[Texascavers] Bats with Rabies!

2008-08-09 Thread Allan Cobb
38 dead after being bitten by vampire bats * Story Highlights * Rabid bats suspected in deaths of Venezuelan villagers * Venezuelan health officials are investigating the outbreak * Bats' normal roosts may have been disturbed, putting them closer to humans * If rabies is

[Texascavers] NSS Convention - need rider

2008-08-09 Thread David
I am still procrastinating about going. I think I am leaving early Monday morning. If you want to ride there, call me at 281-832-4118 David Locklear ( I live near Arcola, Texas ) - Visit our website:

[ot_caving] 108 mpg car has 8 gal gas tank

2008-08-09 Thread quinta
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/08/air.car/index.html full story You've heard of hybrids, electric cars and vehicles that can run on vegetable oil. But of all the contenders in the quest to produce the ultimate fuel-efficient car, this could be the first one to let you say, fill it up with

Re: [ot_caving] 108 mpg car has 8 gal gas tank

2008-08-09 Thread Don Cooper
I've been hearing about such an engine for 20 years. In practice, using compressed air is almost exactly the same thing as using a big spring. Energy in = Energy out Many times I've wondered if I had a mechanical spring to store the energy I use when coming to a stop - and used that wound up

[Texascavers] cave locations on-line--Brinco

2008-08-09 Thread Gill Ediger
At 12:15 PM 8/6/2008, Minton, Mark wrote: There are indeed caves posted on Panoramio. Check out http://www.panoramio.com/user/679527. Panoramio is one of the links in Google Earth under the Geographic Web layer. I noticed a few days ago that the Brinco entrance is marked on Google

Re: [Texascavers] cave locations on-line--Brinco

2008-08-09 Thread Don Cooper
Interesting. Perhaps not a real good thing. Should caves locations be posted on the internet? Historically, the answer has been ABSOLUTELY NOT. I'm pretty sure that the fine people at Google will remove it if asked to. -WaV On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Gill Ediger gi...@worldnet.att.net