The Lake Peigneur Sinkhole Disaster of 1980: When The Earth Swallowed a Lake
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The Lake Peigneur Sinkhole Disaster of 1980: When The Earth Swallowed a Lake
On the morning of November 21, 1980, a Texaco oil drill bit on Louisiana’s Lake Peigneur struck a salt mine beneath the water. And then…
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Imagine fishing on a calm lake, and suddenly the water starts spinning. In 1980, that is exactly what happened at Lake Peigneur. Due to a coordinate confusion between an oil rig and a salt mine, the lake pulled the plug on itself. It created the largest man-made whirlpool in history, swallowing barges, trees, and the drilling rig itself. It is a terrifying reminder that "Engineering" isn't just about building things up. Sometimes, it's about accidentally tearing the world down. #History #Enginee
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🚨 THE LAKE THAT FLUSHED ITSELF 🚨 It sounds like a movie script, but this actually happened in Louisiana in 1980. This is the story of Lake Peigneur. It started as a calm, shallow lake, popular for fishing. On the surface, a Texaco oil rig was drilling for oil. Below the surface, unbeknownst to them, was a massive salt mine with miners working deep underground. Because of a tiny calculation error—a mistake in coordinate conversion—the drill bit didn’t hit oil. It punctured the roof of the salt
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