The Lake Peigneur Sinkhole Disaster of 1980: When The Earth Swallowed a Lake

Louisiana Salt Mines 101 - Lake Peigneur sinkhole disaster. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Early in the morning on November 21, 1980, twelve men decided to abandon their oil drilling rig on the suspicion that it was beginning to collapse beneath them. They had been probing for oil under the floor of Lake Peigneur when their drill suddenly seized up at about 1,230 feet below the muddy surface, and they were unable free it. In their attempts to work the dr

The Lake Peigneur Giant Sinkhole Disaster 1980

It’s been 44 years since a drilling incident created a sinkhole in Lake Peigneur

Lake Peigneur - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia