1. GC30, 5/11/2000 Kansas, Mingo by The Kansas Stasher
2. GC12, 5/12/2000 Oregon,Geocache by Jerry Connelly
3. GC28, 5/13/2000 Illinois,Beverly by Robert Reindl
4. GC3E, 5/18/2000 New South Wales, Australia, Lane Cove by Paul Edwards
5. GC46, 5/26/2000 New Zealand, Geocache by Kevin AndeO’Byrne rson
6. GC39, 5/26/2000 New York, The Spot by GPS_Fool
7. GC31, 5/31/2000 Kansas, Arikaree by The Kansas Stasher
8. GC1D, 6/3/2000 Georgia, Beaver Cache by Jim Gooch
9. GC43, 6/3/2000 Ireland, Geocache by Chris
10. GC16, 6/4/2000 Oregon, Geocache by Jerry Connelly
11. GC1E, 6/11/2000 Georgia, Tour of Stone Mountain
12. GC53, 6/15/2000 Kenya, Rift Valley (Virtual Cache)
13. GC25, 6/17/2000 Idaho,Camels Prairie Stash
14. GC37, 6/20/2000 Missouri,Missouri’s First – Watts Mill by Steve Brown
15. GCD, 6/21/2000 Washington, Geocache by ajromanelli
16. GC26, 6/21/2000 Idaho, Two roads by Ry Jones
17. GC27, 6/21/2000 Idaho, Eggcellent by Ry Jones
18. GC4B, 6/25/2000 New Zealand, Aukland Stash by nz_etrex
19. GC1B, 6/27/2000 Arkansas, Gorilla Stash by Ed Normandy
20. GC18, 7/2/2000 Colorado, Tarryall by Mike Frazier
21. GC40, 7/7/2000 Belgium, Geocache by Pierre Cao
22. GC35, 7/16/2000 Michigan, Power Island by Kluso
23. GC20, 7/17/2000 Georgia, Marooned
24. GC19, 7/20/2000 Colorado, Geocache by Rob Garrison
25. GC17, 7/21/2000 Oregon, Geocache by Jerry Connelly
26. GC23, 7/21/2000 Hawaii, Geocache by Tim Billings
27. GC21, 8/16/2000 Georgia, Lake Lanier by Jay Chamberlain
28. GC36, 8/21/2000 Michigan, Geocache 612 by Gregory Benn
29. GC3B, 8/27/2000 Utah, Potters Pond by leaper64 & dirk88
30. GC57, 9/9/2000 Arizona,Geocache by Dan Rich
31. GC5B, 9/10/2000 California,Phil’s Memorial Cache (Oldest CA. Cache) by GoodDogSD
32. GC5C, 9/17/2000 Idaho,Southern Idaho’s First! by Eric
33. GC62, 9/26/2000 TexasTombstone
34. GC67, 9/28/2000 Colorado, Paul Barclay Stash by Terry Shelton
35. GC68, 9/29/2000 Alaska, Centurion Guards by Gary Short
36. GC6A, 9/30/2000 Denmark, Kippers in the Jungle by Klaus Alexander Seistrup
37. GC6E, 9/30/2000 Alaska, KidsGeoCache by Gary Short
38. GC70, 9/30/2000 North Carolina, Octopus Garden
39. GC72, 9/30/2000 Finland, Sun Gear by Kalle Reunanen
40. GC74, 10/1/2000 Massachusetts, First Mass by Jeremy Gilbert
41. GC76, 10/1/2000 Georgia, Rock Town
42. GC77, 10/2/2000 Germany, First Germany
43. GC78, 10/2/2000 California, Firestone44. GC79, 10/7/2000 Washington, Iron Horse
45. GC7A, 10/8/2000 Australia, Melbourne’s 1st
46. GC7B, 10/8/2000 Arizona T824 Table Mesa
47. GC7E, 10/8/2000 Arizona, Labyrinth Canyon
48. GC7C, 10/9/2000 Utah Beaver Springs
49. GC7D, 10/9/2000 Massachusetts, Lowell, aka Second Mass
50. GC80, 10/9/2000 Utah Little Creek Stash
51. GC85, 10/14/2000 Massachussetts Camera Cache
52. GC86, 10/14/2000 Vermont 1
53. GC89, 10/15/2000 Georgia Iron Horse
54. GC8A, 10/15/2000 Utah Pony Express
55. GC90, 10/19/2000 Mississippi, Bonita Lakes
56. GC92, 10/22/2000 Oregon Un-Original Stash
57. GC93, 10/23/2000 Indiana’s First
58. GC98, 10/28/2000 Texas Double
59. GC9B, 10/28/2000 Utah Clover Spring Stash
60. GC9C, 10/27/2000 California Rabbit Eye View
61. GC9E, 10/29/2000 New Hampshire NH#1 Mines Follies
62. GCA0, 10/30/2000 California Creekside Stash
63. GCA1, 10/31/2000 Texas A Walk in the Park
64. GCA5, 11/4/2000 Oregon Hembre Ridge
65. GCA8, 11/4/2000 Utah Wah Wah Stash
66. GCAB, 11/8/2000 California Orange County Stash
67. GCAD, 11/11/2000 Australia Devil Bend
68. GCAE, 11/12/2000 New York Sleepy Hollow 1
69. GCAF, 11/11/2000 New Zealand Mount Cargill
70. GCBO, 11/11/2000 New Zealand Flagstaff Hill
71. GCB1, 11/12/2000 New Zealand Unity Park
72. GCB2, 11/12/2000 New Zealand Botanical Gardens
73. GCB6, 11/13/2000 Georgia Yellow River Stash
74. GCBF, 11/19/2000 New York Boston Cache
75. GCBE, 11/20/2000 New York Turkey Cache
76. GCC2, 11/24/2000 California Azucar Mine Offset
77. GCC6, 11/25/2000 Indiana Turkey Run Stash
78. GCC8, 11/25/2000 New Jersey gerbiL cacHe
79. GCC9, 11/28/2000 Texas No Walk in The Park
80. GCD2, 12/2/2000 California Doggie Do
81. GCD4, 12/3/2000 California Bovine Hill Stash
82. GCD6, 12/2/2000 California Born Free
83. GCDE, 12/10/2000 California Igor
84. GCEO, 12/10/2000 Massachussets Aldo’s Andover Geocache
85. GCE4, 12/11/2000 Connecticut Another Brick In the Wall
86. GCE6, 12/12/2000 Massachussetts Willow Brook Wander
87. GCEC, 12/16/2000 Rhode Island Brenton Point
88. GCED, 12/17/2000 Arizona Senda de Tonto
89. GCEF, 12/17/2000 Texas CenTex Prime
90. GCFO, 12/15/2000 Scotland Scotland’s First
91. GCF1, 12/17/2000 Australia Frying Pan
92. GCF2, 12/19/2000 Massachussetts The Silver Lake Stash
93. GCF4, 12/24/2000 South Carolina Modoc Stash
94. GCF7, 11/25/2000 Australia’s Used-To-Be Highest
95. GCF9, 12/26/2000 Nevada XKD-380
96. GCFA, 12/25/2000 Florida Christmas Cache
97. GCFE, 12/27/2000 Arizona Diablo Point Cache
98. GCFF, 12/27/2000 Pennyslvania Stone Wall Stash
99. GC101, 12/27/2000 New York Hudson’s Folly
100. GC103, 12/28/2000 Denmark High Tension in the Bog
Month: January 2011
Did Someone Say “Tsunami”?
On December 29, 2004, elephants in Sri Lanka giving rides to tourists began trumpeting and acting agitated. Chains were broken, and the beasts ran for the hills. They weren’t the only ones acting peculiar that day. In nearby Yala National Park, monkeys and birds had been acting odd all day, turning their noses up at bananas offered to them. Three elephants were seen fleeing uphill. Flamingos fled breeding grounds in Thailand, and in India a lighthouse looker observed a herd of antelope stampeding for the slopes. Most of the animals began a mass exodus to points north, seemingly fleeing from something nobody really understand.
Until about an hour later, when the Asian Tsumani hit, the worst tsumani in history. The death toll in all the affected areas hangs around 187, 000 people. However, in Sri Lanka, where these elephants hailed from, there were 0 reported animal deaths, compared with 30,000 human deaths. No animal carcasses were found in Yala National Park, and all the tourist elephants and all the 250 wild elephants living in the park survived.
Some want to hail this as proof of a “sixth sense” of animals, or that the animals have some kind of deeper connection to the natural world. Others want to disprove it somehow or call it urban legend. I think it is possible that the elephants more sensitive hearing and ability to detect infrasound gave them a heads up that danger was coming, and their survival instinct led them to advance to higher ground. Or perhaps they were able to feel the vibrations of the approaching storm through their feet. Many animals, including humans, are designed to feel vibrations in the earth (we are equipped with special receptors called “pacinian curpuscles” for just this purpose), but most of the time, humans tune this information out.
There are two facets that intrigue me about the behavior of the animals before the storm. Scientists studying the elephants at Yala say their radio collared elephants were acting normally before and after the storm (http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ScientificPublications/pdfs/41A3412A-04F5-48D1-86A7-8BF03813F28B.pdf) , and that their behavior was normal in response to environmental cues. The scientists are trying to disprove the theory that the animals were acting in a way akin to a “sixth sense”, but yet a Google search about the elephants behavior lists all stories about this alleged sixth sense, and only one tag to the scientific paper about these radio collared elephant. It makes me wonder about media and perception and what people would rather believe.
The other interesting aspect is how humans have processed this information. Since the incident and these widespread stories, using animal behavior as an “early warning signal” of approaching weather disasters is being looked into by governments, research institutions, and other interested parties. Expect to see more information in the future on animals being used as sensors predicting natural disasters in the future.
