Monthly Archives: March 2006

Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom

In 1980,a Louisiana Lake experiences a freak Drilling Accident resulting in a Hole that caused a tremendous Whirlpool…The sucking force was so strong that it reversed the flow of a 12-mile-long canal which led out to the Gulf of Mexico, and dragged 11 barges from that canal into the swirling vortex….

Definetely a cool read. Check out the full story here