you click open url there is a little arrow that shows the history
12:48 Connecticut Car a little box pops up on my screen and says the streaming cam stream...hit it that goes white and I could type in your http but would I lose Live
12:50 Graham there was some splashing from Beehive
12:50 Connecticut Car Derek is trying to call me but we have not connect twice
12:50 Connecticut Car did you see the time I posted for yesterdays Beehive
12:53 Graham yeah Pat sent me some screen captures too
12:54 Graham indicator was huge!
12:56 Derek Now I got skype working again, Carolyns number is busy.
13:15 Connecticut Car that was really nice Derek
13:15 Connecticut Car it could get habit forming
13:15 Derek I'm glad you enjoyed it
14:00 Graham Daisy 1359
14:01 Derek Carolyn enjoyed my streaming cam :-)
14:01 Connecticut Car yes I did
14:01 Connecticut Car will it always be on
14:02 Graham i turned it off because I was downloading something
14:02 Derek I loved your quilted bag
14:02 Connecticut Car thanks
14:02 Derek I wish you had time to make one for Beryl
14:02 Connecticut Car I think it would be to large a bag for her...she is so tiny
14:03 Derek You should see the size of her handbag
14:04 Connecticut Car well maybe I could work something out...smaller in size. I was also thinking of a quilt
14:04 Derek She loves anything pretty
14:05 Connecticut Car right now I have several projects in the works that I must finish and since I really can't do anything large until my back heals..all is off
14:05 Derek Perhaps you could make Graham a quilted wallet for him to carry all his money in :-)
14:05 Graham i dont need a very big one for that!
14:05 Derek Haha
14:05 Connecticut Car I should really send you both a picture of my Yellowstone quilt in Kaleioscope
14:06 Graham sure. Theres someone at work trying to get a friend to make a Yellowstone quilt too. Have you seen the big Denali quilt?
14:07 Connecticut Car no
14:07 Connecticut Car I will take a close up of the quilt later today and e-mail it to you both
14:07 Graham I will email it, its in one of the Denali VC's
14:09 Graham email sent
14:09 Graham its a huge quilt hung on the wall
14:10 Connecticut Car there goes Little cub again and beehive is getting more aggressive
14:10 Graham Yeah, i still have not seen steam from the bubblers but its quite windy so it may just not be showing up
14:10 Graham time for Plume tho
14:14 Connecticut Car beehive splashing
14:14 Graham i wondered if that steam was from the indicator, but just Beehive
14:20 Graham There is Plume 1420
14:24 Graham nice splashes!
14:24 Connecticut Car yep
14:25 Derek Nice snowflakes too :-)
14:27 Graham they need a couple of feet of snow to get the snowpack up
14:30 Graham what i meant was ... they need snow AFTER Beehive erupts
14:39 Connecticut Car let's hope OF's eruption won't interfer with the viewing of Beehive...it's getting close to the predicted time
14:40 Graham yeah need to get OF out of the way so its steam can clear
14:41 Connecticut Car I will stay on the camera until 6:00 tomorrow and when you get home you can take over if you like
14:42 Graham ok. i may be in before then but I will let you know. I am going to an opera - a one act opera followed by some arias so I should be home by 6
14:42 Connecticut Car okay
14:42 Graham starts at 3
14:56 Connecticut Car nice that the wind is blowing away from Beehive
14:56 Graham the wind has been good today
14:56 Connecticut Car Wow on the Denali quilt!!!:):)
14:56 Graham that was a big OF splash
14:57 Graham yeah, nice isn't it. took years to make
14:57 Graham then donated to the park
15:00 Connecticut Car now is not the time for OF to be late..let's hope it goes in it's window
15:01 Graham no indicator yet tho
15:02 Connecticut Car nice preplay
15:02 Graham yeah, may make it late ...
15:10 Graham there you go, only 1 min after the window
15:10 Connecticut Car not to many people visiting
15:11 Connecticut Car I did notice that is was 1 minute out of the window..not bad with such high preplay
15:11 Graham yeah very few, all the day visitors are gone though
15:12 Connecticut Car park will be closing soon
15:12 Derek I'm off to bed now
15:13 Connecticut Car see you tomorrow
15:13 Graham bye
15:13 Graham its open another month
15:13 Graham i would have thought the occupancy would be up for the holiday
15:13 Graham this is the time I went last year
15:13 Connecticut Car with this economy who knows
15:14 Graham 19th is the anniversary of my most recent Giant.....
15:14 Connecticut Car the rates for May are not cheap as of now..maybe they will come down a bit
15:15 Graham the snow lodge was $150 as part of a 2+ day package this winter
15:15 Graham as long as you go after New Year
15:16 Connecticut Car I think that is about what the May rate is if you are a Yellowstone @sociation Member
15:17 Graham so you dont have a reservation yet?
15:17 Connecticut Car Yes we have several
15:17 Connecticut Car 2 nights at snow lodge
15:17 Connecticut Car 1 week in West Yellowstone and one week in Gardiner
15:18 Graham ok, thats good
15:18 Connecticut Car The rate in West is higher than we paid last year and I may see if we can get a lower rate elsewhere but I won't do it until closer to
15:18 Connecticut Car when we leave
15:19 Graham where do you like to stay in West?
15:19 Connecticut Car I don't like staying in West but it is more reasonable than the park
15:19 Graham I have only been there in Winter at stagecoach
15:19 Connecticut Car Right now it's at Yellowstone Lodge. We have stayed at Gray Wolf many times
15:20 Graham I think it was $70 but its where the snowcoach picks up
15:20 Graham and im only there for ~7 hours
15:21 Connecticut Car Gray Wolf is cheaper but I had already booked Yellowstone Lodge. May rate is $129. to 134
15:21 Graham i bet they will have some sales for early season
15:21 Connecticut Car they usually do, but I wanted to have something
15:21 Graham ouch....lodge cabins are cheaper
15:21 Connecticut Car The Absoroka in Gardiner is $70 or 79 I don't remember
15:22 Graham thats not so bad
15:22 Graham all adds up on a 2 week trip tho
15:22 Connecticut Car yep
15:22 Graham i have been looking for cheap flights to Vegas and there are none for late May
15:23 Connecticut Car I am not sure if we will go twice this year due to the economy
15:23 Graham well the redeye's with a change of plane are cheap...
15:23 Connecticut Car We are driving and this way we can stop in Omaha to visit my son
15:24 Graham yeah thats good. hope gas stays cheap
15:24 Connecticut Car Besides I hate to fly
15:24 Connecticut Car If Beehive doesn't erupt soon I am going to have to make supper
15:25 Graham I will get plume here and then back to Beehive. Last plumes were 1h13 and 1h12 min so its due in ~7min
15:25 Connecticut Car actually I think I may go downstairs soon and turn on my portable labtop
15:26 Graham ok
15:26 Connecticut Car I figured you were waiting for Plume from the angle of the camera
15:26 Connecticut Car I hadn't checked the time
15:27 Graham may look for daisy in 30 min +
15:28 Connecticut Car I was thinking about that
15:28 Connecticut Car We still have 35 or so minutes till beehives time yesterday
15:29 Connecticut Car I don't think I can get on the chat page from my computer downstairs..I think I tried once and I have to load something
15:30 Connecticut Car so I'll say bye for now but I will be watching for Beehive
15:30 Graham ok, i hope it goes soon
15:36 Connecticut Car I came back upstairs
15:36 Graham quick - look
15:36 Connecticut Car I don't think there was an indicator
15:37 Graham no indicator
15:37 Connecticut Car I just saw beehive
15:37 Graham good
15:37 Connecticut Car okay I was right
15:37 Connecticut Car bye
15:37 Graham bye
15:43 Graham Beehive 1534


February 15th, 2009 View February’s Logs

07:37 Connecticut Car Hi: As soon as OF erupts I will try to re send
07:37 Connecticut Car I think it could be another 25 minutes or so before it erupts
07:41 Connecticut Car I just resent it to you see if it is okay
07:44 Derek That one was excellent :-)
07:45 Connecticut Car okay I will now copy a few more and send them to you later
07:45 Connecticut Car Did you like the quilt shots
07:45 Derek Yes thanks
07:46 Connecticut Car was the Narrow Gage Terrace Okay
08:35 Connecticut Car Just sent you a load of photos
08:35 Derek ok
08:35 Connecticut Car Once you look at them I will go over what I would like changed
08:35 Derek Thanks
08:44 Connecticut Car Derek: I just talked to Carolyn L. and she said to keep an eye on Castle...large splashes
08:44 Connecticut Car Please send me a time via e-mail if you see it go
08:46 Derek I am checking through your pictures :-)
09:51 Graham hello
09:51 Derek Hi
09:52 Graham was that Oblong a minute ago?
09:53 Graham so they think Castle Minored? it was 1604ie Major yesterday
09:56 Derek On phone
09:57 Graham k
10:06 Connecticut Car hi to you both
10:07 Derek No Castle yet
10:07 Derek Lot's of big puffs of steam
10:07 Graham hello. great quilt pics carolyn
10:07 Graham woah
10:07 Connecticut Car The logger was down so Carolyn L. couldn't get a reading
10:07 Derek Depression at 08:50
10:08 Connecticut Car thanks regarding the quilt
10:08 Graham 16:04ie H2O Major for Castle yesterday
10:09 Graham so if it was splashy this morning it must have minored
10:09 Connecticut Car okay thanks
10:09 Graham that logger has been a problem
10:10 Connecticut Car So if it minored during the night we have to wait for the next major...correct
10:12 Derek Carolyn, I'm getting some real slow frame rates at the moment so if the cam does some strange things, that's why.
10:14 Graham yeah. If you roll forward, it should have erupted ~0500 and been pretty quiet ~0800. If it was splashy then, the 0500 was probably a minor. so there could be a Major any time today. Then ~13-15 hours for the next Major-Major interval.
10:16 Derek There's Castle
10:16 Graham of course it could have another minor again, it did that a couple of weekends ago
10:16 Graham Yep.....nice near start time
10:17 Connecticut Car now we have to wait and see if it is a major
10:17 Graham I need to see a whole Castle eruption next trip, I keep ignoring it
10:27 Graham Gonna do a stab at my taxes....wish me luck! Not sure i have anything I need yet tho
10:40 Derek Castle is still jetting water.
10:42 Graham Major now
10:42 Graham I think the longets minor was about 15min
10:50 Derek Is it in steam phase now?
11:05 Connecticut Car Thanks for calling
11:05 Derek You're welcome
11:05 Connecticut Car When do you want to do the pictures
11:06 Derek Whenever you're ready.
11:06 Graham indicator
11:06 Connecticut Car after Beehive is finished if it is okay for you
11:06 Graham nice
11:07 Graham didn't get one yesterday
11:08 Derek Maybe Carolyn, you could type the details in an email, saying which ones you want to replace which ones with.
11:12 Connecticut Car okay
11:19 Graham Tax SW says I am due 4,000 back....but I dont have my mutual fund statement yet - I am guessing I didnt make that much money there this year!
11:19 Graham so maybe I will get lucky this year
11:21 Connecticut Car Graham that would be nice...more money to spend in Yellowstone
11:21 Connecticut Car Derek I just sent you and e-mail...after you replace I will look and see if I would like any other changes
11:22 Connecticut Car Thank you
11:22 Derek You told me 6 to take out but 7 to put in :-)
11:22 Connecticut Car I thought I had you take out 7
11:23 Connecticut Car I wanted both geyser pools taken out
11:23 Derek Mammoth with new blueSteamboatBison HerdElk in West Thumb basinBoth Geyser PoolsBison on Road next to car
11:23 Derek Ahhh#
11:24 Graham Of course its a double edged sword - i get tax money back because the mutual funds tanked :(
11:24 Derek You have to take account of my advancing age Carolyn. I get confused easily.
11:24 Graham but this is a new year..so cash back is nice
11:25 Connecticut Car Victor has started to work on our taxes today...I hope we are that fortunate
11:25 Derek We don't have that problem here because our income is so low.
11:28 Derek Tax is taken out of our pension before we get it.
11:29 Connecticut Car Derek will you be on today until 5:00 EST
11:29 Connecticut Car Also I need your hours for this past week
11:30 Graham got to go, lunchtime and then out. I will grab the cam when I get back, probably just before 6 EST
11:30 Graham bye
11:31 Derek Hours are 32
11:31 Connecticut Car thanks
11:31 Derek I'll be on from when I return from tea until 5:00
11:32 Derek If there's not much happening I'll also get started on your pictures
11:41 Connecticut Car let me know when you are going to tea and I will take the camera
11:41 Derek Any moment now :-)
11:41 Connecticut Car okay I will take it then
11:42 Derek Seeya later
11:42 Connecticut Car okay
15:02 Connecticut Car anything happening
15:02 Derek I've updated your pictures on the web page. You can go check them out whenever you like.
15:03 Connecticut Car I'll do that now
15:03 Derek Nothing newq
15:03 Derek new
15:04 Connecticut Car I would put Steam Phase/Steamboat /Geyser
15:05 Connecticut Car next to Cistern Pool EMPTY
15:05 Derek They are both different shape
15:05 Connecticut Car Oh How about under it
15:05 Derek Potrait next to portrait and landscape next to landscape
15:06 Connecticut Car Also It is Uncle Toms Trail
15:07 Connecticut Car The reason I wanted Steam Phase and Cistern near each other is that when steamboat erupts/the cistern pool empties
15:08 Derek I can move them around but it would take more time than I have tonight, so perhaps you could remind me tomorrow.
15:09 Connecticut Car sounds good...also I may ask you to edit a few more. I like the way the new ones looks Thanks
15:13 Connecticut Car Grand is going 15:10 (IE)
15:13 Derek I've already closed down the viewer. I'm working on the web page.
15:14 Connecticut Car okay see you tomorrow...bye
15:14 Derek I'm not leaving the room just yet :-)
15:31 Connecticut Car hi
15:31 Graham hello, just got back and saw your email
15:31 Connecticut Car you are back earlier than you thought
15:31 Connecticut Car Waiting on OF
15:31 Graham well i thought I might make it now. I wasn't sure how long it would last
15:31 Connecticut Car are you ready to take the camera
15:32 Graham was a good opera though
15:32 Graham sure
15:32 Graham i can take it now
15:32 Connecticut Car go for it!
15:33 Derek Carolyn, I've made the alterations
15:33 Graham so I just missed Grand
15:33 Connecticut Car yep
15:33 Graham any Plumes or Daisy's?
15:33 Connecticut Car I think it might of had two bursts
15:33 Connecticut Car haven't seen and Plumes or Daisy
15:35 Derek I'm going to bed now, so if you could check the web page again and email me so I can see it in the morning.
15:35 Connecticut Car I came in on Grand (IE)....but there were two very high spikes at the end
15:35 Connecticut Car Will do Derek
15:35 Derek Goodnight All
15:35 Graham nice Steamboat Steam Phase!
15:35 Connecticut Car see you later
15:35 Graham bye
15:36 Graham that must have been fairly early into steam?
15:36 Connecticut Car Did you ever hear the story of how we missed Steamboat?
15:36 Graham no
15:36 Graham theres plume
15:36 Connecticut Car As we passed Norris Victor asked if I wanted to stop and I said Steamboat never goes off
15:37 Connecticut Car We thus went to Canyon...and shortly there afrer heard it had erupted and returned to the scene
15:37 Connecticut Car Bummer
15:39 Graham ahhhhhh. well at least you got to see some good steam
15:40 Graham it went one night when I was there and i saw the steam 10 hours later or so
15:40 Graham still impressive
15:40 Graham nice picture of it
15:40 Connecticut Car thanks
15:40 Graham you should send it to the Sput
15:40 Connecticut Car Glad you enjoyed the opera
15:41 Connecticut Car Victor wants supper so I'll sign off
15:41 Graham ok, enjoy dinner
15:41 Connecticut Car See you at six tomorrow
15:41 Graham send steamboat pit to the Dunns
15:41 Graham pic
15:41 Graham yep see you


February 16th, 2009 View February’s Logs

08:00 Connecticut Car Hi
08:00 Derek Hi
08:01 Connecticut Car I like the page alot
08:01 Connecticut Car thanks
08:01 Connecticut Car Were you watching the streaming cam this morning
08:01 Connecticut Car I am wondering if Giant might have gone
08:01 Derek I started about half an hour ago
08:02 Connecticut Car There was so much steam ..very white and high
08:02 Connecticut Car a little further to the right of Grand
08:03 Derek No one seems to post about the streaming cam observations in the forum anymore
08:03 Connecticut Car However, the steam is blowing in the direction to the right
08:03 Connecticut Car I don't like the new forum
08:03 Derek I started the thread but no-one continued
08:03 Connecticut Car I think the other was easier to read
08:03 Connecticut Car they may have lost people when they were off for so long
08:03 Derek I soon got used to it :-)
08:04 Connecticut Car notice the area of giant
08:04 Derek The mailing list has that delay of at leat one day
08:04 Derek least
08:05 Derek All I can see is steam
08:05 Connecticut Car yes and high and going for quite sometime
08:05 Connecticut Car where is Graham when you need him
08:05 Derek It's a little more distinct on the static
08:05 Derek Yeah
08:06 Connecticut Car when I call the VC this morning I will see what's up
08:07 Connecticut Car and now the steam could be grotto
08:07 Connecticut Car a little further to the right
08:07 Derek I wonder if they'll have enough staff to give the glass a wipe.
08:08 Connecticut Car today it probably just one person in the VC
08:08 Derek ok
08:10 Connecticut Car I still think it might be Gaint
08:10 Connecticut Car Giant
08:10 Connecticut Car real white puffs in that area
08:11 Derek We'll just have to wait and see :-)
08:12 Connecticut Car I think I might e-mail David Monteith and see if he is running the video
08:12 Connecticut Car Now I am sure it is Giant
08:13 Connecticut Car especially when I look at the static
08:13 Derek David doesn't review his recording until the end of the day
08:13 Connecticut Car okay.. but I may give him a heads up
08:14 Derek Is it Carolyn L on duty today?
08:14 Connecticut Car not sure...I think it could be Megan
08:15 Derek If it's CL, we would see her arrive on her skis :-)
08:15 Connecticut Car she also would have checked the area before if she has time
08:15 Connecticut Car by the way the high steam has been for almost 45 minutes now
08:17 Derek If it's Giant, maybe Tara will be round there screaming :D
08:20 Connecticut Car I just sent an e-mail to Dave ...a heads up
08:20 Derek k
08:27 Connecticut Car the camera is yours
08:27 Derek ok
08:27 Connecticut Car I'll see you later...I am going to run some errands
10:43 Connecticut Car letting you know that Megan is alone in the VC all day
10:49 Derek Looks like Little Squirt just behinh that tree.
10:54 Derek and Dome steaming away.
11:43 Derek Going for tea.
13:14 Connecticut Car hi
13:14 Derek away Hi
13:14 Connecticut Car I am going to lie down but should be back by 5:00. My foot is really bothering me.
13:15 Derek away ok
14:50 Connecticut Car nice Grand
14:50 Derek cam Was that 3 bursts?
14:51 Connecticut Car I didn't see Beehive but thanks for calling
14:51 Derek cam Castle was excellent.
14:51 Connecticut Car I couldn't tell you have many burst because I was talking to Meghan
14:51 Connecticut Car Do you know when Castle started?
14:52 Derek cam It was IE at 1:55 and seemed to finish water at 2:25
14:53 Connecticut Car can you go over there now
14:53 Derek cam I was watching Daisy, then panned left and saw Castle
14:53 Connecticut Car you had a good afternoon today in the basin
14:54 Derek cam Yep
14:54 Derek cam OF's due
14:54 Connecticut Car okay
14:54 Connecticut Car thanks
14:55 Connecticut Car I just want to keep an eye on the steam at CAstle
14:55 Derek cam Plume too
14:57 Connecticut Car did Plume just go
14:57 Derek cam Yes
14:58 Connecticut Car then OF hid it
14:58 Derek cam By the way, I made a couple of small changes to my Yellowstone index page
14:58 Connecticut Car okay I'll look
14:58 Derek cam New images on the streaming cam
15:01 Derek cam I'm curious. What can you tell by Castle's steam?
15:02 Connecticut Car I believe the steam phase has to go on for a while for a major
15:03 Derek cam I only know that there was real water jetting for at least 30 minutes
15:03 Connecticut Car that's good
15:12 Connecticut Car are you still there?
15:12 Derek cam Yep
15:12 Connecticut Car I like the photo that you but on the page
15:12 Connecticut Car I think it's better than 2 coyotoes
15:13 Derek cam They were actual captures from the streaming cam last year
15:13 Connecticut Car but it was two of the same and now you have different things
15:14 Connecticut Car I think the coyote is good with just one
15:14 Connecticut Car it's a good picture of the coyote that you have
15:14 Derek cam The static cam image is live but it doesn't auto-update. You have to refresh.
15:15 Derek cam I'll be changing those streaming cam images on a regular basis
15:15 Connecticut Car variety is good:)
15:17 Derek cam I'm trying to decide on a background pattern or image to replace those black margins.
15:18 Connecticut Car what about a repeat of the crest all the way down the sides
15:18 Derek cam What crest?
15:19 Connecticut Car the one that is on the home page....isn't the home page what you are taking about
15:20 Derek cam I'm talking about all the pages. They all have black borders down each side
15:21 Connecticut Car Yes, but the one that stands out to me is the homepage
15:21 Connecticut Car maybe because there is less on it
15:22 Derek cam You've given me an idea :-)
15:22 Derek cam I'll add more pictures to make the homepage larger
15:23 Derek cam Or taller anyway
15:23 Connecticut Car stop
15:23 Connecticut Car I think I like the home as it is
15:23 Connecticut Car it is not cluttered
15:24 Derek cam That crest, is the Kent coat-of-arms
15:25 Connecticut Car Castle is a Major
15:25 Derek cam I must do something about the large black border
15:26 Derek cam ok
15:26 Derek cam By the way, I've shut the viewer down now so I can't see what you're zooming at :-)
15:27 Connecticut Car I just went over to Castle and it is still steaming
15:27 Connecticut Car nicely
15:34 Derek cam Have a look at my Links page.
15:34 Connecticut Car okay
15:34 Derek cam I'll be back in a few minutes
15:35 Connecticut Car what did you do...it doesn't look different to me
15:43 Graham hi there
15:49 Derek cam From the home page click LINKS
15:49 Derek cam An experimental background
15:49 Derek cam Ooops shes gone already
15:50 Graham but im here
15:50 Derek cam Sorry I used up all the geyser today :-)
15:51 Graham i hear everything has erupted
15:51 Derek cam Carolyn and Me are sure there was a Giant too
15:51 Graham hum, I saw a lot of steam this morning but it looked like Grotto steam drifting to the left
15:52 Derek cam I'm not an expert, but Carolyn seemed quite sure.
15:54 Graham what time?
15:54 Graham do you have a picture of it?
15:54 Derek cam No
15:55 Graham Pat and Tara have not sent me an email about it so I am thinking it didn't happen.....
15:55 Derek cam It was before Carolyn handed over to me, so it must have started before 10:30 MST
15:56 Derek cam It was going on for ages
15:57 Graham yeah I read the log, ~0800 in the log you said it had been going for half hour.....
15:57 Graham there's nothing on the listserver though
15:58 Graham no post waiting to come out
15:58 Derek cam Carolyn emailed David but his internet was down at home so he couldn't record it
15:58 Graham ah, bad timing
16:01 Graham next time grab a static webcam shot and show me
16:01 Graham when it started was it huge?
16:02 Derek cam There was bright white steam clouds rising fast and high
16:03 Derek cam The steam seemed to engulf the whole area
16:03 Derek cam It spread out like an atom bomb
16:04 Graham I sent you a couple of Giant shots. With the cold it might have looked like the second one but Grotto can be really big in the cold too
16:04 Graham Grotto start with Grotto Fountain can put up a lot of steam
16:05 Derek cam Got the email. That was about the same place
16:05 Graham it would have been a lot bigger than the May 24 pic as it was -16 this morning
16:06 Derek cam It was massive. The steam spread out quickly
16:06 Graham Giant started at 0532 that morning, the 6th hot period of the day
16:07 Graham if you said the steam kept going up vertically for a long time I would say Giant...if it spread out it would be more like Grotto....but who knows
16:08 Derek cam It did both. I've personally never witnessed a live Giant erruption on the streaming cam before so I went by what CC said.
16:08 Graham I have my last Giant emailing to you...was it this big?
16:08 Derek Here's the lady :-)
16:09 Graham it was about 10 below then
16:09 Graham hello
16:09 Connecticut Car hi
16:09 Connecticut Car would you e-mail me the photo also
16:09 Graham just did
16:10 Connecticut Car I have seen Giant on the Cam several times
16:10 Connecticut Car especially when it was erupting often
16:11 Graham the last one was ~30 minutes into the eruption though, so it should have been bigger given the colder temps this morning
16:11 Connecticut Car I spoke to Meghan this afternoon and hopefully someone will get down there later today or tomorrow and see if the sign has moved
16:11 Graham it should have been very big....did you see the pic?
16:12 Connecticut Car yes
16:12 Connecticut Car it was very white and high this morning and right next to Grand
16:12 Graham thats probably the closest. Pat grabbed it last Feb while I was down in the cage
16:13 Graham bigger than the pic?
16:13 Connecticut Car Derek what are you doing up?
16:13 Connecticut Car no not bigger
16:13 Derek I'm experimenting with backgrounds on web pages.
16:13 Graham well that one was on a -10 morning ~1000 30 min after it started..this morning was -16 and earlier..should have been bigger
16:14 Graham but who knows
16:14 Connecticut Car the reason I don't think it was Grotto is that Grotto is further over
16:15 Connecticut Car if it had been Oblong it wouldn't have last so long
16:16 Graham I was hoping you would have said 'yes it was that big'
16:17 Graham maybe it was Giant, that would be great
16:18 Graham wish I was there, this was the week I was there last year, Presidents Day week
16:19 Graham Carolyn dragged a couple of tourists with her when the Hot period was still going.....I called 8min in and its still going....
16:19 Graham realy big hot period and we knew it was Marathon recovery
16:19 Connecticut Car Derek: I think the yellow is ******* my eyes
16:19 Graham I warned them not to stay in the cage...they didn't really know why until it erupted
16:20 Connecticut Car too funny
16:20 Connecticut Car But there are some that want to get soaked
16:20 Connecticut Car especially with the brownish background
16:21 Graham they were tourists tho and it was probably single digits
16:21 Graham I watched Mary Beth stand at the railing and get drowned
16:22 Graham but that was a nice sunny warm day
16:22 Connecticut Car I've seen several gazers do the same
16:22 Graham way too dangerous in winter
16:22 Connecticut Car Lynn would have know to have a raincoat on in the summer
16:22 Connecticut Car like she has done at F&M
16:23 Graham yeah i have not got drenched, Im always wanting to take pictures
16:23 Connecticut Car Bty, I will not be on the camera on Wednesday...I am having some surgery
16:23 Graham Pats camera got 'submerged' at F&M last year and stopped working
16:23 Connecticut Car oh my
16:23 Graham ok
16:24 Derek Carolyn, would you try my LINK page. Go to HOME then click LINKS
16:24 Connecticut Car okay
16:24 Graham Canon repaired under warranty and they reported it as being 'submerged'
16:24 Connecticut Car Derek did you see my comments above
16:25 Derek No
16:25 Connecticut Car scan upwards
16:25 Connecticut Car Graham if you had to choose what is your favorite geyser
16:25 Derek What yellow?
16:25 Connecticut Car the printing
16:25 Derek Only the text is yellow
16:26 Graham I usually pick Bijou since I watch it so much :) But its Giant
16:26 Derek It's yellow on every page
16:26 Connecticut Car and the background is brownish
16:26 Connecticut Car well, maybe it's the brownish background
16:26 Derek The only thing I've changed is the MAIN background.
16:26 Derek The boarders
16:27 Connecticut Car I don't mind the trees
16:27 Derek That's what I wanted your opinion on :-)
16:27 Graham yellow text on brown background...ug
16:27 Graham oh sorry, you didn't want my opinion :(
16:28 Derek OK Graham you suggest an alternative, and I'll try it.
16:28 Connecticut Car If I had to choose I think it it would be F&M but I love Giant and also Fountain
16:28 Connecticut Car it's really hard when they are ALL so beautiful
16:28 Graham Of the geysers I can see each trip, Fountain is 1, I love Veteran a lot too
16:29 Graham whats your favorite geyser Derek?
16:29 Connecticut Car the nice thing about Fountain is the proximity to the boardwalk
16:29 Graham yeah and it goes on for so long at full strength
16:30 Derek Not forgetting I've never seen any for real
16:30 Connecticut Car have you ever seen morning
16:30 Graham last Sept I sat on the boardwalk with the wind blowing my way and got drenched over and over..it was pretty hot!
16:30 Derek I like several for different reasons
16:30 Graham no, I would love to see it tho
16:30 Connecticut Car me neither
16:31 Derek OK, now can someone suggest an alternative colour combination for the text and text background :-)
16:32 Connecticut Car you need something that is soft on the eyes...try a light blue background and navy writing
16:32 Graham not till you tell us which is your favorite geyser
16:32 Derek I don't have a single favorite
16:33 Connecticut Car well, from the streaming cam I think you should say Beehive
16:33 Graham dont go influencig his decision now
16:34 Connecticut Car the little fellow is just so powerful:):)
16:34 Graham bison on the move
16:34 Derek Beehive is the prettiest. Giantess is the most spectacular
16:34 Connecticut Car and loud!!
16:34 Graham i like it when i dont have to move the cam to find them
16:35 Connecticut Car nice capture of the bison
16:35 Graham yeah i had to work hard to find them
16:36 Connecticut Car wow
16:36 Connecticut Car they have had an easy winter
16:37 Derek Try that again CC, I changed just one cell.
16:37 Connecticut Car writing is too purple
16:37 Derek Hmmm
16:38 Connecticut Car try a deep dark blue
16:39 Connecticut Car and you probably don't want to hear this but now the green looks to harsh
16:39 Connecticut Car love the bison
16:40 Derek Hmmm, maybe I should have left it as it was. :-)
16:40 Graham i think each cell should be different...just a thought
16:40 Connecticut Car they look pretty healthy don't they?
16:40 Derek That, Graham, would take forever to do.
16:41 Connecticut Car tomorrow I will try different color schemes for you and let you decide. GO TO BED!!
16:41 Graham yeah would really mess up everyones eyes too
16:42 Graham Pat wasn't up this morning, so she has no idea if it was Giant
16:42 Derek Beryl is snoring too loudly, I could never get to sleep.
16:42 Connecticut Car where were both of you when we needed you
16:43 Graham Tara wasn't up either and I guess their internet was down
16:43 Graham nobody posted anything to the listserve though
16:44 Derek Because nobody but CC and Me saw it :-)
16:44 Connecticut Car I was on the camera this morning at 6:30
16:44 Graham Your own private Giant eruption :)
16:45 Connecticut Car that would be MST
16:45 Connecticut Car it was just getting light in the basin
16:45 Connecticut Car oh well, we will know sometime later this week when they check the site
16:45 Graham fewest at Giant for me was 2 - Andy Townsend turned up 20 min before Giant erupted and he was talking to me asking about Artemisis while the hot period was going on...grrr
16:47 Connecticut Car there were four of us when it started but it didn't take long before the area was filled
16:47 Graham That was the 0532 eruption after I stayed out all night
16:47 Connecticut Car There is no question you are a trooper!!:>
16:47 Graham not too many people came down for that one, Heinrick and Michael Goldberg
16:48 Connecticut Car You camped out at F&M also many a night
16:48 Graham yeah well Mastiff had been depth charging for over 24 hours and hot periods every hour - it wanted out!
16:48 Graham i shared the duties at F&Mtho, you have time to get down there these days before it goes
16:48 Connecticut Car As much as I would want to see it, I could never do it
16:49 Connecticut Car Yep
16:49 Connecticut Car the radios are wonderful
16:49 Graham it was the right interval and an almost shore-bet with continuous depth charging.
16:49 Graham weather was good tho
16:49 Graham We called on the cell phones at F&M too in case radio range didnt work
16:50 Graham then someone relayed it from the cabins
16:50 Graham Dean, Tara and I
16:50 Connecticut Car For the last F&M I was at the Temp VC and ran like crazy
16:50 Connecticut Car made it
16:51 Graham good for you. It was so frequent there was only one night I went out and it didn't erupt
16:51 Graham last sept
16:51 Graham and the wind blew over the river so you could stand by the benches and listen to Molrtar
16:51 Connecticut Car it looks like it is having a good winter too
16:52 Graham yeah, excpet for when Kitt was there at new year
16:53 Graham I am going to have to make some contingency reservations this year, theres a ton of work piling up for Labor Day..grrr
16:54 Connecticut Car when do you think you might go
16:54 Graham not sure, whenever I can get a cabin
16:54 Graham not in May though, thats jammed up now
16:55 Connecticut Car you are planning to take your Mom to Arizona tho
16:55 Graham love that color scheme Derek, much better than before :)
16:55 Graham yeah for Memorial Day week, Zion, Brice and Grand Canyon North Rim
16:56 Derek What color? I haven't changed it yet :-)
16:56 Connecticut Car has she been before
16:57 Graham nope. We have been doing the rounds of parks recently......Yosemite a few years ago, Alaska last year and the canyons this year
16:58 Graham the bison are all hiding behind that one tree!
16:59 Graham have you been there Carolyn?
16:59 Connecticut Car yes to all
16:59 Derek OK, NOW I've changed it. I have used a dark green for the text background.
16:59 Derek I think it's better than the light brown :-)
16:59 Connecticut Car I don't like it
17:00 Graham too much contrast
17:00 Connecticut Car I'm going to have to work on the colors for you
17:00 Graham but better than brown
17:01 Connecticut Car Remember I am the quilter and know color
17:01 Graham now you know why i have not updated my web page since the forst time i created it
17:01 Derek I have more spare time than you
17:01 Derek :-)
17:02 Connecticut Car I'm calling it a night
17:02 Connecticut Car see you in the morning
17:02 Graham ok see you
17:02 Derek ok
17:02 Graham good luck on Wednesday
17:16 Graham hi


February 17th, 2009 View February’s Logs

08:00 Connecticut Car any response from Graham
08:01 Derek Just got his voicmail
08:01 Connecticut Car well what do you think?
08:01 Derek The seismograph confirmed it for me
08:02 Connecticut Car did you see water
08:02 Derek The same time you did
08:02 Connecticut Car what seismograph?
08:02 Derek The link Graham gave me when Giantess last errupted
08:03 Connecticut Car can you e-mail it to me
08:03 Derek  
http://www.seis.utah.edu/helicorder/heli/yellowsto…Uuss.YFT_SHZ_WY.2009021700
08:03 Derek Click on that
08:04 Connecticut Car as soon as OF erupts can you take the camera
08:04 Derek ok
08:04 Connecticut Car anyway what did the seismograph confirm?
08:05 Connecticut Car did it rais the meter level
08:05 Derek A steady rumble in the OF area
08:05 Derek Not spikey like an earthquake
08:25 Connecticut Car the camera is ours...see you later
08:25 Derek ours? :-)
08:25 Connecticut Car yours
08:26 Derek hehe
08:26 Connecticut Car I just looked at the seismo and all I saw was a red line
08:27 Derek The BLUE line near the top
08:43 Connecticut Car there was no Giant yesterday!! The signs did not move:(
08:43 Derek Hmmm
08:45 Derek I'm not a gambling person. but if I was, I would have bet money on Giant.
08:45 Connecticut Car Well, maybe be have a Giantess!!:)
08:45 Connecticut Car Hi Katie
08:46 kalamitykatie good morning.
08:46 Connecticut Car I think we are going to be in the Park at the same time in May
08:46 kalamitykatie We'll probably be there around Memorial Day.
08:46 Connecticut Car For us it is the last two weeks over Memorial Day leaving beginning of June
08:47 kalamitykatie Sounds like, then!
08:47 Connecticut Car well, maybe we will meet then
08:47 Connecticut Car what kind of car will you be driving
08:47 kalamitykatie As the date gets closer we'll have to schedule a group hike and a group geyser gazing day
08:48 kalamitykatie Well, there's usually Mom & Dad's black Chrysler Town & Country van.
08:48 Connecticut Car we are in a silver Highlander with Connecticut plates
08:48 Connecticut Car can't miss us...I have a loone sticker and yellow
08:48 Connecticut Car flag
08:48 Connecticut Car only hang the flag when we are parked
08:48 kalamitykatie If we converge at the Park then sometimes Stacy and I separate from Mom & Dad and take one of our cars in. Stacy has a green Buick Park Avenue and I have a gold Nissan Maxima. We all have the orange Y-NET magnets
08:49 Connecticut Car I have the Y-net banner but not the magnet
08:49 Connecticut Car I usually put both loon decal and Y-net decal in car window
08:50 Connecticut Car Hi Janet
08:50 kalamitykatie If we are all in the van we'll sometimes slap all three magnets on it -- front, rear and driver's door. Other times we fly under the radar with no magnet. :)
08:50 Connecticut Car did either of you see the possible Giantess this morning
08:50 kalamitykatie I think Mom & Dad's magnet got lost though, now that I think of it.
08:51 JanetWhite Hi - I am SO busy this morning, but how cool to wake to Giantess!
08:51 JanetWhite Yes, got some screen shots
08:51 kalamitykatie I didn't see it. I saw the posts on YNET and thought I'd hop over and see if there was any chatter.
08:51 kalamitykatie Janet's post was one of the ones I saw -- Derek's was the other. :)
08:51 JanetWhite I'll get my screenshots up in a bit
08:51 Connecticut Car We will know definitely when I talk to the VC later today.
08:52 Connecticut Car that is if they have time to go up to Geyser Hill
08:52 Connecticut Car they are short handed as you probably know
08:52 JanetWhite I'm sure they are - but would love to find out for certain. :)
08:53 JanetWhite It almost looked like Giant yesterday, but it could have been Grotto as well, so I didn't post or take screen shots
08:53 Connecticut Car they have to have the time to walk or ski up to Geyser hill and check out the area. With only one person at the desk it is difficult
08:54 kalamitykatie do they ever review what was captured on the streaming cam?
08:54 Derek Dave Montieth records the whole day if his internet stays up.
08:55 Connecticut Car I have e-mailed him for a heads up
08:55 Connecticut Car yesterday his internet was down
08:55 kalamitykatie The stream isn't saved on the hard drive of the machine that streams it?
08:56 Conn Car no
08:56 JanetWhite The column of steam I saw yesterday stayed up for about an hour
08:56 kalamitykatie huh
08:57 kalamitykatie sheesh, they wouldn't have to keep it forever, could overwrite it, but it could maybe be handy to keep a week's worth or thereabouts
08:57 ConnecticutCar derek you just read my mind
08:57 ConnecticutCar I wanted to see what was happening at Giantess
08:58 Derek Can see much with all that steam
08:58 JanetWhite Getting my screenshots from earlier up on my website
08:58 JanetWhite should be just a few more minutes
08:58 ConnecticutCar can you post your e-mail
08:58 ConnecticutCar or rather your site
08:58 JanetWhite I'm burying them, but I'll put up the link in a sec
08:59 JanetWhite I'll also post them on ynet
08:59 JanetWhite if you don't have time right now
09:01 JanetWhite  
http://snowmoon.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02…image1
09:03 JanetWhite http://snowmoon.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/image2.jpg\
09:04 JanetWhite Whoops think I added a keystroke
09:04 JanetWhite  
http://snowmoon.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02…image2
09:04 JanetWhite  
http://snowmoon.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02…image3
This one I think shows maybe Vault???
09:05 JanetWhite Last one
http://snowmoon.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02…image4
09:09 JanetWhite Ok, posted to Y-net
09:15 Derek You can also see Vault in some of those pictures
09:17 JanetWhite So Vault IS to the right of Giantess in these? I always get the position of those 'off'
09:18 JanetWhite I missed quite a burst from Vault if that's what it was
09:19 Derek Vault is over to the right
09:20 Derek I was on the cam during the last Giantess
09:20 Derek I had an expert in the room with me.
09:20 Derek Bruce Jensen
09:20 JanetWhite So helpful! :)
09:21 Derek Giantess is jetting quite well at this moment
09:22 JanetWhite Yes!
09:53 bruce jensen I hear Giantess is erupting! Wish I could see it :-(
09:54 JanetWhite Someday I really hope to see it in person
09:54 Derek Hi Bruce
09:54 JanetWhite But thank goodness for the cams! :)
09:58 bruce jensen Hi, Derek :-)
09:59 Derek On your PC, what internet browser do you use?
10:00 bruce jensen I have IE - something. Right after the last Giantess, the next day the screen came up dead. I dont' think it's IE - I think our admin disconnected me.
10:01 Derek The latest Firefox doesn't like the cam stream
10:01 Derek IE is OK
10:08 bruce jensen Yeah, that's what I figured...I can still watch at home Thanks for checking anyhow! Speaking of which, I unfortunately have a meeting in 53 minutes, and I need to work up an agenda, so see you guys later - enjoy Giantess!
10:09 Derek ok
11:43 Derek I'm just about to go for tea.
11:44 Derek Carolyn normally takes over at this time.
13:15 ConnecticutCar hi
13:15 Derek away Hi
13:16 ConnecticutCar Plume went at 12:31 PM
13:16 Derek away And 11:31
13:16 ConnecticutCar Beehive has been steaming but nothing else
13:16 ConnecticutCar there does seem to be so chatter about Giantess
13:17 Derek away Dome was getting lively earlier
13:18 Derek away I couldn't see water but there was a very large amount of steam.
13:18 ConnecticutCar have you been working on your page today
13:19 Derek away Yeah. Experimenting
13:19 ConnecticutCar should I look
13:19 Derek away You probably wone like it ;P
13:19 Derek away wont
13:20 ConnecticutCar well,I do like the home page
13:20 Derek away You DOOO? :D
13:21 ConnecticutCar I like the way you have the placements...not necessarily the color
13:21 Derek away The web editing software has a lot of features that I don't know how to use yet.
13:22 Derek away Colour is a personal thing. One mans meat is another mans poison :-)
13:22 ConnecticutCar I am going to take a break...I have the surgery tomorrow and I am going to rest
13:22 Derek away ok
14:53 ConnecticutCar anything happening
14:53 Derek Grand, Lion and Beehive
14:53 ConnecticutCar do you have the times
14:54 Derek Beehive and Grand at about 2:08
14:54 Derek Lion (IE) at 2:30
14:57 ConnecticutCar CONFIRMED!!!! GIANTESS!!:):)
14:57 Derek I'm not sirprised :-)
14:59 ConnecticutCar So now that makes twice I captured it on the streaming cam
14:59 Derek Two Giantess erruptions in such a relatively short period of time
15:00 Derek I hope this will be a trend
15:00 Derek Maybe you will turn your back on it when you're there :-)
15:02 ConnecticutCar I am really excited about capturing it. Twice
15:02 Derek I got it last time ;P
15:03 Derek My turn next :-)
15:03 ConnecticutCar sounds okay to me
15:03 Derek Or maybe we should let Graham have a go?
15:03 Derek Naaah
15:04 Derek Just before tea I phoned my Brother. He seems a lot better now.
15:06 ConnecticutCar That's nice to hear.
15:06 Derek He emailed me some interesting pictures of a disused railroad near his house. He knows I'm interested in that.
15:07 ConnecticutCar I am only going to be on the camera until 6:00 and then I have to start with some meds
15:08 ConnecticutCar then I will be out of it until tomorrow
15:08 Derek I'm going downstairs soon anyway. By the way, I've fine-tuned my main index page,
15:09 ConnecticutCar I will look now
15:09 Derek And changed the Kent page
15:10 ConnecticutCar I like the color of the writing better than the yellow on the home page
15:10 Derek I'll be varying the style on each section, so when I've gone through the whole website we can compare the results
15:10 Derek I did that for you :-)
15:10 ConnecticutCar a ok
15:11 Derek I don't want you having to visit the eye doctor on my account :-)
15:11 ConnecticutCar I see you took the coyote totally off
15:11 ConnecticutCar Grand in it's place
15:12 ConnecticutCar I will now let you complete the rest and then comment
15:12 Derek As I said before, the webcam images will be changed on a regular basis
15:12 ConnecticutCar that is if you want comments from the peanut gallery
15:12 Derek You can always have a coyote in your section :-)
15:12 Derek Peanut Gallery???
15:13 ConnecticutCar I actually think somewhere I have a good picture of one
15:13 ConnecticutCar Peanut Gallery..just a phrase sometimes used here in the U
15:13 ConnecticutCar usa
15:14 Derek There are 2 coyotes in Grahams section
15:14 ConnecticutCar yep
15:14 ConnecticutCar I got his DVD today and am anxious to view it
15:14 Derek Poor Bruce missed Giantess
15:15 Derek Because he cant see the media player stream at his works desk.
15:15 ConnecticutCar I think several people saw it
15:15 ConnecticutCar I emailed Graham and David again confirming
15:15 Derek It certainly brought the forum pack to life
15:15 Derek back
15:16 Derek Do you know that Janet?
15:16 ConnecticutCar no I do not
15:16 Derek Neither do I
15:16 Derek She just suddenly appeared in the forum
15:17 ConnecticutCar someitmes people lurk for years before they finally post
15:17 Derek OK, I'm out of here, Goodnight.
15:18 ConnecticutCar have a good night.


February 18th, 2009 View February’s Logs

09:37 JanetWhite Yeah, I llurk a lot - much too busy as there are just so many fun things in life to work on. :)
09:38 JanetWhite My folks live in Cody, Dad grew up there - and my grandparents on my mom's side had a cabin near Moran Junction - my grandparents on my dad's side had a cabin just down from Pahaska - so I feel like the Park is more my home than anywhere/
11:15 Derek Hi
11:16 Rich Hi
11:16 Derek Are you new to Yellowstone?
11:16 Rich I opened a second window and found myself here twice.
11:17 Rich Wasn't a very long eruption at OF.
11:17 Derek I missed it. We had guests arive.
11:18 Derek How did you discover this room?
11:18 Rich From the Geyser list
11:18 Rich I joined it about 2 months ago.
11:18 Rich Just working my way thru the learning curve here.
11:19 Derek Did you know I'm one of the 4 cam operators?
11:19 Rich No, sir I didn't.
11:19 Rich Just logged on yesterday for the first time.
11:19 Derek I'm in England, but the othe 3 are in USA
11:19 Rich Cool
11:21 Derek The cam is mainly operated by remote control via internet software
11:22 Rich I have a webcam with similar features that I'm trying to install.
11:22 Derek This one is mounted on a pine tree
11:24 Derek The other 3 operators are in Connecticut, Virginia and Orgegon.
11:24 Derek Oregon
11:24 Rich You take shifts?
11:24 Derek Whenever we can
11:25 Rich I'm still trying to learn each of the geysers positions.
11:25 Rich Sometimes it isn't to clear from the reference photo.
11:25 Derek I'm the only one available today, but i still need to take meal breaks.
11:26 Rich And that will be the time something exciting will happen, Murphy's Law. lol
11:26 Derek Do you recognise what geysers are on the cam right now
11:26 Rich I'm not on the streaming cam
11:26 Rich I'm on dial up
11:27 Derek It should be attached to this room
11:27 Rich The only one I see doing anything is OF.
11:27 Rich Where do I find it?
11:27 Derek It should open a viewing screen to the right of this chat column
11:28 Rich There is what looks like a link Clickhere to open in external media player, but nothing happens for me.
11:28 Derek I've never tried it on dial-up.
11:31 Derek  
http://www.nps.gov/PWR/customcf/apps/stream/stream…
11:31 Rich I clicked on the little icon next to Old Faithful Chat, it opened another window with just the chat showing.
11:37 Rich I got a little audio, now it has stopped
11:37 Rich i'm using Mozilla Firefox, have pop up blocker off.
11:38 Derek If you have the latest Firefox that wont work.
11:38 Derek You need to use Internet Explorer for the streaming cam
11:38 Rich omp, I'll check version.
11:39 Rich 3.0.6
11:39 Rich k
11:39 Rich I'll switch
11:44 Rich Now there is a Windows Media player window showing.
11:45 Derek I guess your connection maybe too slow.
11:45 Rich probably
11:45 Rich but it is trying
11:45 Rich so I'll see whathappens.
11:46 Rich it is buffering now.
11:46 Rich audio and vid
11:46 Rich Just choppy as it loads
11:46 Derek I'm going to tea shortly, so the cam will be unmanned for a while
11:47 Rich Thanks for the help
11:47 Rich I'll see what happens
11:47 Rich Enjoy you tea.
11:47 Derek ok
15:06 Derek Hi Guest
15:08 Derek Are you seeing the cam picture OK?
15:14 Derek Hi Rich
15:14 Rich Hi Derek
15:15 Rich You staying up all night?
15:15 Rich My dial up is too slow
15:15 Derek It's 22:15 here
15:15 Rich times out after about 3 minutes
15:15 Derek Are you likely to get a faster connection anytime soon?
15:16 Rich Not unless I win the lottery
15:16 Rich but I'll still sit in here on the chat, just to hear what is going on.
15:16 Derek Wow, and I though I was poor.
15:17 Derek I am 60 and had to retire early so I could care for my wife who has mobility problems.
15:17 Derek So we both live on her pension
15:18 Rich I retired to take care of my Mother.
15:18 Rich She passed 5 years ago
15:18 Derek My mother is 83 and fit as a fiddle.
15:19 Rich Mom was 85
15:19 Derek Father in law is 87 and still drives a car
15:20 Derek May I ask your approximate location?
15:20 Rich sorry, I had it here, must not have saved
15:21 Rich Paradise California - 90 miles north of Sacramento.
15:21 Derek You're not too far from a geyser gazer called Bruce Jenson
15:22 Rich I've seen the name on the geyser list.
15:24 Derek He's in San Lorenzo
15:24 Rich The last time I was thru Yellowstone was the year before the fire.
15:25 Derek I did get to eastern USA 4 times during the 1970s, but I doubt if I'll ever make it to Yellowstone unless I winn the lottery.
15:29 Rich San Lorenzo is about 150 miles SW of me
15:30 Derek By the way, I live in a town called Gillingham which is about 35 miles east of London
15:31 Loisb Hello
15:31 Derek Hi
15:31 Rich Hi
15:31 Loisb I made it after all Rich
15:31 Rich Derek, this Loisb, my sister
15:31 Loisb Hello
15:31 Rich Lois this is Derek
15:32 Loisb I saw that you are east of London Derek - I have a friend quite north of you I think - up in East Yorkshire
15:33 Derek That's is a long way :-)
15:33 Loisb I kind of thought so from the time I looked at a map
15:34 Loisb actually she's in Bridlington so it may not be East yorkshire
15:36 Derek Are you able to see the streaming cam?
15:36 Loisb I am not quite sure how to load it
15:36 Derek How fast is you connection?
15:36 Loisb I have a window
15:36 Loisb a tad faster than my brothers
15:37 Loisb I am on at 45k today
15:37 Derek If you are running Firefox you wont see it
15:37 Loisb swtiched to IE - he told me FireFox wouldn't work
15:37 Derek You need Internet Explorer
15:37 Derek ok
15:38 Loisb would rather use FireFox of course - g
15:38 Derek  
http://www.nps.gov/PWR/customcf/apps/stream/stream…
15:38 Derek Load that link into IE
15:39 Loisb its buffering now
15:41 Derek Any luck?
15:42 Loisb got some guy talking about OF
15:42 Loisb broken up a tasd
15:42 Loisb tad
15:42 Derek The audio can be muted
15:42 Loisb am letting it finish loading and will watch clear though
15:43 Loisb is that live?
15:44 Derek Yes it's live.
15:44 Loisb guess I better pay attention then
15:45 Derek I'll have to go now, but Graham Meech should be operating the cam in 15 minutes or so.
15:45 Loisb nice to meet you
15:45 Loisb have a good day
15:45 Derek I'm on most days
15:45 Loisb I will visit again
15:46 Rich By derek
15:46 Derek Bye
15:46 Loisb bye
15:46 Rich nice chatting
15:50 Rich Hi Graham
15:50 Graham hello how are you? whats going on?
15:50 Loisb Hello Graham
15:51 Rich Derek was just helping us try to load the video
15:51 Rich Lois and I are on dial up.
15:51 Graham ok. ah, thats going to be slow
15:51 Loisb indeed
15:51 Rich Just a whole lot. lol
15:51 Loisb but somewhat workable
15:52 Rich It took me a while to find the edit buttons below this window, so I could be me. lol
15:52 Graham theres Daisy
15:53 Loisb Graham - what does the Embed Chatroom button below this window do?
15:53 Graham beats me, never tried it..but here goes
15:53 Rich hehe
15:53 Graham just gives you the link you can paste into other pages
15:53 Graham can you see Daisy?
15:54 Loisb I can in another window - the streaming one timed otu
15:54 Rich I'm on the static cam pic
15:54 Loisb is Daisy the one next to OF?
15:54 Graham ok, you can't see it on the static cam. It's off to the left
15:54 Rich k, back by Giant?
15:55 Loisb way off to the left - almost out of view in the static cam?
15:55 Graham On the left of the static camera is Grand, you will see large steam come up from there. Daisy is even further to the left
15:56 Rich k
15:56 Graham Grand is in its window now, sometime in the next 4 hours
15:57 Rich Is there a way to tell between Plume and OF?
15:57 Rich I think I've seen it go off but wasn't sure if it was OF drifting
15:58 Graham its hard to see if the wind is blowing to the left
15:58 Graham but you can see it clearly if the wind blows to the right
15:58 Rich k
15:58 Graham You can see it on the static cam if you pay attention. I will watch for it in about 10mins
15:59 Loisb k
15:59 Emperor greetings
15:59 Graham its bursts don't last long though, so they usually only show up on one screen shot. On the streaming cam if its zoomed in you can see each burst
15:59 Rich I'm pretty sure I've seen all the geyser on the reference photo
15:59 Graham uhoh, may be time to leave
16:00 Graham Well I guess Giantess erupted yesterday too
16:00 Derek away Hi Graham, I just popped back in for a few minutes
16:01 Derek away Beehive at 14:37
16:01 Derek away Plume at 15:05
16:01 Derek away Lion 13:53 and 15:09
16:02 Graham thanks. Grand is in its window now
16:02 Loisb thanks
16:03 Graham busy day in the chat room
16:03 Derek away Going to be now. Goodnight
16:04 Graham ok, thanks for the info
16:04 Graham theres plume
16:04 Loisb mst?
16:04 Graham plume just left of the OF cone
16:05 Rich k
16:05 Graham the streaming cam got one burst
16:05 Loisb k
16:05 Loisb Well embedding the chat room works if anyone wants to know
16:06 Loisb I just put it on one of my webpages
16:06 Graham ok. I use the video from the NPS site, not the video here, just the chat
16:07 Loisb and in order to actually see anything I have the static webcam up
16:08 Graham we might get Lion if we are lucky, its had 2 eruptions so it might have another...or not
16:08 Loisb depending on how it feels today
16:09 Graham yeah, sometimes it gives up after 2 eruptions
16:10 Graham Did the Emperor get his DVD?
16:15 Graham Lion
16:17 Rich Is that Plume or OF?
16:18 Graham thats Lion
16:18 Loisb very nice
16:18 Graham OF is in the foreground to the right on the static cam
16:18 Rich ok
16:18 Graham Plume comes up very close to the OF cone
16:24 Loisb a very nice day at Yellowstone for gyser watching
16:24 Graham its always a good day for geyser gazing
16:24 Rich lol
16:25 Graham especially when theres not driving snow
16:25 Loisb well - the other morning all was gray
16:25 Loisb snow fall I think
16:26 Graham yeah some days you cant see much in winter but its been pretty nice this month
16:26 Graham early fog makes it hard to see
16:26 Rich Do the Bison have any kind of schedule?
16:26 Loisb I had a nice view this morning before work
16:27 Graham no schedule for them. The walked over Geyser Hill on Monday
16:27 Graham not sure where they are now
16:27 Rich I caught them then.
16:27 Graham given the smaller snow pack they have been out of the basin more
16:27 Graham then they walked right up to the cam
16:28 Rich This is my first winter watching.
16:28 Loisb there were many stupid tourists out at the time
16:28 Graham yep, definately not over 25 yards away
16:28 Loisb if they got hurt we were going to tesity in the Bisons behalf
16:30 Graham yeah. most of the time the bison dont care but now and then they get spooked
16:30 Loisb would think especially when tourist flashing camera up their noses
16:31 Graham yeah but they are probably more tolerant than people
16:32 Loisb be not alarmed - I am attempting to embed the webcam on my page so there will be more than one of me again probably once I get it uploaded
16:32 Graham k
16:32 Loisb there was one guy I would have butted if it was me
16:33 Loisb what is that to the right of OF?
16:33 Graham Little Cub is erupting now, just to the left of Lion
16:33 Graham all i see is steam on the right
16:34 Loisb k
16:34 Graham steam in the distance behind and to the right of OF at the top of the hill is Giantess
16:34 Graham I missed its eruption yesterday
16:38 Rich Do all those back along the tree line have names?
16:39 Graham most holes with steam have at least one name
16:39 Graham hard to tell exactly which is which
16:39 Rich ty
16:39 Graham but to the right of Lion theres Goggles SPring and North Goggles, and Kitty, and Ear spring
16:41 Graham OF will be coming up in a short while, Grand has a chance again in a few minutes, it tries to erupt every 20 minutes when its close to the right time
16:45 Loisb looks like maybe OF is trying to be early this time
16:46 Graham its probably splashing
16:50 Graham there it is
16:50 Loisb yep
16:51 Loisb nice one
16:53 Graham yep next one 1819 +- 10min
16:54 Loisb yep
16:54 Rich Graham do you do the prediction?
16:55 Graham Theres Castle
16:55 Graham on streaming
16:55 Rich k
16:55 Graham I know how to do the predictions. The OF does the official ones. One of the cam operator gives them times early morning to start the day
16:56 Rich ty
16:56 Graham if its 3+ minutes, next interval is 90 min. If its 1 - 2.5 mins, the next is 60min
16:57 Graham The staff at the VC update the times on the computer for the static camera
16:57 Graham and they call the lodging and warming huts in winter
17:14 Graham watch for plume
17:14 Graham just lkeft of OF cone...
17:14 Graham there big white steam
17:15 Rich nice
17:15 Graham once you know where it you can tell if the winds blowing to the right
17:15 Graham small water on the next shot
17:16 Graham and thats probably all that will get captured on the streaming cam
17:16 Graham on the static cam i mean
17:17 Rich I forced a reload, just got steam above the ground.
17:18 Graham the first frame was big steam, the second frame was just water coming up
17:19 Rich k
17:25 Rich Lion?
17:27 Graham no, probably having some steam roars
17:27 Graham may erupt but unlikely
17:31 Graham there it is
17:34 Graham Riverside in the distance
17:37 Loisb thanks for all the info Graham - I am going to call it a day - morning comes early and I still have chores to do
17:37 Graham ik. see ya
17:37 Loisb bye - bye Rich
17:37 Rich bye
17:41 Graham Looks like Oblong
17:41 Graham not tall enough for Grand
17:42 Rich The first column of steam on the left in the static?
17:42 Graham yep
17:42 Graham Grand is a little further to the left and taller
17:43 Graham Oblong is further away and gives off billowing steam like that
17:43 Rich k
17:43 sparekitty thanks for the info! i'm so pleased to have found this site! with that, i'm going home!
17:44 Rich bye
18:09 CardioNan anyone here?
18:09 Graham yep
18:09 Graham waiting for Daisy or Grand
18:09 CardioNan Cool :)
18:10 Graham but they may wait till after dark too
18:11 CardioNan Of course, that's how it works when you have to rely on the webcam.
18:12 CardioNan Watching geysers at night is one of the best things. Gives a different perspective and no one around.
18:12 Graham same in real life there too...how long will you wait?
18:12 Graham yeah i enjoy night gazing
18:12 CardioNan I think the longest I've waiting to see a geyser was for Great Fountain (my personal fav) about 4 hours.
18:14 Graham its not the most predictable
18:14 Graham I have stayed out a bit longer than that sometimes tho
18:15 Graham I have only stayed out all night once
18:16 CardioNan I would much rather sit and watch a grizzly for hours and hours....
18:16 Graham not me. I will wait for Giant if conditions are right
18:17 Graham thats the one time I stayed out. Giant went at 0532
18:17 Rich Was that summer or winter time?
18:18 Graham May
18:18 Graham wasn't too cold but I had the right gear on
18:18 Rich a little warmer then
18:18 Graham Plume
18:19 Graham it was below freezing but not like winter. I only waited 4 hours in Feb last year - a year ago today!
18:19 Graham tomorrow
18:19 Graham it was -10 then
18:19 Graham but Giant warmed me up
18:20 Graham OF is due now, 619 was the prediction
18:20 Graham Hope I get to see Giant this year
18:30 Graham well i am heading out now its dark. see you
18:31 Rich thanks Graham
18:31 Rich nite


February 19th, 2009 View February’s Logs

07:31 ConnecticutCar I am back today
07:32 Derek Hi
07:32 ConnecticutCar I do have someone coming to my house at 10:00AM EST to help with some quilting so I will not be on the camera then
07:32 ConnecticutCar you can take it if you wish
07:34 Derek I'll take it at 10:00. I've got a couple of jobs to do first. Beryl had her lunch late so I'm just about to go and help her wash dishes.
07:34 ConnecticutCar okay..thanks
07:35 Derek Yesterday, Beehive was 2:37
07:35 ConnecticutCar I was sound asleep at that time
07:36 Derek We had loads of new visitors to the room yesterday.
07:36 ConnecticutCar that's interesting
07:36 ConnecticutCar maybe because the site was post on the list
07:36 ConnecticutCar serve
07:37 ConnecticutCar Bruce mention that if one wanted to hear chatter on the cam
07:37 ConnecticutCar to go to the site
07:37 Derek One of them couldn't view the cam because he only has dial-up internet.
07:38 Derek Got to go. I'm being called :-)
07:38 ConnecticutCar Iokay
07:50 Derek I can take it now if you don't mind me only keeping one eye on it :-)
08:35 Rich Hi Derek
08:35 Derek Hi
10:05 Rich Hi sparekitty
10:05 sparekitty hey, how's it going?
10:05 Rich Good
10:06 Rich Fairly quiet day at OF
10:06 sparekitty so, are you at the visitor's cnter?
10:06 Rich No I'm also in California
10:06 Rich Paradise, up by Chico
10:06 sparekitty ah, are you controlling the camera?
10:06 Rich No
10:06 Rich Derek
10:07 Rich ConnecticutCar started the day then Derek took over for while
10:07 Rich He must have had something to do.
10:07 sparekitty i used to visit yellowstone every year and have missed a couple. i totally love watching everything there, even while i'm at work.
10:08 Rich Last time I was physically there was just before the fires
10:08 Rich So it has been a while
10:08 sparekitty that was one of the first times i was there. i took my kids each year starting the year after the fires and they love to see how much/little the new trees have grown, compared to them.
10:09 Rich Loisb is my sister
10:09 Rich She mentioned you were trying to learn the names of geysers
10:10 sparekitty i know the names of the geysers. i think that was somebody else yesterday.
10:10 Rich ok
10:10 Rich I'm going thru the back chat logs, snagging the photo links.
11:22 ConnecticutCar Hi
11:22 ConnecticutCar Anything happening
11:22 Derek Just Castle
11:23 ConnecticutCar What time
11:23 Derek I first saw it at 11:05 but it was already errupting.
11:23 ConnecticutCar Thanks... Carolyn L. asked me if I had seen it
11:24 Derek It was nice and high
11:25 Derek I've done some more pages on my website. I've done all of the Kent pages and you'll find a different colour scheme on each one :-)
11:26 ConnecticutCar Should I look or do you want me to wait til you are finished
11:27 ConnecticutCar Bty, does your son eat his meals with you and Beryl?
11:27 Derek You can do what you like :-)
11:27 ConnecticutCar Do you want comments?
11:27 Derek If he does, he always has something different
11:28 ConnecticutCar does that mean that Beryl has to cook a different meal for each one of you
11:28 ConnecticutCar that would drive me crazy
11:28 Derek Bear in mind I have certain limitations in the colours I can choose from and mix.
11:28 ConnecticutCar okay
11:28 Derek Apart from Sunday, he takes care of himself
11:29 ConnecticutCar aah that is better!
11:29 Derek Also, what looks good on a piece of material wont necessarily look good on and iluminated scree,
11:29 Derek screen
11:30 ConnecticutCar can you soften the blue
11:30 Derek On which page?
11:30 ConnecticutCar Kent
11:31 Derek I'm not sure what you mean by soften
11:32 ConnecticutCar actually, I was on Links to Local information
11:32 ConnecticutCar the blue background
11:32 Derek That is one part I haven't changed
11:32 Derek That is a dark blue on my screen
11:33 ConnecticutCar this is weird
11:33 ConnecticutCar I hit the back button on this page and the picture came up in media player
11:33 ConnecticutCar Castle is steaming
11:33 Derek Strange
11:34 Rich I'm assuming tht Castle isn't visible on the static image?
11:34 Derek I think the water stopped at around 11:20
11:34 Derek Nope
11:34 Rich ty
11:35 Rich Derek if you don't have a color picker for html
11:35 Rich http://html-color-codes.info/
11:35 Derek That's all in Dreamweaver
11:36 Rich didn't know how much html you had.
11:36 Derek Have you seen my website Rich?
11:36 Rich I'm working my way around it.
11:36 Rich I pick the link for previous chat logs
11:36 ConnecticutCar starting to snow in the Basin
11:37 Derek I'm still experimenting
11:37 ConnecticutCar Please go back to OF
11:37 ConnecticutCar lots of folks waiting
11:37 Derek ok
11:37 ConnecticutCar we are in the window
11:38 Derek I'm also keeping an eye on Beehive and Lion
11:38 ConnecticutCar as beehive been steaming
11:39 ConnecticutCar I can
11:39 Derek Nothing spectacular
11:39 ConnecticutCar make that can not get over that I have the media player on Pauls page
11:39 Rich I think I've seen Lion steam about 3 times
11:40 ConnecticutCar I am going to have to try it again when you go to tea. I will log off and get but on later before you come back
11:41 ConnecticutCar down't look like beehive is anywehre near ready
11:41 ConnecticutCar I have to learn to type
11:41 Derek You've had lessons from Bruce Jenson :-)
11:41 Rich as long as you get all the letters, what does it matter the order. lol
11:42 ConnecticutCar I type faster than I can think letters
11:42 Rich hehe
11:42 ConnecticutCar preplay now at OF
11:43 ConnecticutCar I am going to take the camera at 1:45
11:43 Derek Let me know when you've checked the Gillingham, Chatham, Rochester and Fort Amherst pages
11:43 ConnecticutCar OF blows
11:43 ConnecticutCar okay....see you later
11:50 ConnecticutCar Derek: Definitely was able to get onto the media player by hitting the back button again
12:09 Rich Nice website Derek
12:14 Rich I've lost the static page.
12:16 Rich I've lost all the Yellowstone cams.
12:16 Rich page not found
12:18 sparekitty just noticed your message. i too am directed to the "page not found" message. BUT i still have streaming here...i wnder what's up??
12:18 sparekitty i hate auto-emoticons!
12:35 Rich Has the government been update the servers?
12:35 Rich I still don't get any webcams fromYellowstone.
12:37 ConnecticutCar Can anyone get the static cam right now
12:38 ConnecticutCar I am getting a sorry page can't be foud
12:38 ConnecticutCar found
12:38 Rich same here
12:38 ConnecticutCar thanks
12:38 ConnecticutCar I thought it was me
12:38 Rich Grand Canyon and Glacier are coming in.
12:39 ConnecticutCar I use that cam to let me know what's happening in the basin and then I zoom the streaming cam in
12:39 ConnecticutCar now I am really waiting for beehive
12:39 ConnecticutCar It has been steaming nicely the last 1/2 hour
12:40 Rich All the static Yellowstone cams are out for me.
12:40 ConnecticutCar of course that doesn't mean anything
12:40 Rich It means it will go off, since I can't see it. lol
12:41 ConnecticutCar don't you get the streaming cam
12:41 Rich I'm on dial up
12:41 ConnecticutCar oh
12:41 ConnecticutCar where do you live rich
12:42 Rich Paradise California
12:42 Rich In the foothills above Chico
12:42 ConnecticutCar have you been getting alot of rain
12:44 Rich I'm getting the static of OF from Derek's website
12:44 ConnecticutCar that's weird
12:44 ConnecticutCar I think I will try that
12:45 Rich yes it is
12:45 Rich Nope, it is an old image from 12:37
12:46 Rich Must have been when it went offline
12:46 Rich No update
12:46 Rich shucks
12:46 ConnecticutCar yes I see that
12:47 Rich I've had the same kind of problem with Mt. Rainier's
12:49 Rich Little Bighorn is out also
12:51 Rich Derek's link is updating now.
12:51 Rich 12:49
12:51 Rich  
http://www.yellowstone.net/ofliveoriginal.htm
12:52 Rich don't know if you have it sparekitty
13:04 Rich Well while the cam is down I'm going to get lunch
13:04 Rich cya later
13:04 ConnecticutCar okay nice to talk to you
13:09 Derek Back
13:10 ConnecticutCar okay
13:10 ConnecticutCar Lion at 1:06PM MST
13:10 Derek Want me to take it?
13:10 ConnecticutCar yes
13:10 ConnecticutCar OF due
13:10 Derek Got it
13:10 ConnecticutCar also Aurum eruptrd at 1:04PM
13:10 ConnecticutCar the static cam has been down since you left
13:11 Derek I thought i saw Aurum earlier but there was too much steam in front
13:11 ConnecticutCar see you at 5:00
13:11 Derek ok
13:19 Rich Well at least it is stuck on Lion.
13:19 Derek What is?
13:19 Rich The static cam
13:20 Rich just reloaded
13:20 Derek Mine already did
13:20 Rich I went from 1:12 to 1:18
13:25 Rich Has the auto update changed, seem like it is on a 5 minute cycle now on the static cam.
13:25 Derek Normally less than 30 seconds
13:26 Rich Maybe it is making its way back
13:27 Derek Sometimes the internet is slow over there
13:27 Rich Looks like it back on 30 second updates.
13:27 Rich yeah!!!
13:28 Derek Over to the left Grand
13:32 Rich k
14:47 Derek Hey Rich
14:47 Derek Beehive indicator
14:56 sparekitty i totally love this camer!!
14:57 Derek It's even more fun when you control it. :-)
14:57 sparekitty i bet!
14:58 sparekitty but it's so cool, since i haven't been able to visit yellowstone for a couple of years.
14:58 Derek I've never been there
14:58 sparekitty but you control the camera?? i'm confused...
14:59 Derek The camera is remotely controled via the internet
14:59 sparekitty i didn't know that.
14:59 Derek I'm actually 35 miles east of london
14:59 sparekitty that's a bit farther away than me...in pasadena, california
15:00 Derek There are 3 other operators, all in USA
15:01 Derek When my shift finishes in a few minutes, someone in Connecticut takes over
15:01 sparekitty i entirely thought those who controlled the camera were in the visitor's center.
15:01 sparekitty thanks for doing it!!
15:02 sparekitty i have this up on my second monitor, during work hours (when i can).
15:02 Derek Only when there is a live summer ranger talk from the O.F. boardwalk
15:02 Derek Then the webmaster works it from the server in the VC
15:02 sparekitty i've been at those talks...such fond memories!
15:03 ConnecticutCar Beehive was absolutely beautiful...thanks!!
15:03 Derek Tom Cawley is the boss of the camera
15:03 sparekitty my kids and i used to visit yellowstone each summer, and we did for 15 years.
15:03 Derek Carolyn takes over from me now
15:04 Derek She goes to the park regularly
15:04 sparekitty my kids are interested in other things now, so i hope they will want to go this coming summer. i've never been there in the winter before
15:05 ConnecticutCar I have been controlling the camera since it was in its early stages. It went publice in January 2009
15:05 Derek There's someone else for you to meet Carolyn :-)
15:05 ConnecticutCar Several months later I had a staff of three working with me
15:05 Derek You mean 2008
15:05 ConnecticutCar Yes I did mean 2008
15:06 ConnecticutCar Did Lion erupt again
15:06 Derek No
15:06 Derek Grand at 1:28
15:06 ConnecticutCar It was steaming heavily just before Beehive while indicator was going
15:06 Derek ie
15:07 ConnecticutCar did you see my note above about beehive
15:07 Rich The static cam is still bouncing in and out.
15:07 Rich page not found right now.
15:07 ConnecticutCar I still have not been able to get it
15:07 ConnecticutCar I think I'll send a note to Craig
15:07 ConnecticutCar or maybe call him
15:08 Derek The static is OK here
15:08 Loisb I can't get it - get unavailable
15:08 Rich It takes spells, loads acouple of times then is gone for while
15:08 ConnecticutCar To me it is the server
15:08 ConnecticutCar the park has no control over it
15:09 Rich I figure they are doing server maintenance back east.
15:09 Derek I remember one day there was a picture of Toms desk in place of the static so I called him.
15:10 Derek He had been working on a spare cam and left it programmed into the server.
15:10 Rich hhe
15:10 Rich hehe
15:11 ConnecticutCar I am now on your page Derek and I will watch the static from your page
15:11 Derek My page does not auto refresh
15:11 ConnecticutCar did you see Daisy today
15:11 Derek No
15:11 ConnecticutCar it's refreshing
15:12 ConnecticutCar I went on at 09 and now it says 11
15:13 Derek I've just updated my Cornwall page. Yet another colour scheme :-)
15:13 ConnecticutCar I'm afraid to look
15:13 Derek I'm trying as many combinations as I can
15:13 ConnecticutCar getting very foggy in the basin
15:14 ConnecticutCar your page static cam now say 3:13
15:14 Derek I think I wont make them all the same
15:14 Rich I just got Derek's link to load the static.
15:15 Rich 3:13:57
15:15 Rich it just reloaded
15:15 Rich  
http://www.yellowstone.net/ofliveoriginal.htm
15:16 Derek I know the link works, but the small version of it on the index page doesn't auto refresh
15:16 Derek Nice tree
15:16 ConnecticutCar I just move the streaming to show the lodge in the background
15:17 ConnecticutCar I never was able to move it that far
15:17 Derek I wish we could see the VC
15:18 ConnecticutCar what you are seeing now is the windows in the Lodge cafeteria
15:18 ConnecticutCar before the camera would only go as far as the cabins
15:18 Derek With Toms admin password he can move it anywhere
15:19 Derek I saw him point it down at the static cam :-)
15:20 Rich Has anyone thought of putting RainX on the housing to help sheet off the rain and snow?
15:20 Rich I know it is in a tree.
15:20 Rich lol
15:20 Derek There is a metal hood over the top of it
15:20 ConnecticutCar they do use a product called aqua something
15:21 Rich k
15:21 Rich I'm trying the RainX on my outdoor webcam.
15:21 Derek It has a built in wiper but we can't access it.
15:21 Rich Now just have to figure out what to do for the summer sunshine and heat.
15:21 Rich nice
15:21 Derek That is done from the VC
15:21 Rich that it exists.
15:22 ConnecticutCar I wonder if Castle had a minor
15:22 ConnecticutCar it is steaming very heavily
15:22 Derek I logged it IE at 11:05
15:22 Rich Looks like the problem is with the nps.gov server since we are getting the feed from yellowstone.net
15:22 Derek But it wasn't very long
15:23 ConnecticutCar yes
15:23 ConnecticutCar I noted the time
15:23 ConnecticutCar have you turned off your viewer
15:24 Derek I have the media player on this PC, but I shut the other one down.
15:24 ConnecticutCar can you see Castle
15:24 Derek Yes
15:25 ConnecticutCar unless it's very cold there I am surprised to see so much steam
15:26 Derek 34F
15:27 Rich Steam at Lion?
15:27 ConnecticutCar not really
15:27 Rich k
15:36 Derek I gotta go now. Goodnight
15:37 ConnecticutCar see you in the morrow
15:47 Rich Is that Lion? in the static
15:48 Rich gone now
15:53 Rich another puff at Lion
15:56 Rich Did you see the steam just past OF on left?
15:56 Rich looked like a jet.
16:07 Rich http://unseennationalparks.blogspot.com/
16:18 Rich of
16:21 Loisb did you get to see that last gush sparekitty?


February 20th, 2009 View February’s Logs

08:29 ConnecticutCar Derek: When you get on Plume went at 7:01 AM MST
08:30 ConnecticutCar OF went at 7:24 AM MST
08:33 Derek Hi
09:17 ConnecticutCar greetings
09:18 ConnecticutCar I had to use your static cam to view the basin this morning
09:18 ConnecticutCar at first the np page worked and then it went out like yesterday
09:19 Derek You can also get it from Yellowstone.net
09:19 ConnecticutCar yes but yours come up large right away
09:20 Derek Strange
10:01 Rich Morning Derek
10:01 Derek Hi
11:00 Rich Looks like bad weather is moving in.
12:01 Rich Hi ConnecticutCar, sparekitty
12:01 ConnecticutCar hi
13:14 captbunzo hey folks, how's it going?
13:14 ConnecticutCar a okay
13:14 captbunzo cool.
13:14 ConnecticutCar just waiting on OF
13:15 ConnecticutCar and it
13:15 ConnecticutCar is erupting
13:16 captbunzo cool :)
13:17 captbunzo the chatroom seems to have really picked up!
13:17 captbunzo has Derek been advertising it in the forum?
13:17 ConnecticutCar lots of chatterthe past few days
13:18 ConnecticutCar no Bruce Jensen mentioned it
13:18 captbunzo cool! where?
13:18 ConnecticutCar derek should be back soon
13:18 Rich Geyser listserv
13:18 ConnecticutCar I believe on the list serve
13:19 captbunzo hmmnn. maybe I should finally add some of the additional resources, etc.
13:19 ConnecticutCar also on Y net
13:19 captbunzo well, I am glad to have the additional visitors.
13:20 ConnecticutCar Derek, Graham and I have used it to chat about the live streaming each day
13:20 captbunzo awesome!
13:20 captbunzo what can I do to improve the page?
13:21 ConnecticutCar I'd have to give it some thought
13:21 Derek away Sorry I'm later than normal
13:21 ConnecticutCar tha't's okay
13:21 captbunzo exce,,
13:21 Derek away Beryl had some extra chores for me :-)
13:21 ConnecticutCar most of the hour was foggy due to the snow
13:21 captbunzo excellent. well if you have any ideas, please email me at the address below (linked, Paul Thompson)
13:21 captbunzo hi Derek!
13:22 ConnecticutCar it is amazing how fast it fogs and then clears
13:22 Derek away Hi Paul
13:22 ConnecticutCar OF just erupted
13:22 ConnecticutCar otherwise quiet
13:22 Derek away Have you checked out my website Paul?
13:22 captbunzo I was looking at the google analytics details from earlier today derek. we had a huge spike two days ago!
13:22 captbunzo your website, nope!
13:22 captbunzo shoot me the address!
13:22 ConnecticutCar Derek I'll see you at 5:00
13:23 Derek away  
http://www.tgoeuk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
13:23 Derek away I have a Yellowstone section now
13:23 Derek away With a link to this room.
13:24 captbunzo checking it out..... nice!
13:25 Derek away Carolyn didn't like my old green colours. So I made each page different :-)
13:27 captbunzo I hear we had a giantess eruption.
13:29 Rich What is going off, Grand?
13:31 Derek away I think so
14:14 Graham hello


February 21st, 2009 View February’s Logs

08:00 ConnecticutCar Hi
08:01 Derek Brice Hi
08:01 ConnecticutCar it was very foggy this morning when I first got on
08:01 ConnecticutCar It has cleared and is now beautiful ..at least on the static cam
08:02 ConnecticutCar OF erutped at 7:16AM MST
08:02 ConnecticutCar what are you up too?
08:03 Derek Brice After all my hard work my web-expert son has told me my wbesite is not contructed correctly. Nothing to do with the colours, just the internal construction.
08:03 ConnecticutCar okay so what do you have to do to correct it
08:04 Derek Brice He made me a template last night, so I'm re writing every page so they conform to acceptable practice.
08:04 ConnecticutCar BTW, I am going to run some errand this morning when you take the camera.
08:04 Derek Brice I can no longer use those cute little buttons.
08:05 ConnecticutCar we are expecting another snow storm tonight into tomorrow
08:05 Derek Brice We have a fine sunny day here
08:05 ConnecticutCar I don't think it will last long into the week because temps are suppose to rise
08:07 Derek Brice I had the most weardest dream about yellowstone two nights ago. I'll tell you about it next time we chat on the phone.
08:08 ConnecticutCar di you fall into a geyser?
08:09 Derek Brice Nothing like that :-)
08:09 ConnecticutCar okay
08:11 ConnecticutCar getting real foggy again
08:11 Derek Brice yep
08:12 ConnecticutCar as I said yesterday, the fog rolls in quickly and then seems to leave just as fast
08:24 ConnecticutCar I am heading out.
08:24 Derek Brice ok
09:59 ConnecticutCar Hi I am back home
09:59 Derek Brice Hi
09:59 ConnecticutCar did the basin ever clear after I left
09:59 Derek Brice No
09:59 ConnecticutCar it's pretty foggy now
09:59 ConnecticutCar how is your page coming
10:02 ConnecticutCar where did you go?
10:02 Derek Brice It's a whole new ball game to learn
10:03 ConnecticutCar can I access it
10:03 Derek Brice Cam viewer crashed
10:03 ConnecticutCar oh
10:03 ConnecticutCar I just sent you and e-mail
10:03 ConnecticutCar nothing important
10:03 Derek Brice ok
10:03 Derek Brice The new pages are not live yet
10:04 ConnecticutCar okay
10:05 ConnecticutCar I read that Jan. visitation was down in the park
10:05 ConnecticutCar doesn't surprise me with the way the economy is here
10:05 Derek Brice I need more information from my son, but he's in London until sometime tomorrow
10:11 ConnecticutCar I'll be back at 1:45 to take the camera until Graham gets on
10:11 Derek Brice ok
10:11 ConnecticutCar He is going to his Mom's today but says he can still run the camera
10:41 Graham Hello
10:42 Derek Brice Hi
10:42 Graham carolyn must have forgotten I was going to start at 130
10:43 Graham did I see Grand a while ago?
10:43 Derek Brice Us old folks DO forget things :-)
10:44 Derek Brice I didn't notice it.
10:44 Graham there was a big steam cloud on the left around the last OF
10:44 Derek Brice But I do get called downstairs from time to time.
10:45 Graham I didn't time it
10:46 Graham anything out of Beehive?
10:47 Derek Brice Not yet
10:47 Graham ok, looks like the fog is going nicely now
10:48 Derek Brice But earlier it was so misty that it was hard to see O.F.s cone.
10:48 Graham yeah.
10:48 Derek Brice So in that time we could have missed anything
10:48 Graham i will step away now, be back at 130 to take over ok?
10:48 ConnecticutCar hi
10:49 Graham hello
10:49 Derek Brice ok
10:49 ConnecticutCar graham just in case you hadn't gotten to your Mom's yet I was going to cover
10:49 ConnecticutCar Please do take the camera at 1:30
10:50 Graham ok. I usually come down on Fridays after work. SO I am here and doing some things around the house before 130, I'll be back.....
10:50 ConnecticutCar okay
11:28 Graham I'm back
11:29 Derek Brice I didn't see any water from Castle. I just noticed the steam
11:29 Graham I think the wind is just blowing the wrong way
11:30 Graham it started ~1118
11:30 Graham seems pretty steady
11:31 Graham bison in the basin
11:31 Derek Brice Yep
11:33 Graham let me know when you need to leave and I will take over
11:34 Derek Brice If you've nothing else to do, take it now and I'll do a bit more to my website before tea. :-)
11:34 Graham ok, I will grab it
11:35 Derek Brice My son told me my website was not contructed to modern day specs
11:35 Graham more work!
11:35 Derek Brice So I have to rebuild each page.
11:36 Derek Brice The cute little button picture links have to go.
11:37 Derek Brice But I can keep the colours schemes and font styles
11:37 Graham its your site!
11:37 Derek Brice I understood what he was telling me.
13:39 Derek Where's Carolyn? :-)
13:39 Graham i don't know. I wasn't watching close enough to see the indicator
14:12 Loisb HI - meant to say hello a bit ago but got busy watching the bison and the tourists
14:13 Graham hi there
14:13 Graham have been waiting for Daisy but I might have missed it
14:13 Loisb Always fun to see the animals - even the two dozing in the sun
14:14 Loisb I wasn't paying a lot of attention to the background - sorry
14:14 Graham there you go, closeup bison
14:15 Loisb not quite as close as the other day - thought maybe one of them was going to walk right over into the camera
14:15 Loisb animals at Mammoth also
14:16 Graham they werre right by the boardwalk earlier
14:16 Loisb must have missed that part - just got home from work a bit ago
14:26 Graham theres Grand
14:27 Loisb very nice today
14:38 Graham yeah nice tall second burst


February 22nd, 2009 View February’s Logs

07:29 Graham morning
07:29 ConnecticutCar hi
07:29 ConnecticutCar are you home
07:29 Graham no, I am at my moms. Won't be able to ruin the cam at all
07:29 ConnecticutCar nice bison yesterday in the basin
07:30 Graham Beehive was 1331 and Castle 1118ie H2O Major
07:30 ConnecticutCar this morrning Plume went at 6:56
07:30 Graham yeah they cooperated
07:30 ConnecticutCar waiting on OF
07:31 Graham I saw that, was trying to count the bursts but the streaming cam stopped. Looked like it might have been more than 5
07:31 ConnecticutCar yep
07:31 ConnecticutCar I think 6
07:31 Graham I only caught one yesterday and tried to see another but its intervals may be longer
07:32 ConnecticutCar since Giantess times have been different...even OF
07:32 Graham really?
07:32 ConnecticutCar yep
07:33 ConnecticutCar Carolyn L had OF times of 102 plus several times
07:33 Graham ok. Little Squirt started yesterday I see its still going
07:33 ConnecticutCar it may have regulated itself by now though
07:34 Graham I have not heard of OF effected by Giantess before tho
07:34 ConnecticutCar well maybe I am wrong then
07:34 ConnecticutCar I thought I read it on the list
07:35 Graham Carolyn reported some longer intervals on her email to the listserve....who knows, it could be a Giantess effect too
07:35 Graham most were before Giantess I thought
07:35 Graham is that Dome on the static cam?
07:36 ConnecticutCar I am still using the 90 minutes though
07:36 Graham yeah it's still having some sub 90 intervals
07:37 ConnecticutCar I had to get a new mouse and it is driving me crazy
07:37 Graham I got a wireless one recently which is nice, I can sit away from the comouter and work the cam at the table
07:38 ConnecticutCar I must have just missed OF as I have been on now for almost 90 minutes
07:38 ConnecticutCar that's interesting
07:38 ConnecticutCar what are your plans for the day
07:39 ConnecticutCar I will be on the computer when Derek leaves
07:39 Graham i have an opera this afternoon with my Mom, Tosca, thn will drive home, probably get home just after its dark in the park
07:39 ConnecticutCar make that 65 minutes that I have been on and OF is starting to steam
07:40 ConnecticutCar nice white ppuffs
07:40 Graham no splashing yet? looked like Beehive was splashing earlier this morning
07:40 ConnecticutCar 2 Operas in such a short time
07:41 ConnecticutCar do you have a series
07:42 Graham this is Virginia Opera, there are 4 operas a year. I also go to Washington opera - 7 a year. And then other operas I have not seen before
07:43 ConnecticutCar have you ever been to the Met in NY
07:43 Graham probably works out as 1 opera every 3 weeks
07:43 Graham yes, went for the first time a couple of years ago, it was very good.
07:44 ConnecticutCar beautiful building too
07:44 Graham just gets expensive going there and staying overnight
07:44 ConnecticutCar no question about that
07:45 Graham its a nice place. In Richmond they have been renovating the theater so the last few years have been in a place thats too big. Next year theygo back to the Carpenter Center which will be better. Washington opera is at the Kennedy Center which is nice
07:45 Graham do you like opera?
07:45 ConnecticutCar no, not really
07:46 ConnecticutCar I am into the broadway musicals and plays
07:46 Graham ok
07:46 Graham well I have to go, good luck with OF and beehive
07:47 ConnecticutCar thanks
07:47 ConnecticutCar have a great day
07:47 Graham oh, I had 15 hours last week
07:47 ConnecticutCar got it..thanks
07:47 Graham bye
08:25 Derek Hi
08:26 ConnecticutCar Hi had a nice chat with Graham this morning
08:27 Derek Great
08:27 ConnecticutCar Plume and OF went
08:27 Derek I saw O.F.
08:28 Derek Would you like a phone call?
08:28 ConnecticutCar I must have just missed it when I got on this morning because it was almost 90 minutes before it erupted for me
08:28 ConnecticutCar sure
09:05 Rich Hi Derek
09:05 Derek Hi
09:11 Rich Is that Grand steaming off cam to the left in the static cam?
09:12 Derek It could be
09:13 Rich k
09:13 Derek I need to see the water jets to confirm it, but there's too much steam
09:14 Rich With the drift, didn't think it was from Giant.
09:16 Derek According to Carolyn L, Beehive may also be due.
09:16 Derek Carolyn A just spoke to her on the phone.
09:17 Rich I'll be watching.
09:17 Derek She skied passed there and saw the west bubblers going.
09:17 Rich I've captured a couple of little spurts from it in the past week.
10:48 ConnecticutCar I see Beehive is waiting for me
10:48 ConnecticutCar nice bison earlier
10:48 Derek I think Grand went off but there was so much steam around I couldn't be sure.
10:49 ConnecticutCar well it was due
10:49 ConnecticutCar OF is now in it's window
10:49 Derek I only log it if I see water
10:49 ConnecticutCar I just saw the crowd on the static and knew it was due
10:50 Rich One of the 'indicators' of OF. lol
10:50 ConnecticutCar good call Rich
10:54 ConnecticutCar OF right on
10:54 ConnecticutCar predicted time
10:55 ConnecticutCar it kills me when the crowd starts to walk away before the eruption has finished!!
10:55 Derek I just hope that Run-off steam clears, in case Beehive starts.
10:56 ConnecticutCar they can wait for 20 minutes or more for OF to erupt and then can not wait the 3 minutes or so for it to finish
10:56 Rich They are going to go back to their rooms and look that the photos and video they shot.
10:56 ConnecticutCar ME TOO:)
10:56 Derek Graham would say they are all rushing back to get a place in the cafe.
10:57 ConnecticutCar Not for the food they serve!
10:57 Derek Hehe well Grahm likes it :-)
10:57 ConnecticutCar The cafeteria food is awful and very expensive for what you get
10:57 Derek Bison burgers?
10:58 ConnecticutCar Actually, I haven't seen them on the menu
10:58 Rich Not to deemphasis OF but how much information is available along with the OF schedule about the other geysers, like Beehive, is there?
10:58 ConnecticutCar There are 5 predictable geysers
10:59 Rich Do they get the same amount of 'hype'?
10:59 ConnecticutCar Grand, Castle, Riverside,OF Great Fountian and Daisy
10:59 ConnecticutCar make that 6
10:59 ConnecticutCar Beehive is not a predictable geyser
11:00 Rich k
11:00 ConnecticutCar The only indication is if indicator erupts and then usually beehive erupts.
11:00 Derek Well, it seems to errupt once every 24 hours
11:00 ConnecticutCar Beehive can also erupt without indicator going
11:01 ConnecticutCar I have seen Beehive erupt twice in a day but usually it is only once
11:01 Rich And what is the indicator for Beehive?
11:01 Derek Hey, can you see those Geese down there in front of the Bison?
11:02 ConnecticutCar the little spouting to the right of it...it can be erupting for minutes to 20 minutes
11:02 Rich ty
11:04 ConnecticutCar derek can you go back to Beehive for a minute
11:05 ConnecticutCar thanks...
11:05 ConnecticutCar okay it hasn't erupted
11:07 ConnecticutCar Rich hopefully indicator will be going today and you can see exactly where it is in relation to Beehive
11:07 Rich I'll be watching.
11:08 ConnecticutCar good
11:08 Rich I think I caught either the indicator or Beehive starting a couple of days ago.
11:08 ConnecticutCar Derek jokes that much of the time it waits for me to take the camera
11:09 Rich Well 'they' do have their favorite operators.
11:09 ConnecticutCar cute
11:10 ConnecticutCar looks like grand might be going now
11:11 Rich I did post one of them to my bloghttp://unseennationalparks.blogspot.com/
11:14 ConnecticutCar actually I don't see any water
11:17 Rich sorry senior moment, I guess I meant Lion and Plume. oh well.
11:17 ConnecticutCar there was some splashing from beehive
11:34 Rich I just 'flipped' back thru my captures and it looks like I caught Beehive on the 11th and 19th of January.
11:35 Rich Have to take a closer look and see if I see anything around those times.
12:14 Bruce Jensen Good day, folks
12:18 Rich Hi
12:18 ConnecticutCar hi from me to
12:19 ConnecticutCar I can't believe Beehive has still not erupted
12:19 ConnecticutCar I guess Carolyn L was mistaken this morning
12:20 ConnecticutCar now we have to wait for the steam from OF to disperse
12:20 Bruce Jensen What time was Beehive anticipated for?
12:22 ConnecticutCar don't know for sure but this morning when I spoke to Carolyn L. she said west bubbler was going
12:23 ConnecticutCar and to look for beehive
12:24 Bruce Jensen There is some disaghreemnet as to whether the bubblers actually indictae pressure in Beehive's system - I think they do, but some more knowledgeable than I think not.
12:26 Rich Is that Aurum on the static cam?
12:26 ConnecticutCar don't have the static cam up
12:26 Rich k
12:27 Bruce Jensen It looked like Aurum
12:41 Bruce Jensen Beehive is now starting to splash. That could be good or neutral.
12:43 Bruce Jensen The picture is stunningly good and detailed. Much better resolution than before.
12:43 Bruce Jensen splish splash...
12:44 Bruce Jensen Indicator is empty and steamless.
12:49 ConnecticutCar looks like indicator now
12:52 Bruce Jensen I missed it - did the Indicator start and stop?
12:52 ConnecticutCar no it just looked like it was starting to bubble and steam
12:53 Bruce Jensen Yes, it looks like something is there...
12:53 Bruce Jensen What's up with the close up focus?
12:53 ConnecticutCar do you mean that it is blurry
12:53 Bruce Jensen Yes.
12:54 ConnecticutCar I guess my fault
12:54 ConnecticutCar I had the camera in to close trying to see the indicator
12:55 Bruce Jensen Oh? I wouldn't imagine so...it's the camera's job to focus, right? It isn't remote...we've been that close before...
12:55 ConnecticutCar doubler problems
12:55 Bruce Jensen Ah - that figures!
12:55 Bruce Jensen That's a GREAT picture there.
12:56 ConnecticutCar with the steam from Beehive it's hard to tell if indicator is really steaming
12:56 Bruce Jensen Plenty of splashing from the cone, tho...
12:57 ConnecticutCar people stopping is always a good sign
12:57 Bruce Jensen the crowds are gatheirng, eh? :-)
12:57 ConnecticutCar must be a ranger tour...
12:57 Rich The people indicator is back.
12:57 Bruce Jensen :-)
12:57 ConnecticutCar they will move on if it isn'
12:58 ConnecticutCar isn't going high
12:58 Bruce Jensen We need a camera aimed styraight into the Indicator so we can see when water pools in the crevice...
12:58 ConnecticutCar but if in fact it is going to erupt they better move to the other side of Beehive
12:59 Bruce Jensen Indicator is steamy now!
12:59 ConnecticutCar it's definitely indicator now!!
12:59 Rich I even see steam on the static cam.
13:01 ConnecticutCar was this where you thought indicator was Rich
13:02 Rich No, I was way closer to the cam
13:02 ConnecticutCar plume is also going
13:02 Rich I thought more llike the brown clump.
13:02 ConnecticutCar I see that on the static cam
13:04 Rich But this is my first 'season' viewing.
13:04 Rich My sister captured Beehive in Nov 2008 with a rainbow in OF steam.
13:06 Rich More 'people' indicator
13:06 Rich people
13:06 ConnecticutCar I can't believe these people left
13:06 ConnecticutCar they just don't know geysers
13:07 Rich Need to have this chat room up on a monitor someplace.
13:08 ConnecticutCar usually though we don't go into so much detail
13:08 Rich ah
13:08 Rich A Twitter link?
13:08 ConnecticutCar now these folks are standing where they won't get wet
13:08 ConnecticutCar wind blowing in the other direction
13:09 Bruce Jensen Indicator is nice and tall this time. Thos eother folks will come running back, I think...
13:10 ConnecticutCar there she blows but you won't see it for about 15 to 20 seconds
13:11 Rich I'm forcing a reload
13:18 ConnecticutCar Derek are you here
13:18 ConnecticutCar guess you are just ghosting
13:19 Bruce Jensen Sawmill
13:20 Bruce Jensen Hoping for Daisy?
13:20 ConnecticutCar yep
13:21 ConnecticutCar Usually Derek is back by now...hope everything is okay
13:21 Bruce Jensen The steam plume is prabably Comet - it usually blasts away all the time.
13:21 Bruce Jensen Where did D. go?
13:22 ConnecticutCar he went for tea and is usually back shortly after 3:00 PM EST
13:22 Bruce Jensen Ah - well I hope things are OK too... :-/
13:23 Bruce Jensen My wife has just infoprmed that we nede to prepare to see a concert, so I must leave - have fun the rest of the day!
13:23 Rich Enjoy
13:23 ConnecticutCar bye
13:24 Rich I got 16 images captured of Beehive
13:24 Rich Not counting the indicators
13:25 ConnecticutCar Derek is back and I am going to take a break. Glad you got to see Indicator and Beehive Rich
13:25 ConnecticutCar bye
13:26 Rich Thanks for you help
13:26 Rich bye
14:48 Derek Hi Carolyn
14:48 ConnecticutCar hi
14:49 ConnecticutCar are your pages set
14:50 Derek There's still things to be done before they go live. Darren has 3 days off at the end of the week so he'll have another look then.
14:50 Derek Meanwhile things are as you last saw them
14:50 ConnecticutCar okay
14:51 Derek If you should want to have a peek at them, just add DAZ to the end of the file name
14:51 ConnecticutCar tonight there is a program on the Druids at 8 PM on pbs
14:51 Derek gillpics become gillpicsDAZ
14:52 Derek localpics= localpicsDAZ
14:53 Derek  
http://www.tgoeuk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/localpicsDA…
14:53 ConnecticutCar do you take out the html
14:53 Derek Just click that link and you'll see
14:54 Derek But bear in mind they are still being worked on.
14:55 Derek and the links at the top will only take you back to the old pages
14:55 ConnecticutCar I looked but I am not sure what I am suppose to see...I have to compare them to the old pages
14:55 Derek They are now in three columns
14:56 Derek But there is much to be done
14:56 Derek Such as alignment
14:56 ConnecticutCar aah
14:57 Derek Most of the changes are to the internal workings
14:58 ConnecticutCar did you see Lion at all today
14:58 Derek No
15:01 ConnecticutCar Rich that is Castle behind the trees and Crested Pool (steaming) the right
15:02 ConnecticutCar Derek can you take over for a minute or two I want to send an e-mail
15:03 ConnecticutCar thanks
15:04 Rich k
15:07 ConnecticutCar back
15:07 Derek ok
15:10 Derek 38 hours for week
15:10 ConnecticutCar wow
15:11 ConnecticutCar I think that is the most you have been on
15:11 Derek I did do more back in my early days last summer :-)
15:12 ConnecticutCar looks like Lion might go soon
15:13 ConnecticutCar OF is just about in it's window
15:13 Derek I'm off downstairs now. Goodnight
15:14 ConnecticutCar Remember I won't be on tomorrow but for a short while in the AM
15:17 ConnecticutCar bye


February 23rd, 2009 View February’s Logs

10:45 Rich Hi Derek
10:45 Derek Hi
10:48 Rich The only things I saw yesterday afternoon after everyone was gone was a puff at Lion and a flock of geese walk from left to rigth across the foreground.
10:52 Rich speaking of Lion is going off
10:52 Derek Yup
12:16 Rich Is that Grand?
13:47 ConnecticutCar did you miss me
13:47 ConnecticutCar I will be on at 5:00 \until Graham takes over
13:48 ConnecticutCar Derek are you Ghosting again
13:49 ConnecticutCar Hi Rich
13:49 Rich Hi ConnecticutCar
13:49 ConnecticutCar what's happening your way
13:49 Rich I saw Lion again this morning
13:49 Rich Rain
13:49 ConnecticutCar oh good
13:49 Rich lol
13:49 ConnecticutCar you do need that
13:50 ConnecticutCar we are having heavy winds here in Connecticut
13:50 Rich Lion erupted about 10:50
13:51 ConnecticutCar I just got on the page
13:51 Rich You probably don't need the heavy winds.
13:51 ConnecticutCar I have been away all day
13:51 ConnecticutCar At least the sun is out but it is cold
13:52 ConnecticutCar Are you planning a trip this year to Yellowstone
13:54 Rich You get back home?
13:54 ConnecticutCar we will be there the last two weeks of May into June over Memorial day
13:55 Rich Nice time to visit
13:56 Rich I've noticed that when I get an error from this site, I loose parts of the chat.
13:56 Derek Sorry I had the room covered on the screen and the speakers were turned down
13:56 Rich Usually happens when something else is downloading on my computer.
13:56 Derek So I didn't hear the messages coming in
13:57 ConnecticutCar how are you
13:57 Derek OK thanks
13:57 ConnecticutCar is your webcam on and I can see what you are doing
13:58 ConnecticutCar I sent a package to you today from the post office..
13:59 ConnecticutCar I think you will like it
13:59 Derek Great
14:00 Derek OK I just started the webcam now
14:01 ConnecticutCar what's been happening all day
14:02 Derek I logged a couple of Daisys and one Lion
14:02 Derek I caught the end of a very minor Castle
14:02 ConnecticutCar I had my stitches out...then went to the post office and then took a 3 hours nap
14:02 ConnecticutCar I didn't sleep good last night
14:02 Derek I have the cam running now
14:03 Derek Can you see it?
14:03 ConnecticutCar I was up at 4:00 AM and couldn't go back to sleep
14:04 ConnecticutCar yep
14:05 ConnecticutCar I saw the first OF but never called in the one that should have occured around 10:15
14:06 ConnecticutCar the first OF was at 6:42 AM
14:06 ConnecticutCar so when it erupted at 10:11 it was in the window
14:07 ConnecticutCar rather 8:11
14:07 ConnecticutCar I love that I can hear you talking
14:08 ConnecticutCar yep
14:08 ConnecticutCar but it makes me dizzy
14:10 ConnecticutCar unreal!!
14:10 ConnecticutCar oh that's better
14:12 ConnecticutCar I notice they are all Nokia
14:12 ConnecticutCar nice
14:14 ConnecticutCar I suggest to Pal that he put the static cam on this page because I can't see what's happening in the basin and always have to leave this page
14:14 ConnecticutCar Grahams DVD didn't work on my player
14:16 ConnecticutCar yep..my is coming in a yellow mailer
14:17 ConnecticutCar you said you put Grahmas in a folder
14:18 ConnecticutCar can I acces it from here
14:18 ConnecticutCar he said he would redo it for me
14:18 ConnecticutCar I don't why it can
14:18 ConnecticutCar cannot read it
14:19 ConnecticutCar yep
14:20 ConnecticutCar my grandkids have those
14:26 ConnecticutCar good regarding tomorrow...I will be on the camera until my friend gets here and then I will be away until 5:00
14:26 ConnecticutCar Vic does all the dishes
14:27 ConnecticutCar yes sire
14:27 ConnecticutCar Drek this is wonderful...I have this chat
14:28 ConnecticutCar make that love this chat
14:32 ConnecticutCar okay, I loved this chat but I am going to sign off until 5:00
14:32 ConnecticutCar bye
15:03 Derek Hi
15:03 ConnecticutCar hi
15:04 Derek I managed to correct those links on the site, so at least the normal pages work again
15:12 ConnecticutCar looks like the static cam is down
15:12 Derek I noticed that
15:24 Rich I was going crazy trying to get it to reload.
16:08 ConnecticutCar OF at 16:08
16:13 Graham hi there
16:13 ConnecticutCar hi
16:13 Graham i was running late at work today.
16:13 ConnecticutCar Just sent you and e-mail
16:13 Graham ok
16:14 Graham no Beehive?
16:14 ConnecticutCar giving of time
16:14 ConnecticutCar no beehive
16:14 ConnecticutCar I was away from the cam most of the day
16:14 ConnecticutCar how was the opera
16:14 Graham it was a great opera, good cast, acting and staging
16:14 ConnecticutCar nice
16:15 ConnecticutCar glad you enjoyed it
16:15 Graham did you get snow?
16:15 ConnecticutCar no but heavy winds
16:15 Graham its windy here too
16:15 Graham so maybe Beehive went overnight?
16:16 ConnecticutCar we were thinking of going to Maine but decided to but off for a few weeks
16:16 ConnecticutCar today is our 40th anniversary
16:16 Graham yeah I hear they got dumped on
16:16 Graham oh, congratulations
16:16 Graham what are you going to do to celebrate today?
16:16 ConnecticutCar thanks
16:17 ConnecticutCar I do see some water splashing in Beehive
16:17 ConnecticutCar yesterday it went at 13:10
16:17 Graham yeah, might get it. looks like some bubbler steam?
16:18 ConnecticutCar nothing much to celebrate today..had stitches out..went to the post office and slept for 3 hours
16:18 ConnecticutCar I didn't get much sleep last night
16:19 ConnecticutCar did have lobster for dinner though
16:19 ConnecticutCar that's why we were thinking of going to Maine but decided another time
16:19 Graham ok, you doing well now?
16:19 ConnecticutCar yes
16:19 Graham lobster is good
16:19 ConnecticutCar delicious
16:19 Graham now we need Beehive to celebrate with you
16:20 ConnecticutCar nice hard shell...fully loaded
16:20 Graham did you cool it or eat out?
16:20 ConnecticutCar beehive looks nice
16:20 ConnecticutCar we ate in but had the store cook it...less mess
16:21 Graham pain not having static cam available to keep an eye on the rest of the basin
16:22 ConnecticutCar I know...
16:22 Graham hard to see with the snow too
16:22 ConnecticutCar the original Mammoth cam is working but not the new Mammoth cam
16:22 Rich Not much to see without the static cam also. lol
16:23 ConnecticutCar I never talked to the VC at all today so I don't know what's happening
16:23 ConnecticutCar snow is coming in quickly
16:23 Graham yeah well thats good though, they need more snow
16:24 ConnecticutCar I just got off the phone with my friends from Idaho and the said it was flurring.
16:24 ConnecticutCar that's not going to help the park
16:24 Graham the forecast calls for a few inches the next few days there
16:25 Graham we have had only 1.5 inches this winter!
16:25 ConnecticutCar well, time will tell
16:25 ConnecticutCar last year we really couldn't hike in May...still to much snow.
16:26 Graham I am burning another DVD for you
16:26 ConnecticutCar I don't understand why it didn
16:26 ConnecticutCar didn't work
16:26 ConnecticutCar Derek said his was fine
16:26 Graham yeah i know. I may make a CD with whe smaller pictures in case that works better.
16:27 Graham oh good, I didnt know he got it. I know several others worked too
16:27 Graham I dont see any bubblers tho
16:27 ConnecticutCar he put his cam on and I could see him and we chatted for 25 minutes or so
16:28 ConnecticutCar beehive will probably go after dark
16:28 ConnecticutCar but it keeps splashing
16:29 Graham I missed yesterdays at the Opera
16:29 ConnecticutCar it went while I was on the camera
16:29 Graham Who is waiting at Beehive now?
16:29 ConnecticutCar well we know it's not Jim
16:29 Graham good, I am glad you got it then
16:30 ConnecticutCar maybe we will get an eruption without indicator
16:30 ConnecticutCar quitet now
16:31 Graham yep, I have never seen one IRL but have on the cam
16:45 ConnecticutCar I am going to sign off for the night and turn the computer off...have fun
17:09 Graham daisy 1709
17:40 Graham Plume 1733
17:40 Graham 6 bursts
17:43 Rich Still no static cam available.
17:43 Graham nope
17:43 Graham snow makes it hard to see anything else tho
17:43 Rich true
17:44 Rich Graham is there a GoogelEarth kmz file for the geysers in yellowstone?
17:44 Graham a kmz?
17:45 Rich a file used by GoogleEarth to plot locations
17:46 Graham as you can figure, i dont know
17:46 Graham derek has been working on one he can use to tell what hes looking at
17:46 Rich no problem
17:46 Rich k
17:46 Rich I just found one for the geyser field in chile
17:47 Graham but I would have thought someone else would have one too
17:47 Graham who mad eit? Allan Glennon?
17:47 Rich yes
17:47 Graham ok, that figures. he's been there and is into GIS
17:48 Graham haven't seen it but I guessed who made it :)
17:48 Rich I've just started searching, so I still might find one.
17:49 Rich Allan does say he is working on a worldwide one.
17:49 Graham ok, I will have to bug him about it
17:49 Rich hehe
17:49 Graham he was there in Sept last year when I was in the park
17:51 Rich http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~glennon/geysermap/
17:51 Rich that's the link to his file
17:55 Graham ok


February 24th, 2009 View February’s Logs

07:43 ConnecticutCar HI: OF erupted at 7:28
14:38 ConnecticutCar hi
14:38 ConnecticutCar what's happening
14:39 Derek Just spotted Castle through the mist
14:40 ConnecticutCar has it been foggy all day
14:40 Derek Mostly
14:40 Derek Someone at the door, be right back
14:54 Derek Darren had fixed my ex-neighbors computer so they just called to collect it, but they stayed to chat for a while
14:55 ConnecticutCar no problem
14:55 ConnecticutCar I just took the camera because you couldn't see castle andymore
14:55 Derek No problem
14:56 Derek I haven't seen BH or Lion and it's been too misty for Grand or Daisy
14:57 ConnecticutCar I saw the first OF and posted ...called the VC and spent the rest of the day with a friend shopping at a quit store
14:58 Derek I had the cam on but I didn't start operating until my normal time
14:58 ConnecticutCar pretty hard to see anything
14:59 ConnecticutCar I do see some large snowflakes
15:06 Derek I have to wait until Darren's next day off, Thursday for him to sort a couple of remaing problems with the new web pages
15:06 Derek remaining
15:07 Derek For example, with firefox the page is over on the left of the screen, whereas with IE it is center.
15:20 Derek I'm off downstairs now.
15:20 ConnecticutCar okay see you tomorrow
15:20 Derek Bye
16:25 Rich Lion @ 4:21 mtn
16:36 Rich Graham is there a Beehive indicator, I just saw a puff in the area
16:37 Graham I keep looking and its splashing but stopping
16:37 Rich k
16:37 Graham not sure if anyones running the cam, i might just grab it
16:38 Rich Derek is gone and ConneticutCar was in but left.
16:38 Graham no indicator
16:38 Rich shucks
16:40 Graham i guess its been splashoing since noon so maybe get it before dark
16:41 Rich Lion is the only thing I've seen today besides OF
16:42 Graham ok, the snow has made it tought to see down basin
16:53 Graham I have lost the camera feed
16:54 Graham ack again
16:54 Graham back
16:55 Graham long OF interval
16:55 Graham Plume 1655
16:57 Rich saw a little more at Beehive indicator
16:57 Graham 7 bursts from Plume
16:57 Graham 8
17:00 Graham still not going tho, lots of big splashes
17:03 Rich I've been looking at the RCN site today, saw the Beehive Indicator graphic, helps explain what is happening.
17:04 Graham ok, I have not seen that
17:04 Graham there are the bison
17:04 Rich On the Streaming cam?
17:04 Graham yeah
17:04 Rich I just have the static view
17:05 Graham ok
17:05 Rich My sister says to shoo the bison over to the static cam. lol
17:06 Graham they are off to the left. maybe they will come on up again
17:07 Graham there are some on the static cam, on the left in the distance. hard to see.
17:08 Rich k
17:08 Graham they are above the small trees
17:08 Graham little black dots
17:09 Rich I'll have to do a image comparison to see the motion.
17:09 Graham yeah they are not moving much
17:10 Rich I got them when I slideshow images
17:17 Rich First frame I caught the bison was at 3:14:17
17:18 Graham they wandered in from the left?
17:19 Rich It looked more like they came in from the treeline toward the small trees then moved left and then back to right at the small trees.
17:20 Rich About the time they came into view there was fog/cloud back there.
17:35 Graham lion is trying
17:36 Graham Lion 1735
17:36 Rich got it
17:50 Rich Bison first enter 1:25:19 - went back further in my captures. They came in from the left, headed for the back treeline and then wandered around.
17:55 Rich Hi
17:55 Graham looks like they are all moving to the left
17:56 Rich still had some in the last static image
17:56 Rich 5:53:47
17:57 Graham dont see them down there now
17:57 Rich neither do I
17:59 Rich Have there been any white bison in Yellowstone?
18:00 Graham i don't know, i have not seen one but given how many there I would guess yes
18:09 Graham Daisy 1808 but its off to the left
18:13 Graham indicator
18:13 Graham Just in time before dark
18:14 Rich yep
18:23 Graham Beehive 1822
18:24 Rich Nice, Beehive and OF
18:28 Graham Yeah and the OF steam didnt mess up Beehive much
18:28 Rich nope
18:28 Rich From the static they were separate.
18:29 Graham the steam rizing from the runoff channel got in the way of ZBeehive a little, but nice to see a dual
18:30 Rich I saw 2 Lion and one Beehive today.
18:31 Graham and an 8 burst Plume
18:31 Graham but you can't count the bursts on the static cam
18:32 Graham Lion is puffing again
18:32 Graham I am out of here, see ya
18:32 Rich by
18:32 Rich bye


February 25th, 2009 View February’s Logs

08:19 ConnecticutCar OF at 8:19
09:35 ConnecticutCar there are a herd of bison coming through
09:36 Derek Just spotted them myself as your message clicked :-)
10:19 Rich Hello
10:19 Derek Hi
10:19 Rich Nice to see the bison wandering thru.
10:19 Derek Yep
11:05 Rich Is Beehive indicator splashing?
11:31 ConnecticutCar thank you... beautiful beehive
11:31 ConnecticutCar also great capture of the bison
11:32 Derek The Bison would have looked even better if my frame rate hadn't been so low at the time.
11:32 ConnecticutCar looked good to me:)
11:33 Derek I was franticlly clicking to make the camera move but it was so slow reacting.
11:35 ConnecticutCar thought maybe we would have a dual with OF and Beehive
11:36 ConnecticutCar is that another herd of Bison?
11:36 Rich I got to see the dual of Beehive and OF last night at dusk
11:37 ConnecticutCar the herd before was quite large
11:37 Derek That was a massive heard earlier. They just kept on coming
11:37 Derek They all went over beyond the cabins
11:38 ConnecticutCar I saw that
11:38 ConnecticutCar this then is another herdd
11:38 Rich Yesterday afternoon they were all back along the treeline on the left in the static cam, for about 4 hours.
11:39 ConnecticutCar did OF ever erupt?
11:39 Derek 11:22
11:39 Derek Before BH
11:39 ConnecticutCar ok they didn't change the time on the static cam
11:39 Derek It was just dieing down when I noticed indicator
11:42 ConnecticutCar I just talked to Carolyn L and she will change the time on the static
11:42 Derek Any news on the next glass clean?
11:42 ConnecticutCar no
11:46 Rich Hi ConnecticutCar
11:46 ConnecticutCar hi Rich
11:49 Rich I didn't realize til today when I looked at the reference photo of Plume that it was so far behind OF in the static cam.
11:49 Rich I thought it was on the same hill.
11:50 Rich Graham mentioned it's burst, but all I saw I think was OF.
11:51 ConnecticutCar when you look a plume you will see very short bursts which range in height from a few feet to 4 or 5 feet
11:52 Rich I'll be watching for them now.
11:52 ConnecticutCar I don't know when the last Plume was...I haven't been on the camera except earlier today and then now
11:54 Rich there was one at 1655 yesterday.
11:56 ConnecticutCar that doesn't help me. I would need to know when the first on happened today
11:56 Rich k
11:57 Rich None since 10:08, that is my first capture of the day.
11:58 ConnecticutCar is that california time or MST
11:58 Rich mst
11:59 Rich from the static cam
11:59 ConnecticutCar well check for the next one around 56 minutes to 70 minutes later
11:59 Rich k
11:59 Rich ty
12:00 ConnecticutCar though Plume has not been regular for a while...could be as much as 102 minutes
12:01 Rich Are the times of eruptions logged someplace where I can see them?
12:01 ConnecticutCar right now the only place I know of where they are logged would be the visitor center. In the summer gazers log them all the time
12:02 Rich I've seen an archive someplace, now I just have to find it, might have been on RCN
12:03 ConnecticutCar There goes Plume now
12:06 Rich I must have blinked, what I saw was further to the east to the right of OF
12:09 Rich I've got no depth of field, so it is hard to tell what is steam from OF and what is from Plume.
12:19 Rich Lion
12:20 Rich 12:17
13:27 ConnecticutCar today is the day of the bison
13:28 ConnecticutCar I had a large herd also while you were at tea
13:28 ConnecticutCar they went down the path to the VC
13:28 Derek They're all heading the same way
13:30 ConnecticutCar looks like this third herd is heading toward the cavins like the first herd
13:31 Derek Yee
13:31 Derek yep
13:31 ConnecticutCar the second group went down the path under the webcam
13:31 ConnecticutCar all these bison look very healthy
13:32 ConnecticutCar hate that doubler
13:32 Derek No it was me :-)
13:33 Derek I accidently pushed the mouse wheel too far
13:34 ConnecticutCar did you get a copy of the e-mail I just sent
13:34 Derek Yes thanks
13:35 Derek I never did get a reply from Tom for the email I sent him on February 2nd
13:37 ConnecticutCar #9:00 pm on Sunday March 1, 2009: Mammoth to Norris Junction and East Entrance Road.#9:00 pm on Tuesday March 3, 2009: Norris Junction to Madison Junction and Norris Junction to Canyon
13:37 ConnecticutCar roads close
13:38 ConnecticutCar #9:00 pm on Sunday March 8, 2009: Canyon Junction to Fishing Bridge Junction closed.#9:00 pm on March 15, 2009: All groomed roads in the park are closed.
13:39 ConnecticutCar hard to believe the winter season is almost over
13:39 Derek We had a nice drive this morning
13:40 ConnecticutCar where did you go
13:40 Derek I took beryl to a large shopping mall called Lakeside. It's north of the Thames in the county of Essex.
13:40 Derek We haven't been there for over a year.
13:41 ConnecticutCar was she successful?
13:41 Derek Successful?
13:41 Derek She enjoyed the change
13:41 ConnecticutCar did she buy anything
13:42 Derek Nothing much, we had lunch in a Wimpy Resturant
13:43 Derek I always thought Wimpy was American but I never saw any during my trips over there
13:44 Derek There are Wimpys in just about every town here and they are very american in their style
13:44 ConnecticutCar I never hear of that chain restaurant
13:44 Derek We had Wimpys over here years before we got Macdonalds or burgerKing
15:03 ConnecticutCar Just sent you and e-mail
15:05 Derek I didn't realize that cam was working


February 25th, 2009 View February’s Logs

08:19 ConnecticutCar OF at 8:19
09:35 ConnecticutCar there are a herd of bison coming through
09:36 Derek Just spotted them myself as your message clicked :-)
10:19 Rich Hello
10:19 Derek Hi
10:19 Rich Nice to see the bison wandering thru.
10:19 Derek Yep
11:05 Rich Is Beehive indicator splashing?
11:31 ConnecticutCar thank you... beautiful beehive
11:31 ConnecticutCar also great capture of the bison
11:32 Derek The Bison would have looked even better if my frame rate hadn't been so low at the time.
11:32 ConnecticutCar looked good to me:)
11:33 Derek I was franticlly clicking to make the camera move but it was so slow reacting.
11:35 ConnecticutCar thought maybe we would have a dual with OF and Beehive
11:36 ConnecticutCar is that another herd of Bison?
11:36 Rich I got to see the dual of Beehive and OF last night at dusk
11:37 ConnecticutCar the herd before was quite large
11:37 Derek That was a massive heard earlier. They just kept on coming
11:37 Derek They all went over beyond the cabins
11:38 ConnecticutCar I saw that
11:38 ConnecticutCar this then is another herdd
11:38 Rich Yesterday afternoon they were all back along the treeline on the left in the static cam, for about 4 hours.
11:39 ConnecticutCar did OF ever erupt?
11:39 Derek 11:22
11:39 Derek Before BH
11:39 ConnecticutCar ok they didn't change the time on the static cam
11:39 Derek It was just dieing down when I noticed indicator
11:42 ConnecticutCar I just talked to Carolyn L and she will change the time on the static
11:42 Derek Any news on the next glass clean?
11:42 ConnecticutCar no
11:46 Rich Hi ConnecticutCar
11:46 ConnecticutCar hi Rich
11:49 Rich I didn't realize til today when I looked at the reference photo of Plume that it was so far behind OF in the static cam.
11:49 Rich I thought it was on the same hill.
11:50 Rich Graham mentioned it's burst, but all I saw I think was OF.
11:51 ConnecticutCar when you look a plume you will see very short bursts which range in height from a few feet to 4 or 5 feet
11:52 Rich I'll be watching for them now.
11:52 ConnecticutCar I don't know when the last Plume was...I haven't been on the camera except earlier today and then now
11:54 Rich there was one at 1655 yesterday.
11:56 ConnecticutCar that doesn't help me. I would need to know when the first on happened today
11:56 Rich k
11:57 Rich None since 10:08, that is my first capture of the day.
11:58 ConnecticutCar is that california time or MST
11:58 Rich mst
11:59 Rich from the static cam
11:59 ConnecticutCar well check for the next one around 56 minutes to 70 minutes later
11:59 Rich k
11:59 Rich ty
12:00 ConnecticutCar though Plume has not been regular for a while...could be as much as 102 minutes
12:01 Rich Are the times of eruptions logged someplace where I can see them?
12:01 ConnecticutCar right now the only place I know of where they are logged would be the visitor center. In the summer gazers log them all the time
12:02 Rich I've seen an archive someplace, now I just have to find it, might have been on RCN
12:03 ConnecticutCar There goes Plume now
12:06 Rich I must have blinked, what I saw was further to the east to the right of OF
12:09 Rich I've got no depth of field, so it is hard to tell what is steam from OF and what is from Plume.
12:19 Rich Lion
12:20 Rich 12:17
13:27 ConnecticutCar today is the day of the bison
13:28 ConnecticutCar I had a large herd also while you were at tea
13:28 ConnecticutCar they went down the path to the VC
13:28 Derek They're all heading the same way
13:30 ConnecticutCar looks like this third herd is heading toward the cavins like the first herd
13:31 Derek Yee
13:31 Derek yep
13:31 ConnecticutCar the second group went down the path under the webcam
13:31 ConnecticutCar all these bison look very healthy
13:32 ConnecticutCar hate that doubler
13:32 Derek No it was me :-)
13:33 Derek I accidently pushed the mouse wheel too far
13:34 ConnecticutCar did you get a copy of the e-mail I just sent
13:34 Derek Yes thanks
13:35 Derek I never did get a reply from Tom for the email I sent him on February 2nd
13:37 ConnecticutCar #9:00 pm on Sunday March 1, 2009: Mammoth to Norris Junction and East Entrance Road.#9:00 pm on Tuesday March 3, 2009: Norris Junction to Madison Junction and Norris Junction to Canyon
13:37 ConnecticutCar roads close
13:38 ConnecticutCar #9:00 pm on Sunday March 8, 2009: Canyon Junction to Fishing Bridge Junction closed.#9:00 pm on March 15, 2009: All groomed roads in the park are closed.
13:39 ConnecticutCar hard to believe the winter season is almost over
13:39 Derek We had a nice drive this morning
13:40 ConnecticutCar where did you go
13:40 Derek I took beryl to a large shopping mall called Lakeside. It's north of the Thames in the county of Essex.
13:40 Derek We haven't been there for over a year.
13:41 ConnecticutCar was she successful?
13:41 Derek Successful?
13:41 Derek She enjoyed the change
13:41 ConnecticutCar did she buy anything
13:42 Derek Nothing much, we had lunch in a Wimpy Resturant
13:43 Derek I always thought Wimpy was American but I never saw any during my trips over there
13:44 Derek There are Wimpys in just about every town here and they are very american in their style
13:44 ConnecticutCar I never hear of that chain restaurant
13:44 Derek We had Wimpys over here years before we got Macdonalds or burgerKing
15:03 ConnecticutCar Just sent you and e-mail
15:05 Derek I didn't realize that cam was working
15:53 Graham hi there
15:58 Rich Hi Graham
15:58 Rich Bison have been wandering around all day.
15:58 Graham whats been going on? I hear I missed Beehive and Grand
15:58 Rich Must be bad weather moving in.
15:58 Graham good, up where you could actually see them?
15:59 Rich Several groups at the boardwalk
15:59 Rich Probably the same 'herd' we say yesterday.
15:59 Graham yeah i think its one herd
16:00 Graham I see the cam was pointing at Lion - did it erupt before?
16:00 Rich A good size one.
16:00 Rich I just got back online about 15 minutes ago.
16:00 Rich It erupted this morning, omp
16:00 Graham ok
16:01 Graham may be a quiet evening then
16:01 Rich Derek nor Connecticutcar mentioned any eruptions since the time I left.
16:02 Graham yeah its probably too early if it went this morning
16:02 Rich Morning our time.
16:03 Graham where are you?
16:03 Rich Paradise CA
16:04 Rich I caught Beehive Indicator this morning.
16:05 Graham sounds likea nice place :)
16:05 Rich Except for the fires last summer.
16:08 Graham fires are no fun
16:10 Rich I went thru two manditory evcuations.
16:12 Rich I finally looked at the reference capture of Plume today, finally noticed that it is further away than OF.
16:12 Rich Before I thought that Plume was on the same hill as OF
16:12 Graham yeah its on the other side of the river
16:12 Graham no, theres only the split cone vent on the left of the screen thats nearby
16:12 Rich Depth perceptions on the static cam makes it hard to tell if it is steam from OF or Plume.
16:13 Rich On bad weather days.
16:13 Graham yeah if the winds blowing like this its easy to see tho
16:13 Rich yes
16:14 Rich Yesterday when Plume went off, it was at the predicted time of OF, so I couldn't really tell which was which.
16:16 Graham hard to see when OF is splashing or the winds going the other way
16:16 Graham on the streaming cam its a bit easier since you can see the clouds of steam rizing with each burst
16:17 Rich Probably a little different angle to the cam also, so they aren't on top of each other.
16:18 Rich I've gotten the lat/long from RCN and I'm trying to plot them on GoogleEarth.
16:18 Rich I'm trying to get a better spatial feel for the locations.
16:18 Graham the cams are on the same tree, streaming is just over the static cam
16:20 Rich ok, I didn't know that.
16:42 Rich Are the lat/long for the cams posted anywhere?
16:42 Graham not that I know of
16:42 Rich ty
16:43 Graham if you know where the old VC was, go counterclockwise one path round OF, and the cam is there
16:43 Rich k
16:44 Rich I've see the locations someplace, now just to re find it. lol
16:45 Graham getting hard to see much on the cam
16:45 Rich yep
16:45 Graham cant see anything down basin
16:47 Rich Mt Washburn has cam has been snow covered the last couple of days.
16:49 Graham i dont look at it much, it usually dies in the winter
16:50 Rich It was down not to long ago. Today, you can see the canyon nicely, snow on the S canyon wall.
16:53 Graham that is a nice shot now
16:53 Rich yes
17:07 Graham theres Plume 1707
17:12 Rich It's going to take me a while to be able to tell Plume from OF in the low light/weather conditons
17:13 Graham sometimes you can tell its behind the bench and boardwalk on Geyser Hill but other times its hard
17:13 Rich On the Plume reference photo, there is a person standing in front of Plume.
17:18 Graham that helps :)
17:18 Rich It sure does, gives a depth of field element.
17:44 Rich I found the sat image of the cam location
17:44 Rich  
http://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/tours/livecams/old…satellitecameralocation
18:06 Rich Hi guest10967
18:07 Graham Thats a good picture of the cam location
18:07 Rich yes
18:10 Rich No update on the eruption time on the static cam.
18:11 Graham no, visitor center was closed before the eruption
18:11 Rich ok
18:12 Graham I didnt note the time because the next one will be after dark
18:12 Graham it went about 526, so 656 prediction
18:12 Rich ty
18:12 Graham Dark then
18:35 Graham I am out of here, see you
18:35 Rich nite
18:46 Rich Good Night Yellowstone


February 26th, 2009 View February’s Logs

06:53 ConnecticutCar what time did grand start
06:53 ConnecticutCar OF was at 6:38
06:54 Derek It was already IE at 6:49
06:54 Derek I was just holding the fort, so please take over when you are ready
06:54 Derek I spotted Grand on the static
07:05 Derek Going downstairs to help with the dishes.
08:25 Rich Hello
08:26 Derek Hi
09:12 Rich Lion?
09:28 Rich @9:11
09:30 Derek I was distracted, so I forgot to log it.
09:35 Rich Was that Anemone @ 9:33
09:36 Derek Plume
09:36 Derek To the left and behind Old Faithful
09:37 Rich Was to the right.
09:37 Derek Didn't see it
09:37 Rich I have a hard time with Plume and steam from OF.
09:37 Rich No depth of field for me.
09:37 Derek That last one was quite clear
09:38 Derek Anemone is very small and can only be seen as a small white spot when the cam is zoomed right in.
09:38 Rich Right after Lion was Plume, then after Plume was Anemone
09:39 Rich ah, this was a good size.
09:39 Derek When I was zoomed into Plume, Anemone would have been out of sight
09:39 Rich Wish we could upload images here, would make checking easier. lol
09:40 Rich Or should I say confirmation.
09:42 Rich k
10:03 Rich Hi sparekitty
10:04 sparekitty hey, how's it going?
10:05 Rich We lost the static cam
10:05 Rich  
http://www.yellowstone.net/ofliveoriginal.htm
10:06 Rich must have lost the nps server
10:06 Derek It's OK here
10:06 Rich static is back
11:01 Rich Lion
11:01 Derek Too misty
11:16 ConnecticutCar anything happening
11:17 Derek Nothing exciting
11:17 Derek Been too misty
11:17 ConnecticutCar quiet morning..I just saw lion
11:17 Derek There was another earlier that Rich saw but I missed
11:17 ConnecticutCar okay
11:18 ConnecticutCar there should be one more in a bit
11:18 ConnecticutCar You will be at tea
11:18 Derek Are you free for a call?
11:19 ConnecticutCar I have gotten the okay to quilt large items again and so I have been sewing
11:19 ConnecticutCar sure
11:22 Rich Hi ConnecticutCar
11:33 ConnecticutCar hi Rich
11:34 Rich Lovely weather today. lol
11:34 Rich How's the quilting going?
11:35 Rich How big a project are you working on?
11:35 ConnecticutCar Nicely, thank you
11:35 Rich My sis is a quilter, in her 'spare' time.
11:35 ConnecticutCar I am just finishing a quilt for my nephew for when he goes off to college
11:35 Derek Got that link OK CC
11:35 Rich Nice
11:35 ConnecticutCar I do all my quilting on a machine
11:36 Rich So does she, not enough time to hand piece.
11:36 ConnecticutCar good...bookmark it because I could lose it
11:37 ConnecticutCar Derek I am not even going to open the camera because you can not see anything
11:37 Derek Looks like it doesn't update as often as the main static cam
11:37 ConnecticutCar correct
11:38 Derek Where is that cam located and where is it pointed in relation to our streaming cam?
11:39 ConnecticutCar good question...it is down the walkway that you see from the streaming cam (a good distance)
11:39 ConnecticutCar I have to look at the shot again
11:39 Derek k
11:40 Derek The mist has cleared somewhat, I can see Beehive's cone again.
11:41 ConnecticutCar okay then I will zoom the cam
11:43 ConnecticutCar still looks pretty foggy to me
11:43 Rich Did we have Beehive Indicator?
11:43 Derek Nope
11:44 Rich k
11:44 ConnecticutCar it's really not focusing well...I can hardly see anything
11:44 ConnecticutCar I do see big snowflakes
11:45 Derek I'm just looking at some of the archive shots on that link
11:46 Derek OK, I'm off downstairs.
12:27 ConnecticutCar Lion just erupted at 12:25
12:27 ConnecticutCar That was the third this morning
12:30 Rich Lion 12:27
12:30 ConnecticutCar Rich: according to the streaming CAm Lion was at 12:25
12:31 Rich probably right, that is the time on my first cap
12:32 ConnecticutCar From the streaming cam I see water a several seconds ahead of the time it is shown on the media player
12:34 Rich And if I have anything downloading, I suffer a delay
14:12 ConnecticutCar what a miserable day it is today in the Park
14:13 ConnecticutCar Derek: What time do you get your mail???
14:13 Derek you mean post?
14:14 ConnecticutCar yes
14:14 Derek Late morning, sometimes just after midday
14:15 Derek The Royal Mail is cutting back
14:15 ConnecticutCar I am anxious to hear when the package I sent you arrives
14:15 Derek We used to have 2 deliveries per day
14:38 ConnecticutCar I think it is time to close down the camera
14:38 ConnecticutCar Derek: you should get to bed early tonight
14:39 Derek You're the boss, but I'm not tired yet.
14:39 ConnecticutCar Visiblity is nill
14:40 ConnecticutCar I am going to make dinner for Victor at five and then I will check the camera and if it stays foggy I will shut down also
14:40 Derek I'm using this spare time to update my GPS satnav
14:41 Derek OK, I'll close down the cam viewer and shut PC number 2 down :-)
16:37 Graham hey there, snowy day!
17:04 Rich Sure has been
17:04 Rich I've been playing in Google Earth
17:04 Graham glad they are getting snow tho, should help supress fires in the summer
17:04 Rich I plotted out all the static cam's geysers
17:05 Rich And if my weather is any indicator, they are in for more of the same, at least a couple of more storm*****ting here.
17:06 Graham ok, Derek did that too, did you talk to him?
17:07 Rich We seem to miss here, I'm off doing something while he is here, then he is off someplace. lol
17:08 Graham yeah its hard to catch him with the time difference
17:08 Rich I have noticed a problem tho, I'm using the lat/long from RCN, they don't seem to match up with the actual feature on Google.
17:08 Graham oh, thats not good
17:09 Rich I did Chromatic and it is way off, but then I don't know if they measured for the center of the pool
17:13 Graham yeah hard to know
17:14 Rich And I guessed at locating the webcam
17:14 Graham you have that pretty clearly tho don't you?
17:14 Rich Now at least I can have an overhead visual of the relative postions with respect for what I see on the static cam.
17:15 Rich Just to the east of the walk in front of the temp VC
17:15 Rich According to one sat map I found.
17:15 Graham yeah that map you showed me was correct
17:16 Rich k
17:16 Rich I'll be better able to distinguish between Plume and OF when the weather clears a little and I can see the ground features better.
17:16 Rich That is the only one I'm having a real problem telling apart
17:18 Rich With the slideshow viewer I have I can compare images and see the splash/steam at Beehive Indicator.
17:18 Rich Of course today haven't been able to see much.
17:19 Graham now you need toe snow filter in place
17:19 Rich This morning did get to see Lion sevearal times
17:19 Rich hehe
17:19 Graham ok. I saw one OF when I logged on at work for a few mins
17:19 Graham and OF now
17:20 Rich yes
17:20 Rich I've been using the people indicator to tell me when OF has gone off. lol
17:20 Graham its not as bad as Christmas day tho, you could not see any of OF
17:21 Graham VC staff had to go onto the boardwalk to get the times
17:22 Rich This afternoon there have been times that you can't see anything beyond the snow line.
17:24 Rich Hi Lois
17:24 Lois sure can't see much today
17:25 Graham yeah hard to see past the boardwalk some days
17:26 Lois and today is one of those days
17:27 Graham I am going to leave the geysers alone now, see you
17:27 Lois bye
19:21 Rich Good Night Yellowstone, Yogi turn out the lights when you leave.


February 27th, 2009 View February’s Logs

08:37 Rich Hello
08:39 griz Hi carol beverly here this is my am wake up!!!! got snow?
08:40 Rich Very nice
08:40 Rich The snow has cleared at OF, so we can see today.
08:40 Rich Yesterday it was socked in.
08:40 Rich Only got to see things in the morning
08:41 Rich Rich, here.
08:41 Rich Only rain expected here in Paradise.
08:42 griz Where's Paradise
08:42 Rich OF got snow on and off all day yesterday, the entry sidewalk started the day clear and by the end of the day it was snow coverd.
08:42 Rich 90 miles north of Sacramento
08:42 Rich by Chico
08:43 griz thoughts so I'm in Placerville
08:44 Rich Haven't had snow for about a month
08:44 Rich Well first of the month storm.
08:44 Rich You been here before?
08:45 griz no. saw this on the list serve and thought i'd ck it out. usually check the web cam before we go to work but this am i but this on my; fav's
08:45 Rich Hi guest 102995
08:45 Rich Cool
08:45 griz luv it! works untill we can get there
08:46 Rich No cam ops have checked in yet today
08:46 Rich Yesterday am got to see Lion a couple of times
08:46 Rich besides OF
08:46 griz cool!
08:47 griz looked really mucky yesterday
08:47 Rich It was.
08:47 griz gotta go to work. maybe talk later have great day
08:47 Rich Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday big herd of bison was wandering in front of the cam.
08:47 griz luv it
08:48 Rich have a good friday
08:48 griz u 2 by 4 now
08:48 Rich bye griz
08:51 Rich I think that was Aurum on the back right.
09:36 Rich Hi guest16328
09:36 Rich Hi Lois
09:49 Rich hi gazer
09:58 Rich Hi Derek, is that Giant?
09:58 Derek Don't think so
09:58 ConnecticutCar Just want to say hi
09:59 ConnecticutCar I am going to quilt now that you are back
09:59 Derek ok
11:41 Rich Lion
11:41 Derek yep
11:43 ConnecticutCar what time did lion start
11:44 Derek Started at 11:40
11:44 ConnecticutCar thanks
11:44 Derek Seeyou later
11:44 ConnecticutCar okay
11:45 ConnecticutCar there was a Castle minor this morning but I didn
11:45 ConnecticutCar didn't get the time
11:48 Rich Hi ConnecticutCar
11:48 ConnecticutCar hi there
11:48 Rich Nice day today
11:49 ConnecticutCar bright and sunny
11:49 Rich Visitors did their usual as soon as OF went off, so they missed Lion.
11:50 ConnecticutCar do you know if that was the first Lion this morning
11:51 Rich omp, I'll check my captures.
11:52 ConnecticutCar I was on the camera until 10:00 MST and I didn't see any
11:53 Rich My first capture was around 8:30, nothing since then.
11:53 Rich until this one
11:53 ConnecticutCar that's a very long time
11:53 Rich some little steam columns.
11:54 ConnecticutCar what are you using to capture shots
11:54 Rich I've seen some splash at Beehive Indicator
11:54 Rich Just a right click/saveas
11:55 Rich I've been looking for something that will automate the task.
11:55 ConnecticutCar I was watching lion at 8:30 and although there was lots of water I don't think it actually erupted
11:55 Rich Most everything is for streaming
11:55 ConnecticutCar so then you get your shots from the static cam
11:56 Rich yes
11:56 Rich don't have the bandwidth for streaming
11:56 Rich My first image of the day was 08:38:34
11:57 ConnecticutCar it was steaming heavy then
11:57 ConnecticutCar I would look for another lion around 1:10 PM MST
11:57 Rich ok, ty
11:58 Rich I've been working on plotting the static cam geyser field on GoogleEarth
11:58 Rich Finally found the lat/long for Giant.
11:58 Rich RCN didn't have it.
11:58 ConnecticutCar it should erupt again anywhere between 75 and 90 minutes. (1:10 is 90 minutes)
11:59 Rich Now I have a better ideal of relative positions of the different geysers.
11:59 Rich k
11:59 ConnecticutCar that's little cub that has been erupting the last few minutes
12:00 Rich where is little cub?
12:01 Rich I haven't run across it.
12:01 ConnecticutCar It's the large area next to lion going left
12:01 Rich ok
12:01 ConnecticutCar looks like a hill
12:02 Rich I'll add it to my plot
12:03 ConnecticutCar I might have a map with all the geysers on it and I could e-mail it to you
12:03 Rich That would be gread
12:03 ConnecticutCar I would have to find it
12:04 ConnecticutCar okay I have your e-mail and later today when Derek gets back on I will look for it
12:04 Rich I have that problem also, save things, then have to remember where I saved them so I could find them. lol
12:04 Rich Thank you
12:05 ConnecticutCar I first have to copy it and then send it to you.
12:05 ConnecticutCar It is not saved in my computer
12:05 Rich No prob
12:05 Rich Not a ru*****em.
12:05 Rich Anytime is fine.
12:07 Rich Looking back, I see a puff at Beehive Indicator just after Lion finished.
12:08 ConnecticutCar probably will be a while before Beehive
12:08 Rich I'm going to grab breakfast so I figure it will happen in the next 5 minutes. lol
12:09 ConnecticutCar I am just about to send you the picture
12:12 Rich k
12:12 ConnecticutCar sent it
12:13 Rich ty
12:16 Rich It has arrived, downloading it now.
12:31 Rich Was that Plume or just steam from OF?
12:36 ConnecticutCar little cub is going again
12:36 Rich k
12:39 Rich Very nice map, thank you ConnecticutCar
13:16 Derek Back
13:16 ConnecticutCar Lion 13:16
13:16 ConnecticutCar Grand 13:08
13:17 Rich ty\
14:53 Graham hi there
14:54 Derek Hi
14:54 Graham wow, bison and Beehive splashing!
14:54 Graham how are you?
14:55 Derek Fine thanks. I did get your DVD, and transfered the contents to my HD
14:55 Graham ok, hope you enjoy the pics
14:55 Graham plenty there to put you to sleep
14:55 Derek I have some restructuring of the site to finish before I get back to adding pictures.
14:56 Graham well you dont have to put all of my pictures on the web :)
14:57 Derek I know that :-)
14:57 Rich Hi Graham
14:57 Derek I give you the same amount as Carolyn
14:58 Graham you have to give her more since shes the boss
14:58 Graham hi RIch
14:58 Graham so whats Lion up to?
14:58 Graham ok, I just read the log
14:58 Graham its due
14:59 Derek Plume went at 14:13
14:59 Graham all blurry for me, i just had my eyes examiined and dilated
15:00 Graham nice day now, looks like they got a lot of snow, the benches have gone again
15:00 Derek I'm due to finish now
15:01 Derek Would you like to take over until Garry gets here?
15:01 Graham ok. wheres Gary?
15:01 Graham sure
15:01 Derek He's due in 30 minutes
15:02 Graham ok
15:02 Graham Beehive better hurry up for me then
15:04 Graham gotta look around
15:13 Rich Is that Little Cub
15:16 Graham Depression
15:16 ConnecticutCar Hi
15:16 Graham wow huge burst there
15:16 Graham hello
15:16 Graham nice depression going
15:17 ConnecticutCar are you on the camera
15:17 ConnecticutCar Gary should be taking it over at 5:30
15:18 ConnecticutCar Your Dvd arrived and I hope to look at it later tonight
15:18 Graham yeah im running the cam. Derek left a little while ago
15:18 Graham nice depression eruption
15:18 ConnecticutCar okay good
15:18 Graham ok, hope this one works, if not theres a CD too
15:19 ConnecticutCar I had made Victor dinner at 5 and decided to eat with him
15:19 Graham I don't think I have seen Depression that big on the cam before
15:19 ConnecticutCar Shrimp scampi
15:19 Graham nice
15:19 Graham i got home early, had my eyes examined so im all blurry now
15:19 ConnecticutCar tasted great:)
15:20 ConnecticutCar today was nice in the basin
15:20 ConnecticutCar I had Grand at 13:08 ID
15:20 Graham looks like they got a nice bit of snow
15:20 Graham Yeah I read the log
15:21 ConnecticutCar Lion at 13:16
15:21 ConnecticutCar okay
15:21 ConnecticutCar did you see that Castle minored
15:21 ConnecticutCar Can I call you?
15:21 Graham no, I missed that one. Thanks for putting the times in the log here tho, that helps. Pat sent me a list too
15:21 Graham sure
15:22 ConnecticutCar We are going to be in the DC area in April and maybe we can get together
15:22 Graham ok
15:22 Graham i just turned my cell on if thats what you were going to call
15:22 ConnecticutCar okay
15:23 ConnecticutCar area cod 703
15:23 Graham yes
15:29 Rich Hi guest747687
15:39 Rich People out by Beehive
15:41 Graham Gary has the streaming cam now, I dont think he knows Grand went already
15:41 Graham looks like a group at Beehive
15:42 Rich They've move farther away
15:48 Rich The ground by the boardwalk must be quite warm, the snow has melted off since this morning.
15:49 Graham yeah that spot clears out early.
16:19 Rich Are those Bison out toward the treeline to the right of Lion
16:20 Rich I see bigger than people black spots moving. lol
16:21 Graham yeah they just got up, they have been lying down there for a while
16:22 Rich k
16:22 Rich ty
16:22 Graham big series of Beehive splashes there
16:44 Rich I'm off to the post office
16:44 Rich have a good evening


February 28th, 2009 View February’s Logs

08:56 Rich Hi Derek
08:56 Derek Hi
09:16 Graham hello
09:19 Graham goping out, will be back ~130EST
09:19 Derek ok
09:19 Derek Just been making the bed
11:33 Graham im back
11:33 Derek Hi
11:34 Graham hello, just replacing a light fixture so i powered off my pc because I didnt know what outlets would go out
11:37 Graham back in business now
11:38 Graham looks like a quiet day from the log
11:38 Derek Very quiet
11:38 ConnecticutCar at least it cleared on the static cam
11:38 Graham main webcam still out
11:39 Derek Yep
11:39 ConnecticutCar Yep...I reported it but Craig may not get his e-mail until monday
11:39 ConnecticutCar hopefully it is just snow on the lens
11:39 Graham You can see the OF prediction time tho
11:40 ConnecticutCar didn't even look at that
11:40 Graham its due....
11:40 ConnecticutCar who is on the camera not
11:40 ConnecticutCar now
11:40 Derek Me
11:40 ConnecticutCar anything happen this morning or was it to snowy
11:41 Derek That static cam has failed in my opinion. As there is no snow on the streaming cam, it highly unlikely there would be so much snow as to make the static go black.
11:42 ConnecticutCar I was out shopping for batting for another quilt which I have the top finished and now I just have to quilt it
11:42 Derek I tried to phone you earlier
11:42 ConnecticutCar I am home now if you want to call me
11:42 Graham I have finished my electrical repairs and ordered my new glasses this morning
11:42 Derek Hmmmm, I thought you was home :-)
11:43 ConnecticutCar Graham I just love the photos you took
11:43 Graham thanks, I had good weather
11:43 ConnecticutCar There was one shot I was not sure of the location and eventually I will e-mail it back to you and you can tell me where you were
11:43 Graham the first few days it was ~-10 but sunny and warm afternoons
11:44 Graham ok, tell me the filename and I can figure it out...probably
11:44 Derek Would someone like to takeover?
11:44 Graham sure, i can
11:44 ConnecticutCar Graham it's yours
11:44 Graham so no Beehive activity or Lion?
11:44 ConnecticutCar Derek are you going to call me
11:44 Derek ok
11:53 ConnecticutCar Graham I will see you later...got some things to do
11:53 Graham ok
11:53 Graham i will be on all afternoon
12:12 Graham Theres Daisy at 1211
12:15 Graham Grand or Oblong ie at 1214, hard to tell which
12:20 Graham Must have been oblong
14:38 Graham Daisy 1437
15:06 Derek I am still here but I haven't been watching. Still working on the website :-)
15:07 Graham ok. Not seen much, its so much harder without the static cam watching over Geyser Hill
15:07 Graham I thinbk Turban is going now
15:08 Graham Lion is splashy, Beehive having some splashes but no bubblers
15:09 Derek Beehive will wait for Carolyn
15:09 Graham yeah, after dark too probably. do you know when it went yesterday?
15:09 Graham it didnt go before dark
15:09 Graham now I remember
15:10 Graham Bison have been staying put
15:11 Derek I didn't log Beehive for some reason and I had a late start
15:11 Graham it was very splashy before dark
15:11 Graham didnt go before dark tho
15:14 Derek Carolyn gave me a link to the static cam in the O.F. parking lot. Have you seen it?
15:15 Graham the one picture a day or more frequent? I have seen the single noon shot before
15:15 Derek Perhaps you could tell me which way it is pointing in relation to our streaming cam location. As I haven't been there I need to get my bearings
15:15 Derek It seems to snap every hour or less
15:17 Graham no i dont have it, can you send it
15:18 Derek  
http://www.nature.nps.gov/air/WebCams/parks/yellcam/yellcam.cfm
15:19 Graham I just had the link to the archived views. Its interesting to compare one year to another
15:20 Graham thanks for sending it
15:36 Derek Got to go now. G'night
16:04 Graham Grand 1604ie
16:28 Graham Looks like Oblong 1627ie
17:11 Graham Daisy 1711ie
17:18 Graham Lion 1717ie
17:19 Robert Johnson Hey There.....I'm not here alone ?
17:19 Robert Johnson (first time on this chat site )
17:23 Graham hello
17:23 Graham been quiet today
17:23 Graham sorry i have been distracted rebooking my cancelled flights
17:24 Robert Johnson No problem......still learning what there is to see on this page.
17:25 Graham cam operators often hang out here
17:25 Robert Johnson So that double that was......about 10 mins ago ???
17:25 Graham and visitors wanting to know whats going on
17:25 Robert Johnson One way behind the trees to the left.....and....Sawmill ??
17:26 Graham Lion erupted about 10 mins ago, its the large cone near the walking person
17:26 Graham Daisy erupted at 511 MST
17:26 Graham angled steam column
17:26 Robert Johnson Yes, I am familiar with most of the stuff in front of the cam.......that static photo with the names helps.
17:26 Graham ok
17:27 Robert Johnson Just not able to tell about things to the left.
17:27 Robert Johnson I can usually tell Grand....
17:27 Graham I will show you some
17:27 Robert Johnson And that was Daisy.....that was just above the trees ?
17:28 Graham a few bison there
17:28 Graham On the right is Spasmodic steam
17:28 Graham Left is swamill
17:28 Graham Grand comes up right behind Spasmodic
17:28 Robert Johnson ( I am a GOSA member.....and was in the park for four years running....1979-81.
17:29 Graham ok
17:29 Graham Split cone is in the foreground - the perspective is hard to tell
17:29 Robert Johnson OK......I had a feeling that that was Sawmill.
17:30 Graham not sure what the middle steam is
17:30 Robert Johnson I see the one you are talking about......the large area of bare Sinter in the foreground
17:30 Graham maybe Bulger?
17:30 Graham yeah its close to OF but you can't tell that from the picture
17:31 Robert Johnson That big cloud on the right.......which seems to be right in front of the ridge of trees that hides Grand etc ?
17:31 Graham Daisy comes up in the area of the distant steam, directly over the big tree in the foreground
17:31 Robert Johnson OK......That was indeed what I was seeing earlier....the double with Sawmill.
17:32 Robert Johnson I have seen your name in the Sput a lot.
17:32 Graham Right now its the constsnt steam from Comet
17:32 Graham yeah i do a lot of photos and I owe them a winter trip report
17:33 Graham theres the bridge
17:33 Robert Johnson I need to get out there next season......the last time I was there was before the fires.....a long time ago !
17:33 Graham and the various steam from the hot springs and small geysers along the river
17:33 Graham yeah its changed!
17:34 Robert Johnson Yes....lots of hot little things down there as I remember.
17:34 Robert Johnson I knew Herb.....and John.
17:34 Graham Crested Pool in the center
17:34 Robert Johnson Not real well......But talked to them a lot.
17:34 Graham and Castle behind the trees
17:35 Robert Johnson That's Castle ??
17:35 Graham yep, not erupting tho
17:35 Robert Johnson Looks plenty hot !
17:35 Graham maybe splashing
17:36 Graham definately splashing
17:36 Robert Johnson Yep
17:36 Robert Johnson How long is your shift on the cam ?
17:36 Graham gets very splashy when it has minors
17:37 Graham i started around 1130 MST and will stay till daark, but usually only on from 1600 Mon and Wed due to work
17:37 Robert Johnson Thats' quite a few hours !
17:37 Graham Carolyn in CT and Derek in England run the cam the most
17:38 Graham yeah well you can multi-task too, i just spent an hour reboking my delta flight tomorrow
17:38 Robert Johnson There was a Giantess sometime in the last month ?
17:38 Graham yeah its had one this month and one in Jan (maybe) it may be having monthly eruptions...not sure
17:39 Graham 12/22 and 2/17
17:39 Robert Johnson I saw one of those 24 hr long Steam phase eruptions back in the 1970s....LOUD ! :)
17:41 Graham I have missed the good stuff twice and want to see it near the beginning. I dont think theres been a real steam phase eruption for years
17:41 Robert Johnson Yes, it was just a matter of good fortune for me.
17:42 Robert Johnson The other trick we had was to get one of the rooms in the inn.....where you could see Beehive from in bed !!
17:43 Robert Johnson Caught a number of morning eruptions that way. ;)
17:43 Graham Beehive has been good for a couple of years now
17:43 Robert Johnson Yes, so I have heard.
17:43 Robert Johnson Thank goodness that dormant period was not long.
17:43 Robert Johnson Here we go......
17:44 Graham im not a Beehive addict tho
17:44 Graham no, it fooled me
17:44 Robert Johnson Big surge though....
17:44 Graham yeah, it does that to fool us and make us zoom out
17:45 Robert Johnson I saw a wonderful Beehive / OF at dusk/ sunset on the cam early this winter......just beautiful
17:45 Graham indicators been pretty good and a few no-indicator eruptions
17:46 Robert Johnson Well I have to run......at the public library and they are closing. It was nice to be able to say hello, and keep up the good work....All of you !
17:48 Graham ok
17:48 Graham see ya
18:35 Graham im heading out, see ya