[Homestead] more pictures
Sage Austin | Eureka! Design
eureka at hctc.net
Mon Jan 5 09:07:09 EST 2009
Karst is interesting stuff. Just imagine holes like the ones in my
pictures only underground, like a honeycomb, but large enough for water
to flow through and you have our region's aquifer. I think that's what
our pioneer well is tapped into.--S
EarthNSky wrote:
> 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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