Lake Peigneur (disappearing lake) History Channel footage

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History Channel footage of the Lake Peigneur, Louisiana lake that got sucked into a salt mine in 1980.

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that's the first ... ( 5 months ago by chad5161)

that's the first time i've ever seen an Asian person with a southern accent. lol wow at 3:41 cool

thats not a ... ( 3 months ago by fidelis11)

thats not a southern accent a-hole

dude under the lake ... ( 3 months ago by TEEHfan101)

dude under the lake was a salt mine thats what made it salty.
the water from the gulf didn't make it salty

Dude if you listen ... ( 3 months ago by plidder)

Dude if you listen to the commentator at 4:17 into the video, he says the canal from the Gulf of Mexico flowed for 2 days and filled the lake. Knowing that the Gulf of Mexico contains salt water (ocean), and the lake now contains water from the ocean,leads me to believe this is why the wateris salty.

oh now i get it, ... ( 3 months ago by TEEHfan101)

oh now i get it, sry i didn't really hear him say dat part,
ok thanks for pointing that out.
that was pretty crazy having all that water drain down into the mine.
but do u know how they stoped the water in the canal from going into the hole to? or did they full the hold back???

The water ... ( 3 months ago by plidder)

The water eventually stopped flowing from the Gulf of Mexico, because the mine had fill with water. The water equalized.

so the hold from ... ( 3 months ago by TEEHfan101)

so the hold from the lake to the mine was still there????? just filled up???

You gotta love the ... ( 3 months ago by kleinbottle23)

You gotta love the guy's thoughts the disaster that nearly killed him: "I don't care for it."

Had it not been a ... ( 3 months ago by lexiconby2)

Had it not been a salt mine (where water couldn't dissolve the mine), it wouldn't have been this spectacular.
The part about the 400foot gyser of water that shot out of the mine shaft...it's just too funny in a really messed up way...thinking about all the dead fish:(

Whoops! Didn't ... ( 3 months ago by ryanthai2)

Whoops! Didn't these guys know they were close to a salt mine.

that would be scary ... ( 2 months ago by alabel05)

that would be scary shit imagine siting in you boat and a giant whirlpool busts out below you lol

it might been the ... ( 2 months ago by edromanovich)

it might been the salt that maide it salty anyways because when fresh water flows into oceans it does not mix right away but stays on top. so it might be still the salt but i doubt it.

things go on it is ... ( 2 months ago by edromanovich)

things go on it is finne things get used to it.

amazing shit , just ... ( 2 months ago by scatts38)

amazing shit , just like pulling a plug on a sink .

wat idiots y would ... ( 1 month ago by 3124A)

wat idiots y would u dig someone in water dumbasseslol;p

Even Apeldoorn ... ( 1 month ago by etiennealive)

Even Apeldoorn bellen

this is crazy!! ( 1 month ago by travelext)

this is crazy!!

F-New York - MSG me ... ( 1 month ago by TheMeatfilledTaco)

F-New York - MSG me on MSN. ID is in my profile. 1

Pretty dumb. Who ... ( 1 month ago by TruthSurge)

Pretty dumb. Who thinks you can carve out a big hole under the ground and expect it to stay a hole with a huge lake on top? Humans screwing up the planet with no forethought...

cool neat! visit my ... ( 1 month ago by Key00Kard)

cool neat! visit my profile! c

It is dumb, but ... ( 1 month ago by Frenzyk1lla)

It is dumb, but only because the people who were drilling ought to have checked if there were hazards beneath; clearly that didn't happen here. After all, the diameter of the drill bit was only 14", the odds of drilling into a mine are pretty astronomical. This is an ecological disaster; these seem pretty common these days, like the Great Pacific Landfill for example.

I believe this was ... ( 1 month ago by TruthSurge)

I believe this was dumbness squared. 1) Drilling over a mine or cave-like structure W/O knowing it (should have used sonar or something to test first 2) Drilling in a lake OVER said cave-like structure It's like all these radioactive storage bins underground. Sweet. when one breaks... don't cry over the two-headed kids being born. :)

Thats why you dont ... ( 1 month ago by Bradlee6950)

Thats why you dont fuck with mother nature.how come engineers are sposed to be intellegant but theve got no common sense.

Thats real smart... ... ( 8 hours ago by supercooker1970)

Thats real smart.....but anyting to make a buck......

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