All that rain this week?

[pittsburgh cave diver]

When we have major floods there is debris that can reek havoc on the lines in the systems. Lines can (and have) break, etc. It's not all bout water clarity. The lines (at least the gold line) needs to be inspected by the line committee.



You know this how?

hung out there for quite a while and finally
saw the ranger and confirmed no one has been in
they have to have someone from the line
comittee do it, and that is scheduled for next weekend sometime

[Rich]

When we have major floods there is debris that gets sucked in and can reek havoc on the lines in the systems. Lines can (and have) break, etc. It's not all bout water clarity. The lines (at least the gold line) needs to be inspected by the line committee.

Mike, I'm not disagreeing with you and I know we need to work within the guidelines that are set in place, but I think that this speaks volumes about the quality of cave diving today that a cave system has to be "approved" before one is allowed to dive it!

I mean what if you actually had to fix a line on a cave dive or heaven forbid install your own, can you imagine....

Safe diving,

Rich

[Line Squirrel]

I mean what if you actually had to fix a line on a cave dive or heaven forbid install your own, can you imagine....

Safe diving,

Rich

We are on the same page here

[w ripley]

Mike:

Where did you get that avatar? It drives me crazy just looking at it. I also notice that I start scratching when I watch it?

Got to meet your parents and to figure out what happened to you.

Regards,

Bill

[Line Squirrel]

Mike:

Where did you get that avatar? It drives me crazy just looking at it. I also notice that I start scratching when I watch it?

Got to meet your parents and to figure out what happened to you.

Regards,

Bill

LOL - I swiped it off of a saltwater fishing forum I've been reading. It drove me crazy for a while as well. I just figured I would share it with my cave buddies.

[MORGAN]

It drove me crazy for a while as well. I just figured I would share it with my cave buddies.

I'm guessing you just figured that your cave buddies were crazy enough to like it too!

Mike

[cavedivingwoman]

Today we dove Jackson Blue with thunder and lightning crashing and water cascading down into the cavern. There was brisk outflow, and visibility was fine! Nearby, boats surrounded Twin Caves and Hole in the Wall. Shirley K and friends were in Emerald Friday and reported about 30-40' vis, diveable upstream and downstream. They were headed to Indian today with expectations of 30' visibility. Perhaps she has posted that somewhere.

Earlier this week we dove at Devil's Eye, which was clear with below-normal flow. Friends tell me that the basin in Alachua Sink was clear a few days ago. Not sure if Manatee is open.

It has been raining like hell for at least a week. The ducks are quacking merrily. Mosquitoes feast on the blood of the unwary. And it's humid...imagine a tropical London. Very buggy here, friends; bring long-sleeved cotton shirts and the bug bane of your choice, or a decoy.

Edd at Cave Adventurers (Marianna) says that most of this rain has fallen into the GA rivers, which probably will delay the reopening of the Suwannee River caves. For the last few days it has rained near Tampa....'no idea if it's affected Eagle's Nest or the caves in that area.

In the long run, the aqifer needs the rain, so who am I to complain? The trees around Tallahassee are a lush psychedelic green compared to the scraggly parched mess that they've been in recent years. So dive where you can. Don't worry---be happy. Mother Nature's doing her best.

We're back to the High Springs area tomorrow for a couple of days before returning home...

Best,
Barbara

[Sludge]

Today we dove Jackson Blue with thunder and lightning crashing and water cascading down into the cavern.

You were at JB Sunday? I was at JB Sunday! Why didn't you speak to me? Or maybe you did, as bad as I am with names and faces.

Anyway, it was to be my first time ever at JB while the park was open for swimmers, but there were only four there, and the lifeguards wouldn't let them into the water with all the thunder. After several hours they sent everybody home and closed the park for the rest of the day. That's about when the sun came out, the birds started singing...

I got to see Evie and Susie and Rodney, I learned Stacia's name finally, and I saw some old acquaintences from Atlanta. Plus met divers from Kansas City and Germany.

The flow is slightly down from last month, and vis is about the same.

[w ripley]

Edd at Cave Adventurers (Marianna) says that most of this rain has fallen into the GA rivers, which probably will delay the reopening of the Suwannee River caves.Best,
Barbara

Thanks for the post. It's that catchment area that usually kills the Suwanee river. Hope that doesn't happen.

[w ripley]

I got to see Susie and Rodney

So you going with a SS or was the meeting just a coincidence?