[Texascavers] Re: for a caver in south Dallas

2014-04-26 Thread Mike Flannigan
A map of that area: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=32.71593,+-96.88913+%28Coordinates%29iwloc=Ahl=en Go to satellite view (lower left). That creek has almost been obliterated by development, but that small section you pinpoint still exists. Mike On 4/22/2014 12:33 PM,

Re: [SWR] Scientologists in New Mexico?

2014-06-14 Thread Mike Flannigan
Found it: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=35.50316,+-104.59462+%28Coordinates%29iwloc=Ahl=en Click in lower left for the satellite view and then zoom in and go NE. That area used to be known as the San Miguel Ranch. Mike On 6/13/2014 10:42 PM, DONALD G. DAVIS wrote: A little Web

Re: [Texascavers] Bullies, and a (wait for it!) Trip Report

2014-02-26 Thread Mike Flannigan
).jpg http://www.mflan.com/temp/1999_marneldo_ranch_(11).jpg http://www.mflan.com/temp/1999_marneldo_ranch_(13).jpg I'd like to go back someday too. Mike Flannigan On 2/24/2014 12:40 PM, texascavers-digest-h...@texascavers.com wrote: Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Bullies, and a (wait for it!) Trip

[Texascavers] Errant Bat

2013-09-23 Thread Mike Flannigan
Errant bat: http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/alien-like-creature-actually-a-toad-with-a-big-appetite/ http://tinyurl.com/lxarsv3 Mike - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [SWR] Rock Art Foundation tour to Devils River, June 1st

2013-05-14 Thread Mike Flannigan
is really a nice walk, so it's no problem if you have to walk all the way from the cane area like we did. This is the general area: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=29.78628,+-100.98495+%28Coordinates%29iwloc=Ahl=en Mike Flannigan On 5/1/2013 1:40 PM, Logan McNatt wrote: This tour is a rare

Re: [Texascavers] Re: texascavers Digest 31 Oct 2012 16:47:37 -0000 Issue 1657

2012-11-04 Thread Mike Flannigan
Ah - the western states. Where the concept of distance has a whole different perspective. If somebody from NV tells you something is a pretty good trek, you better listen. Straight-line distances from Ely: Ely to Baker Creek System - 39+ miles Ely to Whipple Cave - 51+ miles Ely to

[Texascavers] Fwd: Re: End of an era

2012-05-04 Thread Mike Flannigan
I am that hacker. I tried to send the e-mail below earlier, but it bounced back to me for some unknown reason. Mike Flannigan Original Message Subject:Re: End of an era Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 06:51:43 -0500 From: Mike Flannigan mikef...@att.net To: Cavetex

Re: [SWR] Rock Art Foundation tour to Devils River, June 1st

2013-05-14 Thread Mike Flannigan
is really a nice walk, so it's no problem if you have to walk all the way from the cane area like we did. This is the general area: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=29.78628,+-100.98495+%28Coordinates%29iwloc=Ahl=en Mike Flannigan On 5/1/2013 1:40 PM, Logan McNatt wrote: This tour is a rare

Re: [Texascavers] Re: texascavers Digest 31 Oct 2012 16:47:37 -0000 Issue 1657

2012-11-04 Thread Mike Flannigan
Ah - the western states. Where the concept of distance has a whole different perspective. If somebody from NV tells you something is a pretty good trek, you better listen. Straight-line distances from Ely: Ely to Baker Creek System - 39+ miles Ely to Whipple Cave - 51+ miles Ely to

[Texascavers] Fwd: Re: End of an era

2012-05-04 Thread Mike Flannigan
I am that hacker. I tried to send the e-mail below earlier, but it bounced back to me for some unknown reason. Mike Flannigan Original Message Subject:Re: End of an era List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 06:51:43 -0500 From: Mike

Re: [SWR] Rock Art Foundation tour to Devils River, June 1st

2013-05-14 Thread Mike Flannigan
is really a nice walk, so it's no problem if you have to walk all the way from the cane area like we did. This is the general area: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=29.78628,+-100.98495+%28Coordinates%29iwloc=Ahl=en Mike Flannigan On 5/1/2013 1:40 PM, Logan McNatt wrote: This tour is a rare

Re: [Texascavers] Re: texascavers Digest 31 Oct 2012 16:47:37 -0000 Issue 1657

2012-11-04 Thread Mike Flannigan
Ah - the western states. Where the concept of distance has a whole different perspective. If somebody from NV tells you something is a pretty good trek, you better listen. Straight-line distances from Ely: Ely to Baker Creek System - 39+ miles Ely to Whipple Cave - 51+ miles Ely to

[Texascavers] Fwd: Re: End of an era

2012-05-04 Thread Mike Flannigan
I am that hacker. I tried to send the e-mail below earlier, but it bounced back to me for some unknown reason. Mike Flannigan Original Message Subject:Re: End of an era List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 06:51:43 -0500 From: Mike

Re: [SWR] [NMCAVER] Fw: Breaking News - NM's El Malpais

2010-12-09 Thread Mike Flannigan
Where have I been? I didn't know this WNS started across the Atlantic until now. Actually I did a Google search and it seems to be primarily speculation: Often 90 percent of the bats are killed-off after the first appearance of the fungus. And Kunz says that may have been what happened to

Re: [SWR] [NMCAVER] Fw: Breaking News - NM's El Malpais

2010-12-10 Thread Mike Flannigan
Thank you. Good information to have. Mike On Fri, 10 Dec 2010, bigredfo...@hotmail.com wrote: They have been looking at old photos and now think it was in Europe at least since the mid 90's http://caves.org/WNS/journal.pone.0013853.pdf Lots more info at the NSS WNS website

[ot_caving] Re: computer question

2009-07-13 Thread Mike Flannigan
Those fans need to be replaced ever so often. When they starting making noise, that is a good time to replace them. The cost is usually $6 - $18. It's best not to buy the cheap ones. I've never replaced one on the CPU, but I've replaced the one on the case 3-4 times. Usually I have to get

[Texascavers] Re: Follow-up to 'cave house for sale'

2009-03-07 Thread Mike Flannigan
Maybe it was a bad idea to live in a mine in the first place. I could be wrong, but I predict that house will be gone within 20 years. There will be another house built just outside the mine. Maybe then the mine space will be used for something it's better suited for. People figured out

[Texascavers] Cavers in Houston?

2009-04-18 Thread Mike Flannigan
Is there a caving get-together is Houston today? Must be - 6 so far and it's still raining hard. Mike - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For

[Texascavers] Ancient Cave Painting from Northern Australia

2008-12-27 Thread Mike Flannigan
Bat Petroglyph: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/science/nature/7765136.stm Mike - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: [Texascavers] RE: The TEXAS CAVER Is Now Online!!!! - Bug fixes

2009-01-17 Thread Mike Flannigan
only club members get the newsletter, but have a 2 tier pay system. Your mailings will go down drastically (I think), and your publisher (Mark) will be very happy. Mike Flannigan - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com

Re: [NMCAVER] Internet Cave Photo site

2008-11-19 Thread Mike Flannigan
Agreed. That is peculiar. You can see circular, crinoid-like fossils between the 2 starfish in the big picture (click on it twice). These are worse specimens: http://www.paleodirect.com/sf009.htm Mike Flannigan On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, mmin...@nmhu.edu wrote: I found a photo site

Re: [NMCAVER] Internet Cave Photo site

2008-11-19 Thread Mike Flannigan
Agreed. That is peculiar. You can see circular, crinoid-like fossils between the 2 starfish in the big picture (click on it twice). These are worse specimens: http://www.paleodirect.com/sf009.htm Mike Flannigan On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, mmin...@nmhu.edu wrote: I found a photo site

[Texascavers] Blue Grotto Springs

2008-09-30 Thread Mike Flannigan
No particular reason - just pretty pics. Mike Flannigan - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com

[Texascavers] Chinese History in a Stalagmite

2008-11-09 Thread Mike Flannigan
FYI: re-posted from Dave Meadows' Explorator 11.29 Ancient cave yields clues to Chinese history By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer Randolph E. Schmid, Ap Science = Writer =96 Thu Nov 6, 2:00 pm ET WASHINGTON =96 A stalagmite rising from the floor of a cave in China is =

Re: [Texascavers] Nature Conservancy partner in Tennessee cave gate effort to protect cave salamanders :

2008-08-31 Thread Mike Flannigan
Pictures of the rare salamander: http://tinyurl.com/5qwf79 Mike jerryat...@aol.com wrote: Rare Salamander Protected in Knoxville Cave Gating Project - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe,

Re: [NMCAVER] Spending some months north of Carlsbad, info

2008-08-03 Thread Mike Flannigan
I'm not much help to you since I'm not in that area. But I am interested in hearing about where you go caving. I might even point you to a cave or 2 in that area I don't know a lot about that area, but can see that Ogle Cave would be nice to visit. Maybe Goat Cave and Gunsight Cave too? Black

Re: [NMCAVER] Drowning in NSS owned sinkhole and underwater cave

2008-08-06 Thread Mike Flannigan
Apparently located in this area: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2s=12lon=-82.69500lat=28.36889opt=1 Very close to the Gulf. Mike On Tue, 05 Aug 2008, skin...@thuntek.net wrote: http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/article757681.ece

Re: RE: [ot_caving] an option to drilling

2008-06-26 Thread Mike Flannigan
That is the same media who tells us every couple months about cars that run on water. What morons. Mike On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, power_lou...@hotmail.com wrote: Very interesting. I knew that we don't make hydrogen, but that's the term the media uses when reporting it.

[Texascavers] Mapping Robot

2008-04-17 Thread Mike Flannigan
Picked up from another list: This is pretty interesting; A robot has spent 3 and half days mapping 2.2km of underground drives, stopes and access ramps, doing more than 80 scans per day and producing nearly 100 million data points. In less the a month the mining company was able to replace

[Texascavers] Jewel Cave NM Celebrates Centennial

2008-02-13 Thread Mike Flannigan
From an archaeology mail list: Jewel Cave NM Celebrates Centennial On February 7, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt signed a proclamation that established Jewel Cave NM under the authority of the 1906 Antiquities Act. The monument was established to protect the small, but

[Texascavers] Old Carbide Cans

2007-10-28 Thread Mike Flannigan
Old Carbide cans: http://www.lamp-tramp.com/calciumcarbidemfrs.htm Mike - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail:

[Texascavers] Re: an awesome LED lantern

2007-10-28 Thread Mike Flannigan
David, I was at Fry's yesterday and was a bit dissappointed with the wide selection of flashlights. One that did catch my eye was a lazer shaped tube about 10 inches long that came with another light dispersion tube also about 10 inches long that screwed into the first piece and made an object

[Texascavers] TCR 30

2007-10-28 Thread Mike Flannigan
. Mike Flannigan Some of the more interesting ones: http://home.earthlink.net/~mikeflan/sdscn8112.jpg http://home.earthlink.net/~mikeflan/sdscn8119.jpg http://home.earthlink.net/~mikeflan/sdscn8120.jpg http://home.earthlink.net/~mikeflan/sdscn8130.jpg http://home.earthlink.net/~mikeflan/sdscn8132

Re: [Texascavers] RE: OT- aluminum bottled beer

2007-10-30 Thread Mike Flannigan
I don't know a whole lot about this subject, but what about the claim that the sides and bottom of the can don't have enought Al to recycle. I'm told they only recover the Al in the top of the can. I guess they just trask the rest. Mike On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, riordan.br...@gmail.com wrote:

[Texascavers] Re: RE: OT- aluminum bottled beer

2007-10-31 Thread Mike Flannigan
/aluminum-can-recycling/how-is-an-aluminum-can-recycled/. Mark Minton Mike Flannigan said: what about the claim that the sides and bottom of the can don't have enought Al to recycle. I'm told they only recover the Al in the top of the can

[Texascavers] Re: About big cats

2007-07-27 Thread Mike Flannigan
In 1978 or 1979 my brother and I took off from St. Louis in a Levi's Gremlin I owned and drove to Austin for the Willie Nelson picnic he first held on that golf course he bought for the concerts. BTW, does anybody here know if that was 1978 or 1979? I've been thinking 1979 all these years, but

[Texascavers] Snowy River

2007-08-04 Thread Mike Flannigan
Snowy River: http://www.livescience.com/imageoftheday/siod_070724.html - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail:

[Texascavers] Re: Bamberger Ranch - Bat Chiropttorium :

2007-08-19 Thread Mike Flannigan
Hey, that is great. I wonder why more people don't do that? Don't tell me it's that Rabies crap. So I did a Google search for artificial bat cave and the first site that pops up is http://www.wingedmammal.com/bat_stuff/bat_stuff.shtml which has The Chiroptorium towards the bottom. Further

[Texascavers] Re: Too Commonly Used Cave Names

2007-09-12 Thread Mike Flannigan
I say he is wrong about Saltpeter. There are more than 103 Saltpeter caves in the US. There are more than 30 in MO. Also, there are more than 64 Cave Spring caves in the US. Mike Flannigan Hi Cave Namer Out There: Well, I have named more than a few caves, but not as many as some cavers

[Texascavers] Re: Colin Fletcher, RIP

2007-06-25 Thread Mike Flannigan
Thanks for the info. He lived a long life at 85 yo. I read The Man From the Cave. It was interesting. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003751315_fletcherobit17.html Mike On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, jkenn...@batcon.org wrote: Subject:Colin Fletcher, RIP Date:

[Texascavers] Re: RE: 'finalizing' CDs

2007-06-29 Thread Mike Flannigan
I agree with Mark. Maybe it's changed in the last 2 years, but before then you definitely wanted to finalized a CD if you wanted to read it on any computer other than the one that burned it. Mike On Wed, 27 Jun 2007, mmin...@nmhu.edu wrote: Subject: RE: finalizing CDs Date:

[Texascavers] help needed identifying looted (SW USA) borderlands site

2007-04-20 Thread Mike Flannigan
FYI: Subject: Re: help needed identifying looted (SW USA) borderlands site Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:12:57 -0500 From: Bob Skiles b.ski...@ix.netcom.com a couple of people have reported that the links were broken in my earlier cut-and-paste post ... they've been rebuilt [below] and

Re: RE: [Texascavers] FW: whozit? wherezit? help needed identifying site looters

2007-04-22 Thread Mike Flannigan
Bob, I sent your notice to the TX caving community somebody, I'm not sure who, seems to have identified the spot as Spirit Eye Cave in Presidio, County, Texas. Hope that helps. Mike Flannigan The photos are of Spirit Eye Cave located

[Texascavers] Re: new Coleman products

2007-04-28 Thread Mike Flannigan
David, You are doing a lot of free work for these companies. You need to find a way to plug into that money stream - charge for your services. Don't cut us off though. We like to see the results of your research posted on Cavetex. Mike On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Texascavers] a few things

2007-03-26 Thread Mike Flannigan
Yes please. Put me on the digest version. Mike Flannigan mikef...@earthlink.net wo...@justfamily.org wrote: Just a few little things. Those of you who are interested in a digest version of this list, email and let me know which email address you want switched over. I wish

Re: [Texascavers] a few things

2007-03-26 Thread Mike Flannigan
Thank you so much. It works great. You just cut my e-mail load by 10% or so. Very helpful and long overdue. Mike Flannigan Charles \wokka\ Goldsmith wrote: Done, please let me know how it works out. Charles Mike Flannigan wrote: Yes please. Put me on the digest version. Mike

Re: CaveTex: Raise money for TCMA!!!

2007-03-26 Thread Mike Flannigan
Nice challenge. It has me stumped. Mike Aaron Addison wrote: What is the significance of the point on the map seen in the link below? Be the first to answer correctly and you will receive $100 donated to TCMA in your name!!! http://www.caveresource.com/texas/wiw_1.htm To unsubscribe,

Re: CaveTex: geographic names lists

2007-03-26 Thread Mike Flannigan
These are the only ones I could find for the US and it's territories: Embassy of the Republic of Niger : Washington West : District of Columbia : building : 385446N0770258W : : : : National Holiday: Republic Day, Dec 18 : 529827 : : DC-T148 : 9105 : : : 38077-H1 : 11001 : DC, District of

Re: CaveTex: geographic names lists

2007-03-26 Thread Mike Flannigan
Not too hard. There are only 6: Hillbilly Dam : Malta East : Phillips : dam : 482006N1074836W : : : : : 798271 : : US-T107/8009 : 9401 : : : 48107-C7 : 30071 : MT, Montana : -- Hillbilly Windmill : Mickey Draw East :

Re: CaveTex: geographic names lists

2007-03-26 Thread Mike Flannigan
To be precise, it listed 6,031 caves across the country and only 38 in TX. These are the TX caves that were listed, and all had exact locations: Bat Cave - Comal County -- Bat Cave - Medina County

Re: CaveTex: in a name?

2007-03-26 Thread Mike Flannigan
http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=30.89389lon=-102.32333datum=NAD27s=24size=l http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=30.89389lon=-102.32333datum=NAD27s=50size=l This is another one, but it is not labeled: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=30.54889lon=-103.46556datum=NAD27s=50size=l It's

Re: CaveTex: Re: Whats in a name?

2007-03-26 Thread Mike Flannigan
I found three: Nipple Hill : Guadalupe Peak : Culberson : summit : 315433N1044719W : Lincoln : 5682.00 : : : 1363912 : : : : : : 31104-H7 : 48109 : TX, Texas -- Nipple Peak : Cement Mountain : Coke : summit :

Re: CaveTex: Re: Whats in a name?

2007-03-26 Thread Mike Flannigan
A whole bunch in UT. In fact seven Mollies Nipples. The one you speak of is probably this one: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=37.12833lon=-113.29722datum=NAD27s=50size=l Nipple Bench - Kane County - http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=37.13083lon=-111.58028datum=NAD27s=50size=l

Re: [Texascavers] TCC Headquarters

2007-03-26 Thread Mike Flannigan
Yeah, a bunch of people are under that mistaken impression. And those that receive some help from the federal government lead the pack in those that assume this is an obligation of the federal govt. It is not. The govt is not coming right out and stating that fact for obvious reasons. I think

CaveTex: Hinds Cave and a small one on the Honey Creek site

2007-03-26 Thread Mike Flannigan
FYI: Subject: New Online Resources, Plateaus and Canyonlands of Texas Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 13:53:49 -0500 From: Steve Black sbl...@mail.utexas.edu New on Texas Beyond History (TBH), the virtual museum of Texas' cultural heritage:

[Texascavers] Grave Robbing

2018-06-10 Thread Mike Flannigan
FYI only: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/crime/crime-and-courts/2018/06/08/kentucky-graverobber-sentenced-after-trafficking-native-american-artifacts/680172002/ Mike ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com

Re: [Texascavers] Cavers socializing - Houston Style

2018-06-03 Thread Mike Flannigan
"You just can't advise hard-headed people that are set in their ways." You sure got that one right :-) ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives:

[Texascavers] Living_With_Karst-1

2018-06-24 Thread Mike Flannigan
Hey George. I just watched "Living_With_Karst-1". Very nicely done. If anybody else wants this video it is available at: https://caves.org/webinars/ Direct link: https://caves.org/webinars/index-4.shtml#KarstLiving Mike Flannigan H

[Texascavers] Neanderthal Fossil

2018-08-27 Thread Mike Flannigan
Interesting picture of a Neanderthal fossil: http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2015/04/09/4214187.htm Mike ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives:

[Texascavers] Pete Pics

2018-07-10 Thread Mike Flannigan
Here are some pics I found of Pete. Not all of these are my pics.  If they are yours feel free to claim ownership of them: http://www.mflan.com/temp/pete-10-20-2007_-_293029n0985405w.jpg http://www.mflan.com/temp/pete_-_10-17-2009_-_293026n0985404w.jpg

Re: [Texascavers] Pete Pics

2018-07-11 Thread Mike Flannigan
Oops, sorry.  It could be wild Bill.  I camped next to him one year. Mike On 7/10/2018 9:54 PM, pstrickla...@austin.rr.com wrote: Not Pete in the tent. He never wears an armband...or has such fancy digs. Jocie Mike Flannigan wrote: Here are some pics I found of Pete. Not all

[Texascavers] Siberian Cave

2018-12-06 Thread Mike Flannigan
Hope the list is not down again. https://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/5-year-old-tiara-made-of-woolly-mammoth-ivory-found-in-world-famous-denisova-cave/ Mike ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com

Re: [Texascavers] Tiny caving vehicles

2019-06-09 Thread Mike Flannigan
Some people say that it is not worth using LPG instead of gasoline in the US, even if the conversion cost is zero.  Personally I don't have any experience with it. It is probably true that the economics of using C3 are more beneficial in countries outside the USA.

Re: [Texascavers] The Hall of Texas and Mexico Cavers

2019-09-06 Thread Mike Flannigan
Nicely done. Thanks for doing that. Mike On 9/6/2019 11:00 AM, texascavers-requ...@texascavers.com wrote: Dear cavers, I have uploaded a lot of new material to *The Hall of Texas and Mexico Cavers* -- I think 14 obituaries and tributes for cavers who passed away over the last four years,

Re: [Texascavers] photo box

2019-07-19 Thread Mike Flannigan
Ernie at his box: http://www.mflan.com/temp/photobox.jpg Mike On 7/14/2019 12:00 PM, texascavers-requ...@texascavers.com wrote: Please someone rescue that Ernie Garza convention photo box until next time. Who can forget the Gill Ediger box photo! Preston Forsythe, Browder, KY

Re: [Texascavers] Fwd: TCR firewood

2019-09-28 Thread Mike Flannigan
Wow, a hot tub.  That is super cool.  It makes a difference to some of us.  Thanks for doing all that. Mike On 9/27/2019 11:00 AM, texascavers-requ...@texascavers.com wrote: Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:15:30 -0500 From: John Schneider To: Texas Cavers Subject: [Texascavers] Fwd: TCR firewood

[Texascavers] Fwd: From ‘cavewalking’ to spacewalking

2019-10-28 Thread Mike Flannigan
FYI: Forwarded Message Subject:From ‘cavewalking’ to spacewalking Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 10:53:50 + From: European Space Agency Reply-To: contact...@subscriptions.esa.int To: mikef...@att.net From ‘cavewalking’ to spacewalking From ‘cavewalking’

[Texascavers] Nice Cave Pics

2019-12-02 Thread Mike Flannigan
Nice cave pics from Europe: https://www.foro-minerales.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=130502#130502 Mike ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives:

Re: [Texascavers] Has a date and location for the next TCR been selected yet.

2019-11-22 Thread Mike Flannigan
Maps of the location: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=30.84058,+-100.06132+%28Coordinates%29=A=en https://www.westtexasscoutinghistory.net/camp_map_SolMayer.html Mike On 11/21/19 11:00 AM, texascavers-requ...@texascavers.com wrote: I worked at Camp Sol Mayer for 5 years at BSA summer camp.

[Texascavers] Mexican Bat

2019-10-06 Thread Mike Flannigan
Wondering if any of you can take a stab at identifying what kind of bat this is: "Inside El Rosario National Park there's an old, abandoned sawmill. In a stone-lined pit beneath the floor, a black bat dangled upside-down, back-leg claws anchoring him on the wall. The bat's dark form suggested a

Re: [Texascavers] Mexican Bat

2019-10-07 Thread Mike Flannigan
Thanks for everybody who responded. Mike On 10/7/2019 11:00 AM, texascavers-requ...@texascavers.com wrote: Lack of a tail makes me think Leptonycteris, a nectar-feeding bat. But gawd, what a horrible photo. Jim ___ Texascavers mailing list |

[Texascavers] Animal dug caves

2020-01-30 Thread Mike Flannigan
Animal dug caves: https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/get-lost-in-mega-tunnels-dug-by-south-american-megafauna Mike ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives:

[Texascavers] Stone balls in Caves

2020-04-28 Thread Mike Flannigan
Stone balls in caves: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-stone-balls-bone-marrow.html Mike ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/

[Texascavers] Hranice Abyss

2020-09-10 Thread Mike Flannigan
Deep water filled cave in the Czech Republic. Scientific article: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020JF005663 For the masses: https://gizmodo.com/no-one-knows-what-lurks-at-the-bottom-of-this-freakishl-184498 Mike

[Texascavers] Extinct Field Vehicles

2020-05-29 Thread Mike Flannigan
Make sure you watch the TournaTrain.m4v video at the 2nd link below. Cavers love their field vehicles. Below are some that went extinct. There's a Massive Antarctic Exploration Vehicle Lost Somewhere at the Bottom of the World. Last seen in 1958, it was designed to travel 5000 miles and

[Texascavers] Gypsum Mine

2020-06-20 Thread Mike Flannigan
Cave, or mine, opens up in your front yard: https://www.boredpanda.com/sinkhole-south-dakota-black-hawk-old-gypsum-mine/ Mike ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives:

[Texascavers] TCR 11 Years Ago

2020-06-06 Thread Mike Flannigan
If you go here today you see a picture from the 10/17/2009 TCR: http://www.mflan.com/dailyfilepost.htm Lots of people in that pic, including Pete. Mike ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives:

Re: [Texascavers] Fwd: [SWR CAVERS] Fwd: International Show Caves

2020-12-18 Thread Mike Flannigan
Somebody should ask them to change $193 billion to $1.93 billion. Mike On 12/15/20 11:00 AM, texascavers-requ...@texascavers.com wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: Steve Peerman mailto:gypca...@comcast.net>> Subject: [SWR CAVERS] Fwd: International Show Caves Association announces

[Texascavers] August 1979 Texas Highways

2021-05-20 Thread Mike Flannigan
A few pages from the August 1979 Texas Highways magazine I own: http://www.mflan.com/temp/TX_Highways-1979-08.pdf Mike ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives:

[Texascavers] Neanderthals built cave structures

2021-04-30 Thread Mike Flannigan
Neanderthals built cave structures https://www.nature.com/news/neanderthals-built-cave-structures-and-no-one-knows-why-1.19975 ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives:

[Texascavers] Mine Rescue at Great Gossan Lead Mine in Virginia

2021-04-01 Thread Mike Flannigan
Mine Rescue at Great Gossan Lead Mine in Virginia I am passing this along.  I did not write this: Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:52:21 -0400 Subject: [Rockhounds] Mine Rescue at Great Gossan Lead Mine in Virginia I live in this area, and as said in the video, cell service is pretty spotty on top

[Texascavers] Lava cave in Saudi Arabia

2021-07-30 Thread Mike Flannigan
Lava cave in Saudi Arabia: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9840709/Hyenas-stored-tens-thousands-bones-Saudi-Arabia-lava-tube-6-000-years.html Mike ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com |

[Texascavers] Eagle Cave

2022-01-23 Thread Mike Flannigan
Hi all.  Archaeologists on a list I am on are talking about Eagle Cave and Bonfire Shelter.  I have been by Langry a could times, but never to these features.  I gather that Eagle Cave might be more of a shelter than a cave?? The 3rd pic below shows the trench dug by an archaeologist back in

[Texascavers] Alabama Cave Art

2022-05-04 Thread Mike Flannigan
Oops sorry.  That was a senior moment. I'm sure you'all already saw that. Mike ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/

[Texascavers] Alabama Cave Art

2022-05-04 Thread Mike Flannigan
3-D Scans Reveal Gigantic Native American Cave Art in Alabama: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/3-d-scans-reveal-gigantic-native-american-cave-art-in-alabama-180980004/ Mike ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com

Re: [Texascavers] Texas Cavers online

2014-11-07 Thread Mike Flannigan via Texascavers
I downloaded most of them more than a year ago. I just updated with the one I was missing and I now have 411 files (4.1 GB). If anybody wants them in ~10 large zip file links, let me know. Mike On 11/7/2014 11:00 AM, via Texascavers wrote: For those who don't already know: Texas Cavers

Re: [Texascavers] Texas Cavers online

2014-11-08 Thread Mike Flannigan via Texascavers
Anybody who wants them needs to download 9 very large zip files: http://www.mflan.com/temp/1.zip http://www.mflan.com/temp/2.zip http://www.mflan.com/temp/3.zip http://www.mflan.com/temp/4.zip http://www.mflan.com/temp/5.zip http://www.mflan.com/temp/6.zip http://www.mflan.com/temp/7.zip

[Texascavers] Cave Temperature

2014-11-08 Thread Mike Flannigan via Texascavers
Somebody please set me straight. I see a problem with the equation below. Taken from Buecher Final_Rpt_General Distribution.pdf located in \SWR FOIA\roswell fo\Mike Bilbo\Documents with WNS Reference Caves temperatures generally reflect the mean annual surface temperature (MAST) of the

Re: [Texascavers] Cave Temperature

2014-11-09 Thread Mike Flannigan via Texascavers
Thank you. Glad to hear I'm not totally nuts. I had an excuse all set since I was drinking yesterday. I see you are right about the elevation. Temp should go down about 6.5 Deg C for 1,000 meters, but that equation goes down only 2 Deg C for 1,000 meters rise. That is a nice report that

Re: [Texascavers] cave article in today's Austin, American-Statesman

2015-02-14 Thread Mike Flannigan via Texascavers
I can confirm that the Houston Chronicle is a very bad newspaper also. The way to tell a bad newspaper nowadays is what they don't cover. The local community papers are fairly good, but Hou Chron bought them a few years ago. So far they have screwed up the editing quality, but otherwise not

[Texascavers] Bats and wind turbines

2015-05-07 Thread Mike Flannigan via Texascavers
New USGS item that may be of interest: New USGS Intellectual Property — USGS is seeking an industry partner interested in helping to test a new method of potentially reducing bat fatalities at wind turbines. REDUCING BAT FATALITIES AT WIND TURBINES WITH DIM SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR] Jacob's Well :

2015-07-30 Thread Mike Flannigan via Texascavers
My data says the only Jacobs Well in TX is in Hays county near Wimberley. Mike On 7/30/2015 1:00 AM, Fritz Holt wrote: I would still like to know whether the Jacob's Well referred to by the reporter was In Wimberley as opposed to San Antonio. A friend and I explored the lake rooms in the

[Texascavers] Speleogenesis Meeting Notice

2016-06-13 Thread Mike Flannigan via Texascavers
and what forms within them and why is it important to protect these natural treasures. Mike Flannigan http://www.clgms.org ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com

[Texascavers] 1857 Cave Reference

2016-09-18 Thread Mike Flannigan via Texascavers
Here is an 1857 reference to a cave: http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/48051?affiliate=email-ra Click on the map and look at the Langtry area where the "Painted Caves" are noted on the map. I believe the cave location shown is incorrect. I think the caves are on the Pecos river a little

[Texascavers] Stone Circles Show Neandertals’ Social, Technical Skills

2016-11-27 Thread Mike Flannigan via Texascavers
An article I read recently. Stone Circles Show Neandertals’ Social, Technical Skills: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/stone-circles-show-neandertals%E2%80%99-social-technical-skills Mike Flannigan ___ Texascavers mailing list | http

[Texascavers] Cave of The Parents

2016-12-31 Thread Mike Flannigan via Texascavers
Hilarious. I agree with your reasoning. That is equally plausible. Mike Flannigan On 12/24/2016 11:00 AM, via Texascavers wrote: Here is an interesting story to get you in the Christmas mood. A group of scientist allege they have found a pictograph of The Nativity Scene that is 3,000

Re: [Texascavers] Green River, KY

2017-08-08 Thread Mike Flannigan via Texascavers
FYI, the location of the dam was: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.20658,+-86.26059+%28Coordinates%29=A=en about 8.8 miles WNW of the main cave entrance. Historically that dam held back about 9 ft of water. Mike On 8/7/2017 11:00 AM, texascavers-requ...@texascavers.com wrote: FYI-

[Texascavers] Rock Shelter

2017-12-11 Thread Mike Flannigan via Texascavers
FYI only: https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/site-unseen-floodwaters-buried-a-treasure-trove-at-marmes-rockshelter/ Mike F ___ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: