Re: [Texascavers] West Virginia related

2016-06-24 Thread Gary Moss via Texascavers
David see Bill Balfour's FB Page. Culverson Creek lake waiting to drain through the cave. Lake is probably 50 feet deep and maybe more. It is backed up 2 miles and is 10 feet over the Ft Donally bridge. Gary Moss At 07:13 PM 6/24/2016, you wrote: I know many of the caves in West Virginia

[Texascavers] West Virginia related

2016-06-24 Thread David via Texascavers
I know many of the caves in West Virginia should not be entered if there is any chance of a thunderstorm. I can only guess that during a historic flood like the one going on today that all caves there are off limits and deadly. My curiosity wonders which of the major caves would be totally

Re: [Texascavers] caver music related

2016-06-24 Thread Bob Oakley via Texascavers
bockbeer, Sounds to me like you volunteered Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:18:07 -0500 To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] caver music related From: texascavers@texascavers.com At many large caver gatherings, there is often a live performance of musicians. Arranging this

[Texascavers] caver music related

2016-06-24 Thread David via Texascavers
At many large caver gatherings, there is often a live performance of musicians. Arranging this performance is often an expensive logistical headache, and the end result is never perfect, and there is always a critic or two afterwards saying what an awful waste of time and money that was. I have

Re: [Texascavers] Powell's Cave Gate Project update

2016-06-24 Thread Rafal Kedzierski via Texascavers
You can call it whatever you want - 'detractors', 'perpetrators' - or you can learn from it. It's about leadership and vision. Congrats on getting Powell's Cave gated, I'm glad a beautiful cave got gated, I hope more Texas cavers can enjoy it. RK To: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Fri, 24

[Texascavers] Powell's Cave Gate Project update

2016-06-24 Thread Carl Kunath via Texascavers
Well said, Jerry! Ignore the detractors and keep up the good work! ===Carl Kunath From: Jerry via Texascavers Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 11:52 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Powell's Cave Gate Project update : Our "poorly organized" effort got the gate

Re: [Texascavers] James Reddell receives 2016 KWI Karst Award :

2016-06-24 Thread Logan McNatt via Texascavers
James, Congratulations! The award is well-deserved for your lifetime of work in biospeleology, and places you in a very special group. Thanks to KWI for honoring James and all the previous recipients. Logan McNatt lmcn...@austin.rr.com On 6/24/2016 1:00 AM, Jerry via Texascavers wrote: James

[Texascavers] James Reddell receives 2016 KWI Karst Award :

2016-06-24 Thread Jerry via Texascavers
James emailed me the other day and mentioned that had received the 2016 Karst Award from the Karst Waters Institute. There will be an award dinner sometime in March 2017 in Austin. The KWI Karst Award is given annually to an outstanding member of the cave and karst field. Previous recipients