>From: "Brian Casteel" <bcasteel@uccinc.net> >Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com >To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com> >Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Rattlers are out! >Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:13:58 -0700 > >So, by your own admission, you apply a factor of 2 to everything.  Does that >mean your projected asteroid strikes are truly only half of what you >publish?  :P > >Brian >Team A.I. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com >[mailto:az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of Jim >Scotti >Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 2:59 PM >To: listserv@azgeocaching.com >Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Rattlers are out! > >I've heard that they can only strike about their own length, so as long as >you are outside of that range, you should be alright.  Being an astronomer, >I'd add a factor of two to that just to be safe.....  :-)  Speaking of >Lancer, it's also a very good idea to be aware of your hiking companions >surroundings as well as your own, especilly if your companion is a dog or a >child. > >I've never seen a rattler while hiking either, amazingly.  My wife saw one >once, but by the time I got over to her, it had slithered away.  I have seen >them in the road.  The best view I had of one (outside of the Desert Museum) > >was on a dirt road on the way into Toroweap Overlook on the north rim.  The >rattler was in the middle of the road and I stopped about 10 or 15 feet >short >of him and got out to take pictures, staying back about 6 or 8 feet (making >use of the zoom lens on my camera...).  Since I didn't want to run him over, >I tossed some pebbles at him to get him to move off the road before >continuing on. > >Jim. > >On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Michelle Chelby Geiss wrote: > > > > Its > > > cohort was about 50' away waiting in a bush as I jogged past, > > > thankfully out > > > of reach (I hope) of striking. > > > > That's a good question...what is the striking distance?  I was > > pondering that as my legs shook under me, trying to decide whether to > > turn around or try to slink by. He was about 4 feet off the trail.  I > > decided to slink by...:)  I am just thankful Lancer (dog) decided to > > totally ignore him...guess that snake breaking worked! > > > > Chelby:) > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > > http://www.azgeocaching.com > > > >Jim Scotti >Lunar & Planetary Laboratory >University of Arizona >Tucson, AZ 85721 USA                 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/ > > >____________________________________________________________ >Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com >To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > >Arizona's Geocaching Resource >http://www.azgeocaching.com > > > > >DISCLAIMER: >This message is confidential, intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law.  If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that the dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please notify the sender at either the e-mail address or by calling the telephone number associated with this transmission. Please delete this e-mail from your computer (or discard this fax).  Thank You. > >____________________________________________________________ >Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com >To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > >Arizona's Geocaching Resource >http://www.azgeocaching.com