[Texascavers] UK Caver looking to explore Texas cave.

2011-08-03 Thread Robert Tait
A buddy of mine from the UK will be in Austin for a couple of weeks. Grahm Is experienced in wet, and vertical caves, but left his kit on the other side of the pond, and will have to borrow gear. Willing to help survey. Please, don't make me send him to explore Airman's alone. His email is

[Texascavers] UK Caver looking to explore Texas cave.

2011-08-03 Thread Robert Tait
A buddy of mine from the UK will be in Austin for a couple of weeks. Grahm Is experienced in wet, and vertical caves, but left his kit on the other side of the pond, and will have to borrow gear. Willing to help survey. Please, don't make me send him to explore Airman's alone. His email is

[Texascavers] UK Caver looking to explore Texas cave.

2011-08-03 Thread Robert Tait
A buddy of mine from the UK will be in Austin for a couple of weeks. Grahm Is experienced in wet, and vertical caves, but left his kit on the other side of the pond, and will have to borrow gear. Willing to help survey. Please, don't make me send him to explore Airman's alone. His email is

RE: [Texascavers] OT- Austinites, here come the brown outs

2011-08-03 Thread Fritz Holt
I have been a few other places but would never want to live anywhere but in Texas --- but not in Houston. Fritz From: wesley s [mailto:mudmal...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 4:22 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] OT- Austi

RE: [Texascavers] OT- Austinites, here come the brown outs

2011-08-03 Thread Fritz Holt
I have been a few other places but would never want to live anywhere but in Texas --- but not in Houston. Fritz From: wesley s [mailto:mudmal...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 4:22 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] OT- Austi

RE: [Texascavers] OT- Austinites, here come the brown outs

2011-08-03 Thread Fritz Holt
I have been a few other places but would never want to live anywhere but in Texas --- but not in Houston. Fritz From: wesley s [mailto:mudmal...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 4:22 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] OT- Austi

[Texascavers] OT- Austinites, here come the brown outs

2011-08-03 Thread wesley s
http://www.emergencyemail.org/newsemergency/anmviewer.asp?a=1302&z=29 "If the capacity shortage is not relieved by the contract demand response, ERCOT escalates to a Power Emergency (Energy Emergency Alert Level 3) and will instruct utilities to reduce demand on the grid by conducting temporar

[Texascavers] OT- Austinites, here come the brown outs

2011-08-03 Thread wesley s
http://www.emergencyemail.org/newsemergency/anmviewer.asp?a=1302&z=29 "If the capacity shortage is not relieved by the contract demand response, ERCOT escalates to a Power Emergency (Energy Emergency Alert Level 3) and will instruct utilities to reduce demand on the grid by conducting temporar

[Texascavers] OT- Austinites, here come the brown outs

2011-08-03 Thread wesley s
http://www.emergencyemail.org/newsemergency/anmviewer.asp?a=1302&z=29 "If the capacity shortage is not relieved by the contract demand response, ERCOT escalates to a Power Emergency (Energy Emergency Alert Level 3) and will instruct utilities to reduce demand on the grid by conducting temporar

[Texascavers] Fwd: NSS BOOKSTORE 50% Off Inventory Reduction Sale- All Guidebooks Half Off!

2011-08-03 Thread germanyj
-Original Message- From: National Speleological Society Bookstore To: germa...@aol.com Sent: Wed, Aug 3, 2011 1:26 pm Subject: 50% Off Inventory Reduction Sale- All Guidebooks Half Off!

[Texascavers] Fwd: NSS BOOKSTORE 50% Off Inventory Reduction Sale- All Guidebooks Half Off!

2011-08-03 Thread germanyj
-Original Message- From: National Speleological Society Bookstore To: germa...@aol.com Sent: Wed, Aug 3, 2011 1:26 pm Subject: 50% Off Inventory Reduction Sale- All Guidebooks Half Off!

[Texascavers] Fwd: NSS BOOKSTORE 50% Off Inventory Reduction Sale- All Guidebooks Half Off!

2011-08-03 Thread germanyj
-Original Message- From: National Speleological Society Bookstore To: germa...@aol.com Sent: Wed, Aug 3, 2011 1:26 pm Subject: 50% Off Inventory Reduction Sale- All Guidebooks Half Off!

[Texascavers] two interesting items from this week's Nature magazine

2011-08-03 Thread Diana Tomchick
The cover of this week's Nature magazine is a dramatic photo of a vampire bat in flight. 1) Heat-thirsty bats A common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) in flight, photographed in Mexico. These blood-feeding bats have evolved the ability to detect infrared (IR) radiation as a means of locating h

[Texascavers] two interesting items from this week's Nature magazine

2011-08-03 Thread Diana Tomchick
The cover of this week's Nature magazine is a dramatic photo of a vampire bat in flight. 1) Heat-thirsty bats A common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) in flight, photographed in Mexico. These blood-feeding bats have evolved the ability to detect infrared (IR) radiation as a means of locating h

[Texascavers] two interesting items from this week's Nature magazine

2011-08-03 Thread Diana Tomchick
The cover of this week's Nature magazine is a dramatic photo of a vampire bat in flight. 1) Heat-thirsty bats A common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) in flight, photographed in Mexico. These blood-feeding bats have evolved the ability to detect infrared (IR) radiation as a means of locating h

re: [Texascavers] NSS Convention Pix, Reports, Thoughts, and Detritus

2011-08-03 Thread Mark . Alman
All, Photo-wise, I have had a great response to my request and a "much gracias" to Bill Bentley, Jon Cradit, Pete Lindsley, Mark Minton, and David Ochel for all of the superb photos they have sent my way from the NSS Convention. I was wondering if anyone had a Convention report or summary in a n

re: [Texascavers] NSS Convention Pix, Reports, Thoughts, and Detritus

2011-08-03 Thread Mark . Alman
All, Photo-wise, I have had a great response to my request and a "much gracias" to Bill Bentley, Jon Cradit, Pete Lindsley, Mark Minton, and David Ochel for all of the superb photos they have sent my way from the NSS Convention. I was wondering if anyone had a Convention report or summary in a n

re: [Texascavers] NSS Convention Pix, Reports, Thoughts, and Detritus

2011-08-03 Thread Mark . Alman
All, Photo-wise, I have had a great response to my request and a "much gracias" to Bill Bentley, Jon Cradit, Pete Lindsley, Mark Minton, and David Ochel for all of the superb photos they have sent my way from the NSS Convention. I was wondering if anyone had a Convention report or summary in a n