[Texascavers] cosmic impacts and caves

2010-03-09 Thread David
There have been some recent news stories about the impacts of comets, meteors, etc. One story today, claimed that around 13,000 years ago there was some kind of major impact in North America. Caves would be a good record-keeper of such a recent event. I seem to recall some cavers talking about s

[Texascavers] earthquake movements

2010-03-09 Thread Mixon Bill
Moving the city nearest the epicenter of the quake 10 feet, as recently happened in Chile, is about par for a major earthquake. The maximum displacement along the fault of the earthquake that destroyed San Francisco in 1906 was also about 10 feet. As John McPhee points out in his book "Anna

[Texascavers] Government Canyon Karst Project

2010-03-09 Thread Marvin & Lisa
This is a reminder that this month's Government Canyon Karst Project is coming up soon, on the 20th and 21st. We have some interesting digs that we are working on, caves to explore and survey, and vertical and horizontal caves to push. Of course, there are always more caves waiting to be found in v

[Texascavers] TSS work session

2010-03-09 Thread Ron Ralph
Cavers, Just a gentle reminder to attend the TSS work session tomorrow evening, Wednesday, March 10. We will be sorting through Colorado Bend data and filing some west Texas counties. The library will be open. Ron

[Texascavers] Re: Chile Earthquake Moved Entire City 10 Feet to the West

2010-03-09 Thread Gill Edigar
Here's a forward about the recent event in Chile. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Cheryl Jones wrote: > Precise GPS measurements from before and after the earthquake, the fifth > largest ever recorded by seismographs, show that the country's capital, > Santiago, moved 11 inches west. Even Buenos

[Texascavers] Honey Creek Cave tank haul trip this weekend is ON!

2010-03-09 Thread speleosteele
Kurt Menking called me a little while ago. Some Bexar Grotto cavers and he went in the shaft entrance this morning and upstream to the sump which was sumped and caused us to abort our trip on January 30. I am happy to report that the water level is at a normal level. So, the trip this weekend

Re: [NMCAVER] Cave Closings in the Guads - update

2010-03-09 Thread Steve Peerman
Thanks, Ken. On Mar 9, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Ken Harrington wrote: I will keep you informed as things develop. Ken Steve Peerman "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe ha

Re: [Texascavers] Paging Paul Fambro

2010-03-09 Thread speleosteele
Thanks. Charles Goldsmith wrote: > Bill, this is the email I have on him: paul.fam...@worldnet.att.net > > he was having list problems last week and the week before, and I don't > show him subbed at the moment. > > Charles > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:57 AM, wrote: > > Paul, > > > > E

Re: [Texascavers] Paging Paul Fambro

2010-03-09 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Bill, this is the email I have on him: paul.fam...@worldnet.att.net he was having list problems last week and the week before, and I don't show him subbed at the moment. Charles On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:57 AM, wrote: > Paul, > > E-mail me, please. > > Who's got Paul's e-mail address? > > Bill

[NMCAVER] Cave Closings in the Guads - update

2010-03-09 Thread Ken Harrington
Hi all, I have been maintaining communications with Jacque Buchanan, the Forest Supervisor of the Lincoln National Forest concerning the closoing of the caves in the Guads. Here is an update of what has happened since our meeting in Carlsbad on Feb 22nd: Jacque has met with her counter

[Texascavers] Paging Paul Fambro

2010-03-09 Thread speleosteele
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