Something new was going on there, too: the hot mud was flowing slowly, thickly, away from the center of the lake.
It was barely above the mud and, in fact, in places the steaming mud flowed across it.
Water and mud flowed to 141st and 116th Streets, reaching three feet above the mezzanine at 125th Street.
The department also warns about mud flows that can inundate low-lying areas and wash away bridges.
As the mud flowed slowly back, she thought she saw something huge slithering in it.
More recent studies carried out in 2011 predict that the mud will flow for another 20 years, or even longer.
They'd sunk a good two yards below the surface and mud had flowed in over them.
The clean mud then flowed into a suction pit to be re-pumped down the hole.
Gradually, the center of the mass began to rise, and then mud flowed from a mountainous form that slowly became visible.
But then, as Templeton watched in a kind of awe, the mud flowed swiftly together.