[Texascavers] Nevada Barr's Blind Descent

2008-08-27 Thread Louise Power
I don't know how many of you are mystery fiction fans, but Nevada Barr is one of the best and probably the only one in her specific genre--mysteries taking place in National Parks. In 1993, she published Track of the Cat, the first of fourteen novels with Anna Pigeon, a park ranger, as her

Re: [Texascavers] Nevada Barr's Blind Descent

2008-08-27 Thread Patrick Shaw
Yes indeed - a fine tale, and I was amazed that in the whole book I don't think the words spelunker or spelunking appear once! Louise Power wrote: I don't know how many of you are mystery fiction fans, but Nevada Barr is one of the best and probably the only one in her specific

Re: [Texascavers] Nevada Barr's Blind Descent

2008-08-27 Thread quinta
If you liked this one you will like the other park mystery books by Nevada Barr. Quinta In 1998, she published Blind Descent, her sixth in the series, which took place in a highly disguised Lechuguilla Cave, Carlsbad Caverns NP: Blind Descent, the sixth in the Anna Pigeon series, is set in

[ot_caving] CNG

2008-08-27 Thread quinta
I know this is not a 'fix' and may bring up prices in the short run but It is interesting. Quinta Source - NGV Global Friday, 22 August 2008 00:00 USA, Texas The Texas General Land Office is expanding eligibility for their Natural Gas Vehicle

[Texascavers] Putting cave maps into Google Map..

2008-08-27 Thread Ted Samsel
I haven't tried this, but the guy who did this shows how to put a map of a UK cave (Swildon's Hole)into GoogleMap. Dunno if this is easy or not.. T. http://www.bdcc.co.uk/GoogleCrunch/Crunch.htm http://home.infionline.net/~tbsamsel/

[ot_caving] LNG

2008-08-27 Thread quinta
More on change over. Quinta Market Developments Source - NGV Global Thursday, 21 August 2008 00:00 USA Canada CleanAir Logix of Oakland, California has ordered 9 Kenworth T800 heavy-duty liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks, featuring Westport

Re: [ot_caving] LNG

2008-08-27 Thread Nico Escamilla
Many people run their trucks on LNG here in Mexico my father was one of those, its indeed a cleaner fuel and doesnt hurt the earth as much as gas but prices went up and it ended costing more to operate a vehicle on LNG than regular gas, plus it messes your fuel injectors in the long run. LNG does

[Texascavers] upcoming Colorado Bend State Park project

2008-08-27 Thread Jim Kennedy
The weekend of September 12-14 marks the start of a new project season at Colorado Bend State Park (CBSP) in San Saba County, Texas. This TSA-sponsored Project is helping document information on the caves and karst of the Park to aid in management and future research. Currently there are

[ot_caving] Protecting structures from wildfire

2008-08-27 Thread Louise Power
Earlier this summer there was some discussion on how to protect one of the field houses from wildfire. I offered some suggestions based on my experience over the past few years. Today I found an article online which may answer a lot of questions. In it there is also a link on how to landscape

[NMCAVER] Fw: Bats Take Turns 'Shutting Up' When Flying in Groups

2008-08-27 Thread LEE STEVENS
Hi, Just received an interesting article on bat communication. Please post on the website. Thanks, Lee Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:30 PM Subject: Bats Take Turns 'Shutting Up' When Flying in Groups

[Texascavers] Bat Communication

2008-08-27 Thread Minton, Mark
From NMCaver: Bats Take Turns 'Shutting Up' When Flying in Groups: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,410661,00.html Mark Minton

[Texascavers] another hollywood cave movie ?

2008-08-27 Thread David
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[ot_caving] Alaska oil

2008-08-27 Thread quinta
About Open CRS American taxpayers spend over $100 million a year to fund the Congressional Research Service, a think tank that provides reports to members of Congress on a variety of topics relevant to current political events. Yet, these reports are not made available to the public in a way

[NMCAVER] SWR Regional Labor Day Weekend

2008-08-27 Thread Ray Keeler
Hello All, Sandia Grotto members have been working hard on this weekend's regional in the Sandia Ski Resort. We have more projects and trips planned than we probably have people coming to attend. Please join us for the weekend. Print this email out and take with you. We have camping at the

[ot_caving] Yes Calif again NGV

2008-08-27 Thread quinta
This may help oil but will it help the economy? The air quality - some help. Quinta Source - NGV Global Tuesday, 26 August 2008 05:06 USA, California Two national truckload carriers have signed letters of intent to participate in the port of Los Angeles' Clean Trucks Plan. The two, Swift

Re: [ot_caving] Yes Calif again NGV

2008-08-27 Thread Don Cooper
I believe that relying on our own resources as opposed to enriching the treasuries of oil-rich middle eastern countries is a very good idea, economically. -WaV On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 6:38 AM, qui...@clearwire.net wrote: This may help oil but will it help the economy? The air quality - some

RE: [ot_caving] Yes Calif again NGV

2008-08-27 Thread Fritz Holt
Lift restrictions, drill now and vote for the candidate who shares these beliefs. Coal, wind and sun are OK also. Fritz From: Don Cooper [mailto:wavyca...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 2:52 PM To: qui...@clearwire.net Cc: o...@texascavers.com

RE: [ot_caving] Yes Calif again NGV

2008-08-27 Thread mark . alman
Don't forget nuclear. Mark From: Fritz Holt [mailto:fh...@townandcountryins.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 3:16 PM To: Don Cooper; qui...@clearwire.net Cc: o...@texascavers.com Subject: RE: [ot_caving] Yes Calif again NGV Lift

RE: [ot_caving] Yes Calif again NGV

2008-08-27 Thread Fritz Holt
By all means. An oversight on my part. Fritz From: mark.al...@l-3com.com [mailto:mark.al...@l-3com.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 3:39 PM To: Fritz Holt; Don Cooper; qui...@clearwire.net Cc: o...@texascavers.com Subject: RE: [ot_caving] Yes Calif again NGV