Log In | Register
15 Comments
Print2 Yellowstone workers fired after watering geyser
Thu May 14, 2009 7:11 PM EDT
advertisement
CHEYENNE — Two seasonal Yellowstone National Park concession workers have been fired after a live webcam caught them urinating into the Old Faithful geyser.
Park spokesman Al Nash says a 23-year-old man on Tuesday was fined $750 and placed on three years of unsupervised probation for urinating, being off trail in a restricted area and taking items from the area. The man also was banned from Yellowstone for two years.
The second employee's case is pending.
The park's dispatch center was called after someone watching a webcam on the geyser saw six employees leaving the trail and walking on Old Faithful on May 4.
The geyser was not erupting at the time.
Xanterra Parks & Resorts general manager Jim McCaleb says the former concession workers were hired at the Old Faithful Inn and that such incidents were rare.
© 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
14 Votes- Enjoy this article? Help vote it up the 'Vine.
Published to:
- Bob Moen's Column, All of Newsvine
- Groups: none
- Regions: United States , Cheyenne/Scottsbluff
- Public Discussion (15)
What's this?
Who's leading the conversation?
This visualization below allows you to see the impact that each user
has on the current conversation.
The top row contains the group of users who have had the most impact, the 2nd
row the group of users who have had the 2nd most impact (et cetera).
Users with similar impact are grouped together, and the average score of the group
is shown to the left of the group. The author of the article is also shown on the
left, in their corresponding group.
Each user's score is based on the number of comments the user has made plus the
number of votes their comments have received. The scores are calculated relative
one another, so while their absolute value is not particularly important, their
relative difference does indicate a larger difference in impact on the conversation.
8.0
3.4
0.9
{"commentId":7088351,"authorDomain":"coloradobubbie"}
ok ewwwwwww thats just sick and wrong
{"commentId":7088351,"threadId":"579019","contentId":"2818576","authorDomain":"coloradobubbie"}
- 2 votes
#1 - Thu May 14, 2009 10:42 PM EDT{"commentId":7088440,"authorDomain":"schwab"}
yeah, pissing out in nature just isn't natural. gross!
edit: not that I codone publicly urinating on iconic natural phenemonas...
{"commentId":7088440,"threadId":"579019","contentId":"2818576","authorDomain":"schwab"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":7088502,"authorDomain":"coloradobubbie"}
thats what i meant schwab.
{"commentId":7088502,"threadId":"579019","contentId":"2818576","authorDomain":"coloradobubbie"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":7089173,"authorDomain":"schwab"}
Sorry, my sarcasm detector isn't working as well as my sarcasm generator.
I blame some of the vociferous wackos I've seen on newsvine...
{"commentId":7089173,"threadId":"579019","contentId":"2818576","authorDomain":"schwab"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":7089641,"authorDomain":"coloradobubbie"}
and i am too concrete to know the difference at times,,,,LOL have a great one!
{"commentId":7089641,"threadId":"579019","contentId":"2818576","authorDomain":"coloradobubbie"}
{"commentId":7088724,"authorDomain":"aliward0702"}
how incredibly stupid!!
{"commentId":7088724,"threadId":"579019","contentId":"2818576","authorDomain":"aliward0702"}
#2 - Thu May 14, 2009 11:16 PM EDT{"commentId":7089781,"authorDomain":"jorlwebb"}
What did they take from the area? Oh yeah...they took a leak!
(Big freakin' deal...what is this thing, a golden calf?)
{"commentId":7089781,"threadId":"579019","contentId":"2818576","authorDomain":"jorlwebb"}
- 3 votes
#3 - Fri May 15, 2009 12:52 AM EDT{"commentId":7101671,"authorDomain":"british-lassy333"}
I hesitate to say this, as the thinking of today doesn't include or use it much.. But I think the point was .. it was simply disrespectful.
They, if it was absolutely necessary to relieve selves, could have went behind any tree, but they CHOSE to, on a National Landmark., that is the big deal.
{"commentId":7101671,"threadId":"579019","contentId":"2818576","authorDomain":"british-lassy333"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":7090084,"authorDomain":"ThreeCents"}
The geyser was not erupting at the time.
If it was the story would have been more interesting.
{"commentId":7090084,"threadId":"579019","contentId":"2818576","authorDomain":"ThreeCents"}
- 6 votes
#4 - Fri May 15, 2009 1:31 AM EDT{"commentId":7090530,"authorDomain":"beamerab3"}
Amen.
{"commentId":7090530,"threadId":"579019","contentId":"2818576","authorDomain":"beamerab3"}
{"commentId":7126126,"authorDomain":"sonnetizer"}
And the perps could have been identified by their scalded ... hands.
{"commentId":7126126,"threadId":"579019","contentId":"2818576","authorDomain":"sonnetizer"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":7109207,"authorDomain":"grammarphobe"}
Ok, now that's funny! Too bad Ol' Faithful didn't shoot back! Now, I would have paid to see that! Hahaha
{"commentId":7109207,"threadId":"579019","contentId":"2818576","authorDomain":"grammarphobe"}
- 1 vote
#5 - Fri May 15, 2009 7:18 PM EDT{"commentId":7109424,"authorDomain":"thirdfeast"}
Good thing newsvine isn't government affiliated. People peeing on each other here all the time with no problems.
{"commentId":7109424,"threadId":"579019","contentId":"2818576","authorDomain":"thirdfeast"}
- 5 votes
#6 - Fri May 15, 2009 7:34 PM EDT{"commentId":7143774,"authorDomain":"sweet-sinsationism"}
Boys will be boys no matter what the age. It sickens me that two grown men thought up such a childish scheme, scares me a little more that they did it together. EWWW this escapade is all kinds of wrong.
{"commentId":7143774,"threadId":"579019","contentId":"2818576","authorDomain":"sweet-sinsationism"}
- 2 votes
#7 - Mon May 18, 2009 11:56 AM EDT{"commentId":7167303,"authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
Awesome headline. "watering geyser"... LOL!
{"commentId":7167303,"threadId":"579019","contentId":"2818576","authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
#8 - Tue May 19, 2009 3:39 PM EDT{"canLink":false,"threadId":"579019","isPrivate":false}
You're in Easy Mode. If you prefer, you can use XHTML Mode instead. |
As a new user, you may notice a few temporary content restrictions. Click here for more info.
Start Tracking
Stop TrackingCOMPANY STUFF:
LEGAL STUFF:
- © 2005-2009 Newsvine, Inc. |
- Newsvine® is a registered trademark of Newsvine, Inc. |
- Newsvine is a property of
