Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] The rescue attempt is far from over in the Thai cave

2018-07-04 Thread Penelope Boston
Dear all, I also hope that this ongoing potential tragedy that we hope becomes a joyous rescue can be used as a teaching moment. The 25 year old coach is to be commended for taking his kids on field trips but his obvious lack of understanding of how caves work in monsoon season is responsible

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Here's a worm that makes its own limestone caves

2019-08-09 Thread Penelope Boston
Super exciting! Thanks for sharing this, Lee. I will try to find the technical paper (if any) that describes this. I don’t recall whether we can attach things to these list-serves so I’m not doing that, but I have a category in my agnostic cave classification scheme first published in 2004,

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Spraying bats with ‘good’ bacteria may combat deadly white nose syndrome

2019-07-17 Thread Penelope Boston
Dear Pat and colleagues, I only wish that it would be “odd to see a science reporter fail to provide any type of current information.” I deal with lots of them as you know, and the truly conscientious and knowledgeable breed that we used to have are quite rare these days. There are some

Re: [Texascavers] [Sandia Grotto]: Re: [SWR CAVERS] Cavers

2021-04-23 Thread Penelope Boston
should we also have an ascent of mountaineers? > > > Lee > > On 4/23/2021 7:24 PM, Kathy Peerman wrote: >> Lee, all, >> Moving away from the column or row idea, how about a descent of cavers? >> It makes more sense than a murder of crows! >

Re: [Texascavers] [Sandia Grotto]: Re: [SWR CAVERS] Re: Cavers

2021-04-23 Thread Penelope Boston
a caveat of cavers….. Penny Penelope J. Boston Senior Advisor for Science Integration, Code S NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA 94035 650 604 0022 > On Apr 23, 2021, at 6:49 PM, Lee H. Skinner wrote: > > Thanks, Linda. > > > So far we have: > > CavalcadeSteve Peerman