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re: 1980 Lake Peigneur Sinkhole, Older O&G guys, were you around for this?
Posted on 10/8/15 at 11:14 am to Tigeralum2008
Posted on 10/8/15 at 11:14 am to Tigeralum2008
The gift shop at jefferson island has a lot of cool stories and photos of this event. Its really cool, I would encourage people to stop by.
Can someone explain to me why the bayou corne sink hole didn't look anything like the lake Peigneur incident? I thought they were similar situations.
Can someone explain to me why the bayou corne sink hole didn't look anything like the lake Peigneur incident? I thought they were similar situations.
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Posted on 10/8/15 at 11:58 am to Tigeralum2008
My dad loves to tell this story. I was only 4 years old when it happened, but I was living in New Iberia. I barely remember hearing about it at the time, but as a kid we took a lot of field trips to Jefferson Island and I remember seeing the video about this and seeing the lake with the chimney sticking up out of it.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 11:59 am to Tigeralum2008
I know the landowners at Jefferson Island Plantation and they have all the pics and stuff of the event. There still is a fireplace that sticks up from the original home position. It is now a bot 50 yes "offshore"
They do weddings and receptions there with the lake in the background. Very nice in spring and fall.
They do weddings and receptions there with the lake in the background. Very nice in spring and fall.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 12:00 pm to SG_Geaux
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I seem to remember seeing something that said that it completely changed the ecology of the lake.
Yea it used to be fresh water and it's now a salt water lake and has been since that happened.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 12:12 pm to MountainTiger
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. There was a guy fishing in the lake at the time and he managed to get his boat to the shore before he got sucked into the hole. Must have scared the shite out of him.
That is pretty nuts because if I remember correctly, it wasn't like they were drilling and just kept on drilling into the dome oblivious to what was happening. There was plenty of time for everyone to evacuate, so you would think they would have cleared out the lake as well. 1,300 acres wouldn't take long to cover and notify those on the water.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 12:14 pm to Nado Jenkins83
My Grandfather was in the mine at the time. He worked for Boyce Machinery and was working on the heavy equipment in the mine.
Everyone got out but he said it was pretty scary.
Everyone got out but he said it was pretty scary.
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