[Texascavers] Hurricane Dolly

2008-07-23 Thread David
Are any of you watching the animated radar on WunderMap of Hurricane Dolly? The movement of the intense areas of the hurricane can be super-imposed on the satellite imagery of the terrain. This shows which creeks and small towns are most affected by the storm, and it is live going on right

RE: [Texascavers] Hurricane Dolly

2008-07-23 Thread Stefan Creaser
Can you tell us when it's going to get to Austin David? The center of the caving universe (that's magnetic center, the geographical center is the UK :-)) needs some more caves forming... Cheers, Stefan From: David [mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com] Sent:

Re: [Texascavers] Hurricane Dolly

2008-07-23 Thread David
The storm headed more northwest than the forecasters thought it would. My guess at Edinburg was slightly off. As of 3:30 p.m., the town of Raymondville seems to be the only area having any significant storms, and the cell is only a few miles across. David Locklear

[Texascavers] EyeClops NightVision

2008-07-23 Thread dirtdoc
David?? Wimpy led's and light magnification technology in a $80 toy. Fertile Minds with too little to do may be able to make unique devices with this one. http://www.gearlog.com/2008/07/hands_on_jakks_eyeclops_night.php DirtDoc

Re: [Texascavers] EyeClops NightVision

2008-07-23 Thread David
Here is a picture of dirtdoc's gadget: http://www.gearlog.com/images/Jakks_Nightvision_Goggles.jpg Would night-vision type gear work in total darkness or in a cold cave? I think a better idea would just be to have a helmet-cam integrated into a housing that looks like a huge Stenlight, and

[ot_caving] the good ole days

2008-07-23 Thread David
I was reminscing about summer time when I was a very little kid. Does anybody remember what you did when you wanted a cold drink of water? Would you believe we went to the nearest gas station and got a free sip out of their electric water fountain. Sometimes it was in the garage where a

Re: [ot_caving] the good ole days

2008-07-23 Thread Bill Bentley
It was an Exxon next to the Cabell's store (now a 7-11). Vic Chapman's Exxon and the water fountain had the coldest water in town. ( Funny, but I can remember that from about 1970 1971 Summer, but I can't remember what I ate for lunch yesterday.) Sometimes we would clean up and help out and

[ot_caving] good ole days

2008-07-23 Thread Gill Ediger
At 05:32 PM 7/23/2008, Bill Bentley wrote: It was an Exxon next to the Cabell's store (now a 7-11). Seems like it would have still been an Humble station in 1970, huh? Maybe they'd changed it to Enco by then. But I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have been an Exxon 'til later. I still call them

Re: [ot_caving] good ole days

2008-07-23 Thread Nico Escamilla
We've never had problems with station names, They're all PEMEX and they're all green, most have the same kind of pump nowadays, the difference between them is what station rips you off more than others by messing with the pump's electronics so they only pump 900 or less mililiters for every liter

Re: [ot_caving] good ole days

2008-07-23 Thread Bill Bentley
My mom (age 75) is dating a older man who is 96 and he retired as a telegrapher for Humble Pipeline in 1972. Your right it would have been a Exxon, however I remember it now it was maybe a Chevron...Blue and Red... Bill - Original Message - From: Gill Ediger gi...@worldnet.att.net To:

[Texascavers] Available

2008-07-23 Thread TM Raines
Greetings Cavers, We have available for rent, a 3 bedroom 2 bath house located in the heart of the Driftwood Caver Community. Neighbors would be Garza, Gluesenkamp, and Raines. The house is located on a narrow limestone ridge, well-secluded by junipers. For details please reply off list,

Re: [Texascavers] gas mileage

2008-07-23 Thread wwildchild
Another job outsourced to foreign labor. Puppy =:-) PS: I love you NICO and you are a good caver so take that with all the humor that it was intended. Rumor has it that Nico Escamilla has become the Texas Caver remailer moderator? -WaV On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Nico Escamilla