> The press is not interested in facts just sensationalism. Remember the article about Robber Barron being the longest cave in the world. That reporter was interviewing George Veni.
Mike Burrell Wow Mark. Thanks so much for the kind words. > > > > If I got paid every time I was misquoted by the press, I wouldn't have to > work for a commercial cave, much less work at all. > > > > You are correct. That is a crock. There are lots of places in North > America with soda straws over 6 feet in length. Hell, I've taken pics > of the straws in La Puenta ... talk about long soda straws! > > > > Unfortunately, what I told the reporter was that the soda straw he was > looking at was 6 feet long. He asked if that was the longest, and I > told him that it was not. We do have a soda straw which is 14 feet in > length. It's located in the Fault Room. And it's among the longest in > North America, because to be honest, I haven't made a recent survey of > long soda straws in North America. I don't really know if ours is still > the second longest. But saying "among the longest" is honest. So when > that reporter asked the length of the longest soda straw and then > misquoted me in the paper, well, that's part and parcel of dealing with > the press. > > > > As far as the climate comment, man, you are correct again. That is the > mother lode of BS! > But, unfortunately once more, what I did say was that the caverns > represented AN extensive library of > climatic data. This has been confirmed by Dr. Jay Banner, of UT Austin, > (one of those pesky geologists!) whose students have been working in > our cave, and many others, for over 11 years. Their work has been > instrumental in understanding what we present to our guests. Dr. Banner > and I > have talked at great lengths about the cave, and his work. Since I do not > possess the scientific resources of a university, I am > grateful to have a whole team of geologists helping me to further > understand the place at which I work. > > > > So, thanks again for your comments about me, the cave for which I work, > and some misquoted comments of an over-zealous reporter. > > > > Brian Vauter > > Cavern Geologist > > Natural Bridge Caverns, Inc. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
