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["Sage Austin | Eureka! Design" <eureka AT hctc.net>]

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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