[Homestead] more pictures

EarthNSky erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Sun Jan 4 22:53:57 EST 2009


I was reading up on karst topography a while back and I did notice that 
the Texas Hill country is also karst.  It seemed strange to me at the 
time, but then I saw your pictures of your recent trip and I can 
definitely see it now.
The cave as dump phenomena is all too prevalent here, too.  Disgusting.

B

Sage Austin | Eureka! Design wrote:
> In our local bat cave there are flesh eating beetles. That's enough to 
> keep me out of local caves. And believe me, nobody wants to go through 
> the rabies vaccine. The caves at the Wildflower Center were actually 
> recharge points for the aquifer. One year they put dye tracers in during 
> a rain and it came up in the spring fed city pool within 24 hours even 
> though it was many, many miles away. But Bev is right, a caving club 
> could tell you more. In many rural areas including mine caves were 
> unfortunately often used as on site garbage dumps up until the 70's when 
> ecosystems became better understood. Cavers have cleaned cans of 
> pesticide, cow skeletons, toxic junk, etc. out of them.--Sage
> 
> EarthNSky wrote:
>> Roxann,
>> Please don't go into the cave or allow your kids to do so.
>> 1.  It is not safe, physically or bacteriologically (think cave ins,
>> rabid bats, guano)
>> 2.  Imagine your scare should you find something like skeletal remains
>> 3. You could be damaging a very fragile ecosystem
>>
>> If you really want to explore the cave, I'd call your local/regional
>> spelunking (caving) club.  They have experience in wild caving and could
>> explore it/map it for you.  It would satisfy your curiosity and delight
>> some caver to the core.
>>
>> Bev
>>
>>
>> roxann wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi Bob,
>>>
>>> We've gone to the cave but it doesn't go very far before it gets too 
>>> narrow for my comfort. I've considered tying rope to Garrison and 
>>> sending him in with a helmet and light, though, lol. He wants to, but
>>>  I'm still afraid. I think there's a larger room in there because
>>> cold air comes out from a hole below the entrance.
>>>     
>>
>>   
> 
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