RE: [Texascavers] aquifer question

2009-11-20 Thread Geary Schindel
If you're getting stinky water, sounds like there is something wrong with your treatment plant. If it is a small plant that doesn't have a full time operator, there probably needs to maintenance or adjustments somewhere. Call up the regional office of the TCEQ and let them know. Regarding the

Re: [Texascavers] aquifer question

2009-11-20 Thread Josh Rubinstein
And / or it is anaerobic digestion in a marsh. . It is not unusual for marshs to stink. It could be that the plant is supplying nutrients that contribute to the low dissolved oxygen Josh On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Geary Schindel gschin...@edwardsaquifer.org wrote: If you’re getting

RE: [Texascavers] aquifer question

2009-11-20 Thread Louise Power
Hi David, One thing to remember is that the marsh helps further filter the water before it flows on down to the Brazos and the Gulf. That's part of the importance of leaving marshes as is and not building condos on them--or just filling them in altogether. It also provides, as you've

Re: [Texascavers] Re: Trouble at PEMEX

2009-11-20 Thread Thomas Sitch
I got taken on the bill swap between Merida and Cancun, and I knew better, I just wasn't paying attention. Now I always say the name of the bill and point my thumb at the numbers: Aqui tiene *doscientos* etc. Also, they'll fill you up with premium when you want regular, so watch that one too.

[Texascavers] Pumpkin and Deep

2009-11-20 Thread Josh Rubinstein
Hey, All, I will be at Pumpkin and Deep over the Thanksgiving holiday. No real plans except to visit Seminole Canyon State Park one day. Stop by or join me for the whole time. C'ya, Josh

[Texascavers] old French accident

2009-11-20 Thread Mixon Bill
The 1953 accident in France that David posted a link about is probably the most famous caving accident in France, because it was written about in detail by Haroun Tazieff in his popular book Caves of Adventure (in the English version published by Harper in 1953). It is also described

[NMCAVER] 2010 project dates

2009-11-20 Thread Carol Belski
SWR project leaders: If you have set dates for your activities in 2010, please send them to me so I can include them in the SWR Calendar in the next (Nov-Dec) issue of the SW Cavers. Thanks. Carol Belski (bels...@valornet.com) ___ NMCAVER

[Texascavers] Place to crash in Austin 12/4--12/6?

2009-11-20 Thread Frank Binney
Does anyone in the Center of the Caving Universe have a spare bed (or comfy floor space) I might occupy during the weekend of Ed Alexander's memorial? I'm happy to provide Shiner beer and/or California wine along with my cheery disposition. (I appreciate offers I've had from folks' way out in the

[Texascavers] South bound I35

2009-11-20 Thread Terry Holsinger
Just an fyi for folk headed south, south bound I35 is only 2 lanes through Kyle, starting at exit 217 (my exit) and it wackes up to at least loop 45 in Buda till at least 8 on weeknights. This is the start of construction in this area so it may be like this for a few months. Terry H.

[Texascavers] Lava Cave Minerals Actually Microbe Poop

2009-11-20 Thread jerryatkin
Lava Cave Minerals Actually Microbe Poop Richard A. Lovett for National Geographic News November 20, 2009 Colorful cave deposits long thought to be ordinary minerals are actually mats of waste excreted by previously unknown types of microbes, scientists say. The discovery could offer

[Texascavers] an old caving story

2009-11-20 Thread David
This article appears to be from 1952: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,816782,00.html It talks about a fatal caving accident in France. Note: According to the author, the term spelunker is short for speleologist. Also, they found troglobitic cockroaches. I didn't know there

Re: [Texascavers] an old caving story

2009-11-20 Thread Diana Tomchick
On Nov 20, 2009, at 2:02 AM, David wrote: Also, they found troglobitic cockroaches. I didn't know there was such a thing until now. But apparently they have been found in Australia and Thailand? I don't know if they are troblobitic or troglophilic or troglowhatever, but there are a

Re: [Texascavers] an old caving story

2009-11-20 Thread Josh Rubinstein
The recovery of Louben's body is the subject of what I consider a caving clasic, *Caves of Adventure* by Haroun Tazieff. If a martian naturelist comes to our planet, he or she or it will announce the dominant lifeform is Beetles (including cockroachs). There are more species of Coleoptra than

Re: [Texascavers] an old caving story

2009-11-20 Thread Matt Turner
Wouldn't Bacteria beat out all other forms in both species and biomass, by quite a lot? I mean they're everywhere, including in all other life.  Matt Turner It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle Empty pockets never held anyone

Re: [Texascavers] an old caving story

2009-11-20 Thread Josh Rubinstein
Yep. They will outlast the cockroachs. Josh On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Matt Turner kat...@yahoo.com wrote: Wouldn't Bacteria beat out all other forms in both species and biomass, by quite a lot? I mean they're everywhere, including in all other life. Matt Turner It is the mark of

Re: [Texascavers] KXAN's Jim Swift in Antioch Cave

2009-11-20 Thread Jules Jenkins
no, but you can get a pro bono job and great thanks for helping the aquifer and get to go caving! j --- On Fri, 11/20/09, Don Cooper wavyca...@gmail.com wrote: From: Don Cooper wavyca...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] KXAN's Jim Swift in Antioch Cave To: Jules Jenkins

Re: [Texascavers] KXAN's Jim Swift in Antioch Cave

2009-11-20 Thread Don Cooper
Well, that sounds like a pretty good deal too! (That being said - the current conditions of Antioch are probably a bit wet right now...) -WaV On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Jules Jenkins julesje...@yahoo.com wrote: no, but you can get a pro bono job and great thanks for helping the aquifer