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From the link it appears there were no deaths in this disaster. I'm genuinely surprised everyone managed to escape, I would expact that a lake draining into a m

• kijin 7y ago
  The hole was only 14 inches across at the beginning, and grew larger as the flow eroded away the surrounding rock. I remember reading elsewhere that it took a few hours for the lake to drain. The drill had penetrated one of the lower levels that protruded further underneath the lake, not the top of the mine as one might assume. This gave workers on the upper levels more time to evacuate. The fact that it happened very early in the morning might also have helped.
• tunap 7y ago
  Fascinating story, even more amazing nobody died when you realize barges were sucked down into it and the ocean water ran miles(?) inland to fill the void. Saw this documentary on TV a decade or so ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_iZr2-Coqc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_iZr2-Coqc
  • dsfyu404ed 7y ago
    It didn't sink them permanently. The whole story is just one crazy thing after another. > Days after the disaster, once the water pressure equalized, nine of the eleven sunken barges popped out of the whirlpool and refloated on the lake's surface. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peigneur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peigneur