In 1980, an oil drilling crew working on Lake Peigneur in Louisiana accidentally drilled into an underground salt mine beneath the lake. The breach created a massive whirlpool that sucked in an $8 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While Louisiana's largest lake, the Toledo Bend Reservoir, spans 1,200 miles of shoreline, the state's deepest lake only spans ...
Discover the incredible story of Lake Peigneur, a drilling site turned disaster zone. In 1980, Texaco's accidental drill hit an underground salt mine, creating a vortex that swallowed the entire lake!
IBERIA PARISH — Forty-five years after the Jefferson Island Mine Disaster, one of the survivors shared what she remembers from the day Lake Peigneur unexpectedly roared into the Diamond Crystal salt ...