wonderful
it would be an honor & a pleasure
& i will keep you posted onlist in hopes others will join us too
lets give it at least a few more weeks to dry out now
but with enough cooperation from the weather
i would think it could happen later this summer or fall
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "jparsell"
<jparsell@n...> wrote:
> One time when Joyce and I were there the water was very low,
but of course
> all we had for
> reference points were the State signs by the highway and
where the pavement
> changed.
> Let me know when you decide to go and maybe we could meet
you there. Might
> be able to
> get info on river levels from the Park Service in Harpers Ferry.
>
> Jack
> -----Original Message-----
> From: acroorca2002 [mailto:orc@o...]
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:30 AM
> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] tripoint adjustments Re: Adjustment
of 1912
>
>
> thanx jack & glad you are with us
> & what do you think of the new mdvawv probability
>
> i am preparing to make a fresh try there
> during the next prolonged drop in the water table
> by following or leading the terminal segment of the new vawv
line
> down to the edge of the river & if necessary even into the river
> til i am sure i have gone far enough to reach the truest
available
> low water line
>
> a low water line is a variable line in any case & more elusive
> than say a high water line or a thalweg because rarely visible
> nor is it even guessable nor visitable with much confidence
> unless one happens to know its officially assigned
geoposition
> which we still do not
>
> yet of course thats only because it doesnt seem to have a
fixed
> position yet
> etc
>
> anyway i know all of this is still looking pretty vague
> but i can probably do a little better with some legal help
>
> for i have found no qualification nor even any mention of this
low
> water line in the applicable law except as the low water line
plain
> & simple
>
> & i believe there is legal precedent to interpret such a
reference
> to a low water line as simply the rivers edge at mean low
water
> rather than at historically lowest low water
>
> & i believe such a mean low water line is normally
understood
> as the annual average low water line
> rather than
> & as quite distinct from
> say the low water level of the century
>
> & given the breadth of the river bed there
> the horizontal difference between these 2 distinct vertical
levels
> could be huge
> so there is every reason to distinguish & handle them
carefully
>
> & what i think the distinction if correct means for the try is that
if
> only the season is dry enough in a routine sort of way rather
than
> at all necessarily drought stricken in a big way
> then the tripoint should still be makeable class b with
perhaps
> one dry foot & no equipment
> even if it still wont be more precisely pinpointed than to within
> probably a very few feet along a fixed sight line
>
> would you agree
>
> Yes
>
>
>
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