*Hi y'all... I received this message from David Johns of the City of
Austin Watershed Protection Department. I wanted to pass it along to all
of you. Not sure who advised him, but good for all of us to be aware.*
*cheers,*
* - Robin*
*From:* Johns, David
*Sent:* Wednesday, February 12, 2014
texascavers Digest 13 Feb 2014 18:49:50 - Issue 1929
Topics (messages 23390 through 23402):
Re: Suspicious Pakages in Caves
23390 by: Justin Leigh Shaw
Call for Presentations - US Exploration Session, NSS Convention 2014
23391 by: Pat Kambesis
Travis/Hays County Caves -
FWIW.
*http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/02/12/moment-sinkhole-opens-under-corvette-museum-caught-on-camera/
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/02/12/moment-sinkhole-opens-under-corvette-museum-caught-on-camera/*
When I lived up that way, you could get a specific rider on your policy for
sinkholes and geotechnical foundation issues.
When I was in graduate school, I lived in a trailer about a mile from the
museum and maybe a mile from the corvette plant. There were large sinkholes
right in the trailer
I was surprised to see it is located directly alongside the I-65 interstate
hwy. One would think the highway engineers would have known of the presence of
cave system there. You can see it easily on Google-Earth.
On Feb 13, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Geary Schindel wrote:
When I lived up that way,
Interesting, Geary!
I just Googled for more info. This article is most interesting. It also
states that the museum does have insurance coverage for the cars and building.
The article I read yesterday may have been a generic comment about insurance
and sinkholesso perhaps the museum also
Duh, you'd think!
On Feb 13, 2014, at 12:14 PM, Phil Winkler pw...@dca.net wrote:
I was surprised to see it is located directly alongside the I-65 interstate
hwy. One would think the highway engineers would have known of the presence
of cave system there. You can see it easily on
Julie, Phil, Geary and all,
As for Kentucky:
In the past highway engineers didn't seem to care. Today the Kentucky
Speleological Survey is getting weekly requests for karst information
from construction companies, consulting companies and from the state.
Bill Walden
On 2/13/2014 1:35 PM,
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/9-000-year-old-recipe-roast-armadillo-n24806?gt1=43001
Would you prefer them tenderized first?
(Which means I should carry my cooler whenever I'm out driving ;-) )
From: Louise Power [mailto:power_lou...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 5:35 PM
To: texas cavers
Subject: [Texascavers] New dish for next convention
Stefan Creaser - don't even think about cooking Armadillos! I would have to
hurt you ;)
- from julia's cell
On Feb 13, 2014, at 17:34, Louise Power power_lou...@hotmail.com wrote:
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/9-000-year-old-recipe-roast-armadillo-n24806?gt1=43001
Well, if you only pick up the hitchhikers sun bathing on the side of the road,
I won't hurt you!
- from julia's cell
On Feb 13, 2014, at 17:56, Stefan Creaser stefan.crea...@arm.com wrote:
But Vico and Gary tell me they’re really good! Best pork you’ve ever had…
Now what was in that
The Texas Highway Department became aware in 1963 during the construction of
Interstate 35 through Georgetown, north of Austin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvZYOtgsCrw
On 2/13/2014 5:49 PM, Bill Walden wrote:
Julie, Phil, Geary and all,
As for Kentucky:
In the past highway engineers
texascavers Digest 14 Feb 2014 02:40:32 - Issue 1930
Topics (messages 23403 through 23411):
Re: Sinkhole in KY claims Corvettes
23403 by: Julie Jenkins
Re: Corvette incident, etc.
23404 by: Mallory Mayeux
New dish for next convention
23405 by: Louise Power
Warning: this email just contains inflated opinions and personal
irrelevant stuff.
I would bet more people would someday pay to see the wrecked Corvettes
displayed as an attraction in a cave, than the museum would have ever made
in the future, as it was probably not a profitable business, but
Actually, the Corvette museum is a very popular attraction in the cave country
area in Kentucky. You always see brochures for it everywhere you go up there
and the parking lot is typically full. When I worked at Mammoth, a guy I was
dating dragged me there and there were plenty of other people
Sometime last year I came upon the remains of a discarded meth lab in the
Karst of Southwestern Travis County. The authorities were notified and
carted the toxic trash away. I am aware of one other incident within the
last couple of years where a caver discovered a meth lab disposed of in the
Does anybody have any knowledge to suggest that the recent warning
about explosives is other than a very belated reaction to the finding
of explosives in a Hays County cave some weeks ago? -- Mixon
To move your oxygen, a haemoglobin molecule contains
No, I think the city is being paranoid and extra cautious. I just hope they
don't something extreme like shutting down access even though the caves are
pretty much all gated.
On Feb 13, 2014, at 9:54 AM, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote:
Does anybody have any knowledge to suggest
Got a response from Kent Calder about the email I sent him re the Memorial
Museum. We'll see what Lynn Denton does. At least we've got somebody's ear now.
If anyone wants to jump on that band wagon with a little encouragement for TSHA
to get busy, I think it might be good to strike while the
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