Ernst - Thanks for the post.
Schoharie is just down the road from me, and the town was pretty much washed away by the flood. I was in Canada when the storm hit, and drove back to Schenectady through the aftermath. The trip took 4 hours longer, because of road closings and washouts. At 3:AM as I navigated my way closer closer to my home, slipping past barricades, trying to find a way to cross the river, I had vision of Apocalypse films, where entire cities have been cordoned off to prevent the plague from spreading, or to hide the presence of alien invaders. It was spooky.. Power was out in may places, and it was dead quiet.I found out the next day there was a curfew, because of the emergency, which explains why it was so quiet., . And Yah, the caving up here is great, but I do miss those warmer Texas caves.. And the warm Texas Cavers.. The contest closes tomorrow (Monday) at midnight.. If you have not done so, it takes less than a minute to register (email and zip code), and vote. Schoharie is in the lead, but it would be nice to keep it that way. Cheers Rob, form update NY On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Ernst H. Kastning <er...@skyhopper.net> wrote: > Dear Texas Cavers, > > Schoharie County in upstate New York is the prime caving area in the > northeastern region (NRO-NSS). The county was hit badly by Hurricane Irene > in 2011. NRO Cavers have contributed a great deal so far in physical help > with the clean up and in fundraising. The NRO caving community has fostered > a wonderful relationship with the local folks over the years and especially > now in responding to their needs. For example the Fall NRO meet saw many > cavers helping in the cleanup rather than going caving that weekend. > Additionally, last weekend the NRO and Howe Caverns sponsored a special > off-tour caving trip at Howe Caverns for cavers that raised over $2100. > > You may have attended the 1991 NSS Convention in Cobleskill, New York. That > was in Schoharie County. Also, Schoharie is home to Speleobooks and Emily > and Mike are highly involved in helping the local folks in their time of > need. > > Here is how cavers can help the small county high school in their efforts to > help the community. Please read the email below and cast your vote. We can > make a difference. This is a national contest, open to public voting. > Check out the 12 videos on the site and especially the one by the Schoharie > High School students. There is not a finalist from a Texas school, so Texas > cavers should have no conflict of interest. > > Thanks, > > Ernst Kastning > > > > > ------ Forwarded Message > From: Chuck Porter <chuckpor...@earthlink.net> > Reply-To: <chuckpor...@earthlink.net> > Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 09:38:32 -0500 > To: <nro-...@googlegroups.com>, <northeastcaveconserva...@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [NRO-NSS] Fwd: Schoharie High School > > Schoharie is still ahead; help keep it that way. > > Chuck > > Begin forwarded message: > > > A message from a friend that I think it would be great if we could all > support > > > This is very important for a local high school. As you know Schoharie > suffered terribly last fall in that flood. Samsung has sponsored a contest > for high schools - 1500 schools entered and 12 were selected as finalists > for the People's Choice Award. Schoharie high school is one of them. Each > school made a video of a science project - Schoharie is testing the soil > to see if the farmers can plant again where the flood hit or if the soil is > contaminated. > > Please go to www.samsung.com/solvefortomorrow > <http://www.samsung.com/solvefortomorrow> to vote for Schoharie. Right now > it is a tight race between a California school and Schoharie. > None of the other schools are close. You can vote once a day until March > 12th. The first time you vote, you may get a window asking that you confirm > your e-mail address. If it doesn't seem to work, you will get an e-mail > back asking you to confirm and then each day afterwards, there will be no > problem. > > There is a great deal of money involved and it would be great > if little Schoharie High School could win. > > I have been checking the results and we are losing ground - CA > is catching up to Schoharie. Someone checked and the CA school is very > large and affluent and Schoharie is only 850 kids and the equipment they > would receive would mean a great deal to them. > > Please, please take the minute each day to vote. > > Ruby Gold > > -- > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Northeastern Regional Organization of the NSS" group. > To post to this group, send email to nro-...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nro-nss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nro-nss?hl=en. > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
