Tag: Lake Peigneur

September 14, 2022 at 10:48 pm

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

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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