Peacock Springs

[scoupland]

We dove Orange Grove yesterday morning and it was slightly milky, viz 40+ improving further into the cave. P3 was blown. P1 mainline was totally gone. We dove peanut line in the afternoon. The cavern zone viz was 4'. Viz was a little better further in but we watched the tannic water coming. I'm sure it's gone by now.

[Jim Wyatt]

Thanks for the report!

[deanme]

We dove Orange Grove yesterday morning and it was slightly milky, viz 40+ improving further into the cave. P3 was blown. P1 mainline was totally gone. We dove peanut line in the afternoon. The cavern zone viz was 4'. Viz was a little better further in but we watched the tannic water coming. I'm sure it's gone by now.

Why the bad viz? Is it flooding?

[FW]

TJ just reported P1 and P3 are no longer useable as training sites. I suspect it will all be closed soon. Yes, it is flooding.

[ajimmythekid]

Tanic was comming in Sun. on P1 , OG still was looking good on Sat

[RN]

Why the bad viz? Is it flooding?

The Suwanee level was over 28 feet this morning. It starts seeping into the slough at 26...

[alias]

This is terrible. First one acquires this new addiction, and gets all enthused because there is something to plan for the cold season. Learning to cave dive should obviously include this module that will be somewhat Hebrew for me but I am willing to bite it in small chunks. While I am still a total newbie in riverology, floodomy and haven’t gotten my charts skills in any kind of order would someone try to help me with my nerves here? (I have found myself browsing some pretty weird Fl related web pages lately...)

I had just gotten excited that maybe for the first time in my life I’d get to dive in February (yes yes, I just noticed it’s the only month I never dived in! That said I have only had 4 chances so far.) What do these floodings mean? I realize nobody knows for sure but say that if P1 was now gone but for my sanity all deterioration ended this minute - how quickly could it recover to be divable?

What about Little River? Say it would have just siphoned yesterday but decided not to want to siphon today (I don’t even know if that kind of short siphoning tantrum is possible). I have no comprehension how quickly a system can recover in ‘ideal’ (unlikely) conditions. I vaguely remember comments of which caves are more prone to be slow healers.

What about Madison that has been pretty much down since first week of Dec. If the downhill ended today, when could one expect it to be divable? I know it was back for few days, and then went under again.

As a first step, I am trying to get an idea what to expect, so I am not sitting around like a fool. Thanks for any direction.

[Sludge]

Madison ... when could one expect it to be divable?

First to go, last to blow.

[J_glenn06]

So with the social coming up and madison gone and peacock maybe gone what is the backup backup plan?

[sskasser]

So with the social coming up and madison gone and peacock maybe gone what is the backup backup plan?

We'll make a decision on February 1st, and post it "everywhere".

Shirley Kasser
NFSA VP