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    Cindy Butler Feb 8th 2020

    My wonderful friend and awesome cave diver passed away when our house caught fire on Feb 8th. I was not there at the time so I am OK. I still cannot believe my best friend is gone. The house was a total loss.Cindy was taken from us way too early. I will miss her smile and her wonderful love...
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    Fatality at Peacock Springs today (07-07-2010)

    Diver drowned in P1 today. Peanut line. The details are coming out on CDF. I might copy them over here and maybe the thread link. Sad , sad , sad day in Cave Country. :depressed::depressed::depressed: (sigh) Jean
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    Fatality at Peacock Springs today (07-07-2010)

    Just saw on Cave Diver Forum that someone drowned today at Peacock. No information yet on who it was. Larry Green did the body recovery (he was teaching a class over at Peacock, so say the threads on CDF). My prayers go out to the family , buddy(ies) ... (cry) Jean...
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    Calculating Search gas

    OK , I have one for all to think about... We know what the rules say on a Lost Buddy...Search till you hit 3rds. (I was taught to recalc from the point we found we had a lost buddy). So , that's the rule. BUT...from a human point of view , how MANY of us in the moment would "BLOW" 3rds to keep...
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    Calculating Search gas

    OK , I have one for all to think about... We know what the rules say on a Lost Buddy...Search till you hit 3rds. (I was taught to recalc from the point we found we had a lost buddy). So , that's the rule. BUT...from a human point of view , how MANY of us in the moment would "BLOW" 3rds to keep...
  6. jeandiver

    Systems Open as of 05/25/2009

    Ginnie and Manatee are open (Obviously :rofl3: ) I heard a rumor that Madison and Cow are now back open as of today. Dove Manatee today. The system is STILL flushing out tanic water and is still quite dark (darker than normal... :D ) I need to double check the Cow and Madison rumors. :D...
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    Record Flooding in Cave Country !

    This is from the AHPS site for the Suwannee , Withie and Sante Rivers... Scary stuff !!! Flood Warning WGUS42 KTAE 072044 FLWTAE FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 444 PM EDT TUE APR 07 2009 ...DANGEROUS FLOOD FORECAST ON THE SUWANNEE...WITHLACOOCHEE AND...
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    Little River , Cow and Telford are blown out - 04/03/09

    Little River is already syphoning...Downstream Cow is springing with River Water...Telford is gone too. Can you say Yinnie and Manatee??? No word on Peacock yet. It may last the weekend , it may not. Thanks! Beano P.S. Looks like it's going to be good diving at Freedman's. Ah yes :D :D
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    Sniffin around for a Spring Megadive and just saying HI too! (SMILE)

    OK , it still way early , but you know , er , uh , I've been up in Boston too long for work and ... If I say RUM will anyone respond? It's never too early to start planning the Spring Mega. And oh btw...HI to all of my buddies :D Jeano Beano P.S. Can't wait to see ya all at the er , uh ...
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    Peacock - 1/24/09

    Did 2 dives in Peacock on Saturday. With the recent cold weather , the vis was just spectacular! (Best I have seen in a LONG TIME). Definately over 50 feet. On BOTH the Peanut and the Pots-hole line. Olsen was like , crystal clear. We hit Olsen (coming from the Challenge side) right about...
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    Cow Springs - 12/13/2008

    OK , it's been a while (been on the road way tooo much) but had a WONDERFUL dive in Cow yesterday. Vis was good even in the front of the system and it is always good near the back. The flow was moderate (we were drafting each other going upstream :D ) Well , at least tail-gating ... (EEK)...
  12. jeandiver

    Anyone Cavin this Sunday (Oct 20th)

    Just see-ing if anyone could accomodate an old lady cave diver if anyone is doing anything on Sunday. (EEK) Also , I could do Sat. Afternoon too. I get into JAX Saturday morning (from being stuck in Vegas for a week) and will probably be back in High Springs around noon-ish. Thanks...
  13. jeandiver

    Megadive Silt Crawling

    OK , time to post the 1st Cave Diving Trips etc... Any silt crawlers at the Mega want to join me for one in da holes? :confused: Da Beano Baggins
  14. jeandiver

    Non-Pandle caves update ... ( lol ) 09/10/2008

    OK , for dem dere caves down here near Gainesville: Little River - Has a slight syphon in it. Once the Suwannee drops enough , the flow should reserve again. This information is not first hand , but from what I have been hearing from othr divers. Peaock - Orange Grove is VERY NICE...
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    Ginnie - Eve 08/27/2008

    Turkey roost is under water. The Red ball marking the Ear is under water. The tarp is up between the Eye and the Ear. That being said: We went in the Eye (there is a temp line in there again to the Gallery). The system has some tanic water in it (kind of looked like Peacock) :D But (drum...
  16. jeandiver

    Peacock 06/29/08

    Well , it's a traditional birthday dive for me , the Grand Traverse. We popped in at OG and had the whole upper OG system to ourselves. Very nice viz (had NO TROUBLE seeing all of the jumps etc) and a nice little breeze in our face...Oh wait , flow (slap) After we popped over Challenge , we...
  17. jeandiver

    Peacock/Little River etc 06/21-06/22

    If anyone is thinking about doing some wet rock observations in Peacock/Little River this weekend (06/21-06/22).... :confused::11::shakehead: Buddyless , as usual. (sigh) I had my fill of Yinnie last weekend (Saturday). So if someone doesn't mind a tag-along. (ERP) Jean
  18. jeandiver

    Manatee 06/15/2008

    After a day at Yinnie on Saturday...(UFFDA) we decided to jump into Friedman's at Manatee on Sunday morning. The water level was down in the sink a bit but we both managed a feet-first entry (as usual). Dropped deco bottles at the line and headed upstream. We turned after about 700 feet and...
  19. jeandiver

    Peacock - 06/07 AND 06/08

    Saturday morning did a dive up the Peanut line to the Peanut restriction. Cleaned more of the dangling thingies (junk) off of the gold line. Vis is getting very nice on the peanut side now. Measured 10ft at the ceiling the breakdown room so the water level is still dropping. Satuday...
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    HOME AGAIN !!! Peacock 06/01/2008

    Well , after that wonderful dive in Manatee on Saturday , we decided to check out Peacock. I've been waiting for this all spring , and to say I was excited to get back into da Home Cave again , was an understatement. Orange Grove was quite busy Sunday Morning with about 3 teams ahead of us...
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