How Drilling a 14 in. Hole Created a 1.3K ft Deep Saltwater Lake Out of a 10 ft Deep Freshwater One

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    Lake Peigneur is located in Louisiana near the Gulf of Mexico. Before 1980, it was an approximately 10-foot deep fresh water lake with an island in the middle. Next to it, and partially under it, Diamond Crystal Salt Company maintained a salt mine, with salt being mined near the lake since 1919.
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  • @chrisbaker8533
    @chrisbaker8533 4 роки тому +2160

    When the average person says "whoops", a glass breaks.
    When a mythbuster says "whoops", a cannonball comes through your front door.
    When an engineer says whoops, a new lake is formed.

    • @charlesphillips1468
      @charlesphillips1468 4 роки тому +67

      Ha! You remind me... when I was in 8th grade, our athletics field was next to the school, but higher up then the back of the first floor of school building. Or, put another way, the back part of the first floor of the school was below the level of the athletics field, at just above mid-window height with only a waist-high chain link fence between them. One day in phys-ed class, we were doing track and field and a student (not me) threw a shot put that went through a window of a first floor classroom and bounced off a desk during a math class. Whoops.

    • @rudolfdirks9253
      @rudolfdirks9253 4 роки тому +27

      @J Mireles the school burns, that happened to my chemistry teacher xD

    • @GreatestLoserEver
      @GreatestLoserEver 4 роки тому +6

      @J Mireles The Powerpuff Girls are born?

    • @LockheedRep
      @LockheedRep 4 роки тому +13

      What happens when a nuclear physicist says “whoops”?

    • @underweenie
      @underweenie 4 роки тому +21

      The nuclear test succeeds

  • @matchrocket1702
    @matchrocket1702 4 роки тому +698

    I saw a video of that disaster. There's a guy in a small boat with a small outboard motor on it trying like hell to get away from the whirl pool. He just barely makes it to shore.

    • @deathbycheese850
      @deathbycheese850 4 роки тому +18

      I saw the that too.

    • @castonyoung7514
      @castonyoung7514 4 роки тому +15

      WHERE'S THE VIDEO?!

    • @matchrocket1702
      @matchrocket1702 4 роки тому +18

      @@castonyoung7514 I saw it on TV. I can't remember the show. You could try a search on YT.

    • @jaquigreenlees
      @jaquigreenlees 4 роки тому +44

      @@castonyoung7514 search for Lake Peigneur disaster, there are a few videos of it.
      ​ Matchrocket I think it was disasters of the century from History Channel.

    • @sunnyjim1355
      @sunnyjim1355 4 роки тому +14

      We've all seen it, yet it wasn't shown here... which just shows what a cheap arse channel this is.

  • @AlexanderSLeBlanc
    @AlexanderSLeBlanc 4 роки тому +30

    I go kayaking on this lake. It’s about 15 minutes from my house. Going from being in a spot where your paddle can touch the bottom to knowing that you are above an absolute chasm is exhilarating. As a fun aside, certain brackish/saltwater fish species now live in the lake which make it a unique place to go fishing.

    • @llamasugar5478
      @llamasugar5478 4 роки тому +2

      Alexander LeBlanc it’s like standing at the edge of Flowerpot Island and trying to grasp the idea that you’re standing on a 300-foot cliff. Thrilling and a little creepy.

  • @MrAntiKnowledge
    @MrAntiKnowledge 3 роки тому +171

    "Amazingly there were no deaths"
    *calm*
    "3 Dogs died in the event"
    *John Wick intensifies*

  • @legacyoflore1597
    @legacyoflore1597 4 роки тому +1202

    Well "whoopsie doodle" is my new favourite phrase

    • @steelerspittsburgh875
      @steelerspittsburgh875 4 роки тому +17

      Texaco paid out 52 million
      Former boss on the oil rig
      " oopsie doodle " 🤣🤣

    • @KushBerryJake
      @KushBerryJake 4 роки тому +16

      "I just picked a whole bouquet of oopsie-daisies"

    • @THEfamouspolka
      @THEfamouspolka 4 роки тому +7

      Somebody watches AVE

    • @laurawillits176
      @laurawillits176 4 роки тому +4

      I've always wanted to hear Simon say "whoopsie-doodle."

    • @rcknbob1
      @rcknbob1 4 роки тому

      @thisguy I think it was David Letterman, actually. Of course, I could be wrong and it was two other guys.

  • @LittleMissLeared
    @LittleMissLeared 4 роки тому +383

    "We are so fired." - The workers, allegedly.

    • @Battusai1984
      @Battusai1984 4 роки тому +25

      Unless they had a hand in picking the spot they most likely were ok, i'm an operator in a factory that cuts glass, if the guys in the office tell me "cut this" and it ends up being wrong the guys in the office get the flak, not me.

    • @Beadledom2024
      @Beadledom2024 4 роки тому +6

      Allegedly

    • @TIMEtoRIDE900
      @TIMEtoRIDE900 4 роки тому +3

      @@Battusai1984 The guy on the platform mis-reading the guy in the office's specs, or mis-reading his position from shore markers (pre GPS?)

    • @allewis4008
      @allewis4008 3 роки тому +7

      Workers don't get into trouble when they followed the exact instructions and the land itself is the cause, it's filed under "Act of God".

    • @WexMajor82
      @WexMajor82 3 роки тому +3

      @@Battusai1984 And if the order hasn't been written anywhere, you'll still be the one fired. "I didn't tell him to cut that!".

  • @michaelnadler596
    @michaelnadler596 4 роки тому +2600

    Sounds like the mine-foreman was a real hero.

    • @molybdaen11
      @molybdaen11 4 роки тому +178

      “ Nobody dies on my watch, now let everything where it is and move your hairy ass to the elevator, understood?”

    • @DarkcIoud1111
      @DarkcIoud1111 4 роки тому +152

      If this happened nowadays, the foreman would be like "I thought you guys were thirsty. Keep working and call me if something important happens. Also I gave myself a raise by cutting your health benefits."

    • @RequiemPoete
      @RequiemPoete 4 роки тому +61

      @@DarkcIoud1111 nah. Probably the Foreman's boss though.. U out know people who don't do work.

    • @georgeheld1901
      @georgeheld1901 4 роки тому +37

      jeremy ray for real, China’s coal mines are apparently one of the worst places to work on earth. They are cramped with not enough air, mines collapse or explode on a regular basis, and they release toxic, radioactive gases into nearby towns when processing it

    • @a.westenholz4032
      @a.westenholz4032 4 роки тому +24

      @@georgeheld1901 You can certainly find countries with a worse record than the US, but at the same time you can also find countries with a much better record. Yes China has awful environmental policies in general (except a few that they do more for the sake of propaganda), but it isn't really helpful for the US to compare itself with China, unless the goal is just to make yourself feel better. Kind of like if you were discussing corruption to compare the US to Columbia or Mexico. In comparison to those the US will certainly be less corrupt, but that is far cry from meaning that corruption isn't a problem in the US, just not one of the worst cases to be found.

  • @tomsmith3045
    @tomsmith3045 4 роки тому +13

    Great story! I'd never heard of this. Awesome job of the salt mine crew getting everyone out. I've been in a mine once, also back in the 80's - coal mine - and it was terrifying. Not easy to get out of quickly to say the least, and many, many things to go wrong.

    • @murraymclean5177
      @murraymclean5177 3 роки тому +1

      Kinda like a plane or sub. Everything has to work right. Far more people get gassed from fire then drown in mines.

  • @Aetius_of_Astora
    @Aetius_of_Astora 4 роки тому +2008

    Just imagine minding your own business herding your cow and then the lake decides to belch and kill everything

    • @CafeenMan
      @CafeenMan 4 роки тому +57

      Man... If I had a dime for every time that's happened to me...

    • @MetallicBascinet
      @MetallicBascinet 4 роки тому +50

      I've died from one of those things before. It really sucks

    • @thefloridamanofytcomments5264
      @thefloridamanofytcomments5264 4 роки тому +20

      Have some respect, that lake was my uncle (RIP Ricky ☝️)

    • @paulgoogol2652
      @paulgoogol2652 4 роки тому +4

      @@CafeenMan You would be still a very bad business man because cows cost money.

    • @greenkoopa
      @greenkoopa 4 роки тому +6

      Do you know de way?

  • @princessbuttercup8954
    @princessbuttercup8954 4 роки тому +13

    My uncle worked at that mine as part of the rescue team. He wasn't there that day because my aunt went into labor that morning so he was at the hospital with her. Him and my grandfather also helped with the Big Bayou Canot amtrack wreck. They were both on search and rescue.

    • @murraymclean5177
      @murraymclean5177 3 роки тому

      Mine rescue. No firemen, no ambulance, no police. Only miners enter mines. We save our friends or they die.

    • @ryanleblanc6817
      @ryanleblanc6817 Рік тому

      I’ve read about that Amtrak train wreck. So horrific. Passengers were banging on doors as their cars sank and would-be rescuers couldn’t do anything for them.

  • @TheGuardDuck
    @TheGuardDuck 4 роки тому +960

    It's like when you're digging near a water body in Terraria, and suddenly everything around you floods... And there goes your favorite fishing spot...

    • @erikd4690
      @erikd4690 4 роки тому +33

      Haha, yeah, my reference point for the first story is minecraft.

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 4 роки тому +5

      *doh!*

    • @HardestManInTarot
      @HardestManInTarot 4 роки тому +4

      TheGuardDuck always on a Monday

    • @TheGuardDuck
      @TheGuardDuck 4 роки тому +39

      @@erikd4690 I thought Minecraft fluids don't "really" flow, as in, you can't drain a lake, can you? You TOTALLY can in Terraria.

    • @erikd4690
      @erikd4690 4 роки тому +18

      @@TheGuardDuck true, but fluids do propagate over surfaces in minecraft, so while the lake won't drain, it's very possible that removing one wrong block from the bottom of the lake will flood most or all of your mine network, depending on how you dug it.

  • @prunabluepepper
    @prunabluepepper 4 роки тому +98

    Yep, I'm pretty sure 'whoopsidoodle' is exactly the word they used. 😂

  • @luisdeleyendas
    @luisdeleyendas 4 роки тому +460

    "it's my first day"

    • @IndustrialBonecraft
      @IndustrialBonecraft 4 роки тому +37

      Imagine that at your next interview.
      "So, why did you leave your previous employer?"
      "... Well."

    • @DavidWsTrainVideos
      @DavidWsTrainVideos 4 роки тому +9

      Damn it Homer

    • @molybdaen11
      @molybdaen11 4 роки тому +6

      @thisguy Why should he fire him? He just invested 55 million dollars to train him.

    • @leonarddaneman810
      @leonarddaneman810 4 роки тому +3

      @@DavidWsTrainVideos "I didn't do it." Homer's son, Bart.

    • @Xsurvival-savageX
      @Xsurvival-savageX 3 роки тому

      Data

  • @o.k.productions5202
    @o.k.productions5202 3 роки тому +43

    When a sizeable fresh water lake suddenly becomes a even bigger saltwater lake, you know somebody messed up.

  • @PaulRudd1941
    @PaulRudd1941 4 роки тому +1714

    See kids? Math is important.

    • @ghostnoodle9721
      @ghostnoodle9721 4 роки тому +38

      Calculus however...

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 4 роки тому +36

      *no fixing that with photoshop or duct tape either*

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 4 роки тому +10

      @@ghostnoodle9721 *Bistromathics even more during those excursions into the 5th Dimension and back again without the tedious and bothersome need for going through customs and those costly parallel realignment fees*

    • @miscl_anon
      @miscl_anon 4 роки тому +11

      @GazB hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy apparently

    • @garyshaffer6591
      @garyshaffer6591 4 роки тому +10

      You spelled meth wrong.

  • @fiveninecummins7768
    @fiveninecummins7768 4 роки тому +93

    I bet their boss was real "salty" after this..
    I'll see myself out..

    • @Avenus112
      @Avenus112 3 роки тому +3

      No no, please keep going. Shake the puns on out.

  • @erikd4690
    @erikd4690 4 роки тому +81

    Thank you, TIFO! Next time my soda can fizzes over, I'm going to correct anyone who says it exploded: "That wasn't an explosion, that was a limnic eruption."

    • @DeRien8
      @DeRien8 4 роки тому +7

      Congratulations on your literal lake of soda

  • @DesertFernweh
    @DesertFernweh 4 роки тому +261

    The day Mother Nature yelled, "Wrong Hole, Wrong Hole!!!" Hehehehe,I am going to hell.

  • @the_hanged_clown
    @the_hanged_clown 4 роки тому +49

    4:05 NOW I understand why 42 is the answer to life, the universe, and everything

    • @pirobot668beta
      @pirobot668beta 4 роки тому +5

      6x9=42...in base 13!
      The ultimate secret is that everyone is using the wrong number base!

    • @supervivens3402
      @supervivens3402 4 роки тому +2

      You were 2 seconds off

    • @rcslyman8929
      @rcslyman8929 4 роки тому +3

      42 on the ASCII map is *, otherwise known as the "catch-all wildcard".

  • @DaddyBeanDaddyBean
    @DaddyBeanDaddyBean 4 роки тому +8

    The limnic explosion near the end - limnic refers to water stratifying into layers by temperature. In warm environments, the water at the top of the lake is warmed by the sun and warm air, and since heat rises, the warmest water stays at the top and continues to get warmer. The cooler water below stays there. In cold environments, such as the US Great Lakes in winter, the water at the surface is cooled by the colder air above, and then that water sinks and is replaced by the slightly warmer water below it, which cools and sinks, and eventually the entire depth of the lake stabilizes at the same temperature. When the water is all the same temperature and has no layers, it is called a "monimolimnion"... which is the longest non-hyphenated English word typed entirely with the right hand. :-)

    • @SuzanneU
      @SuzanneU 2 роки тому

      Thank you - fascinating information and an impressive new word.

  • @davidprodigy5833
    @davidprodigy5833 4 роки тому +40

    Definitely a big "uh oh"

  • @sportfuryman
    @sportfuryman 4 роки тому +5

    This disaster was caught on tape. The video is old but completely amazing.

  • @thepeff
    @thepeff 4 роки тому +28

    I've never seen the units "kilofoot" but I am totally on board!

    • @jessehudgins6066
      @jessehudgins6066 4 роки тому +1

      Lmao I was so confused

    • @rosiefay7283
      @rosiefay7283 4 роки тому +5

      @Kuuryo That's already mindfucking: using "standard" in an attempt to specify some non-metric units.

    • @CrankyHermit
      @CrankyHermit 4 роки тому +2

      Worlds colliding.

    • @MC_AU
      @MC_AU 4 роки тому +1

      thepeff METRIC ENVY !

    • @thepeff
      @thepeff 4 роки тому +1

      @@MC_AU Maybe so. The US will get there. It's a very slow transition

  • @tissuepaper9962
    @tissuepaper9962 3 роки тому

    I come back to this video every so often, and it's always just as good as it was the first time.

  • @jaspr1999
    @jaspr1999 4 роки тому +40

    I remember the breaking news flash then. No one knew what was going on but everyone anywhere near the lake was freaking out. I lived in South Texas and it was all three stations were all about talking and hypothesizing about it.

  • @darrylcarnell9095
    @darrylcarnell9095 4 роки тому

    A masterful use of language arts, for that I say thankyou Simon Whistler!
    The content provided is so much more satisfying when spoken correctly, truly inspiring.

  • @dark1810
    @dark1810 4 роки тому +403

    300 pound is about what a man can manage ? the hell kinda super men did they have back in the 1800s

    • @fukumarkzuckerburg
      @fukumarkzuckerburg 4 роки тому +117

      Men that were fit, and weren't dehydrated six pack bodybuilders. Hell, I can manage 300 pounds easily, and my body ain't in the best condition

    • @KaiHenningsen
      @KaiHenningsen 4 роки тому +394

      Don't confuse "managing" with "lifting".

    • @Mondo762
      @Mondo762 4 роки тому +215

      Actually it's tipping the barrel up on it's edge and rolling it to where you want it. Takes both brains and brawn. Try doing it on a rolling ship and it can get a bit hairy,

    • @shanecarubbi7864
      @shanecarubbi7864 4 роки тому +122

      Tip the Barrel at the correct angle and rolling it around from place to place isn't that hard and then to get them pack in tight, shimmy and scoot like you would do a washing machine. One of my job duties was to restocks a shed we kept our oil berrals in and I'm 155 lbs soaking wet.

    • @buttymcbuttsworth
      @buttymcbuttsworth 4 роки тому +97

      Yeah, rolling it is the key. There's a reason barrels became popular

  • @rayceeya8659
    @rayceeya8659 4 роки тому +21

    Speaking of lakes, you think Simon would ever do the ecological disaster that is the Salton Sea?

  • @rancidbeef582
    @rancidbeef582 4 роки тому +6

    I've seen videos and a documentary about that lake draining into the mine. It was incredible to watch. Also, there was a show on either History Channel or Science Channel or something called "Killer Lakes" that has a lot of info about the CO2 event.

  • @Kieran_Martin
    @Kieran_Martin 4 роки тому

    Great video Simon and the crew. Thanks for the video guys.

  • @zevbleuler6998
    @zevbleuler6998 4 роки тому +3

    FYI Re: Lake Nyos In addition to a source of CO2 (volcanic substrate) the climate around Nyos is quite stable, preventing what would otherwise provide weather mediated mixing of thermal strata in the lake. Hence the water at the bottom stays where it is and stays quite cold thereby increasing its capacity to retain dissolved CO2 (until it can’t that is.) there have been other similar events. Lake Monoun was one.

  • @JeskaDax
    @JeskaDax 3 роки тому +1

    LOL I had to watch this video again because I love hearing Simon call Business Blaze "a *BIT* more laid back"! :D

  • @doobiouscannibis
    @doobiouscannibis 4 роки тому +68

    I've lived near Titusville most my life. More of a meth town in recent memory.

    • @garyshaffer6591
      @garyshaffer6591 4 роки тому +1

      Took longer than I expected t.b.h.

    • @OutsideTheTargetDemographic
      @OutsideTheTargetDemographic 4 роки тому +3

      I lived in Titusville for a few years. F*cking impoverished now. My understanding is, the upper half the population pays double in property taxes, as the lower half can't afford it. Gov'ment!

    • @richardlamm4826
      @richardlamm4826 4 роки тому +3

      @GazB Titusville was where the first oil rig was, Louisiana is where they pulled the plug on the lake.

  • @Jobe00
    @Jobe00 4 роки тому +2

    This is my favorite of the History Channel's Modern Marvels Engineering Disasters IV episode.
    No loss of life, but the cascading series of failures was spectacular.

  • @mohoganston
    @mohoganston 4 роки тому +6

    I came to hear about a lake, ended up learning about the history of cask and barrel sizes

  • @davidodonovan1699
    @davidodonovan1699 4 роки тому

    Great work. Brilliant video. Well done. Best regards from the Republic of Ireland. God bless.

  • @HumDoodle
    @HumDoodle 4 роки тому +232

    Simon: No one died
    Me: meh
    Simon: three dogs died
    Me:😢😢😢 absolute tragedy, their sacrifice will never be forgotten

    • @LunaBari
      @LunaBari 4 роки тому +6

      He should have said no humans died.

    • @TerryLawrence001
      @TerryLawrence001 4 роки тому +1

      PETA!

    • @HumDoodle
      @HumDoodle 4 роки тому +4

      @Skunk Ape are you by any chance the type of person who will take everything to seriously?

    • @HumDoodle
      @HumDoodle 4 роки тому +5

      @Skunk Ape you didn't need to comments you know, it's clear you are not a pet person and there is nothing I can do to change your mind about it but you wont change my mind either, you could have rolled your eyes and moved on but you chose to be an angry little turnip instead so here we are.

    • @HumDoodle
      @HumDoodle 4 роки тому +8

      @Skunk Ape anyone looking after 4 children should be mature enough to not leave angry comments on a stupid post about 3 dead dogs, grow up please you'll only benefit from it

  • @lawrencecarpenter638
    @lawrencecarpenter638 3 роки тому +1

    U should see the video of all that water flowing into the salt mine.AWESOME

  • @mikelash9251
    @mikelash9251 4 роки тому +20

    I was surprised that “The Great Chicago Flood” wasn’t a bonus fact.
    Idiots with drills costing millions in absurd water damage theme.

  • @jango20124
    @jango20124 4 роки тому +17

    Holy shit, imagine being a fish in that lake when it happened

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena 4 роки тому +38

    Supervisor:Is this your first day in the job?
    Rookie: Yes, I'm ready to drill (showed his Black & Decker driller)
    Supervisor: we're oil drillers not carpenters
    Rookie: oopsie-doodle

    • @AtaMarKat
      @AtaMarKat 4 роки тому +1

      kirby march barcena “This isn’t Tex. Oak Co. lumber and carpentry?”

    • @davidroddini1512
      @davidroddini1512 4 роки тому +1

      Rookie: Hey a drill is a drill. What’s the worst that could happen?

  • @naomiquinlivan905
    @naomiquinlivan905 4 роки тому +1

    Was glad to hear the mine workers got out safely.

  • @charlescomly1
    @charlescomly1 4 роки тому +7

    Someone heard the phrase, YOUR FIRED!

  • @LetustheDragon
    @LetustheDragon 4 роки тому +4

    I remember this episode of Mega Disasters.
    I still think it's insane how all the miners got out in time. Good work on foreman.

  • @regularpit1508
    @regularpit1508 4 роки тому +4

    1:40 I remembered this story I watched on something on my grandfather's TV either Weather channel or Science channel

  • @lamegoldfish6736
    @lamegoldfish6736 3 роки тому

    Simon's videos are always fun.

  • @davidehrlich5140
    @davidehrlich5140 4 роки тому +5

    I was in Cameroon when the Lake Nyos event occurred. We always pronounced in Nee-os, with the os as in 'toast'

  • @CaptainChris69
    @CaptainChris69 4 роки тому

    I was working for Parker Drilling Company at the time this happened. I remember it like it was yesterday. I knew a few people who were on the rig. The fishing is excellent there today!

  • @josescalcagno
    @josescalcagno 4 роки тому +3

    Sometimes I forget your videos let my brain have a change of gears when I'm bogged down mentally with rl sh.. stuff. Thanks for the video and your content.

  • @jasonwalker9571
    @jasonwalker9571 4 роки тому

    Hi Simon. Fun video. I was born and raised in Iberia Parish, where this took place. I was 8 years old when this happened, but I remember it well. Also, Delcambre Canal, named after the nearby town of Delcambre, is pronouced like Dell-cam. The bre is silent.

  • @treborironwolfe978
    @treborironwolfe978 4 роки тому +12

    You *DO* realize the only reason I'm here..
    I can deal with -8 minutes of strange and unknown content.
    You can mostly thank Simon for that.
    Never underestimate the pull of a strong whirlpool.

    • @shannonrhoads7099
      @shannonrhoads7099 4 роки тому

      That certainly does put a... (puts on sunglasses)... spin on things.

  • @simpson1672
    @simpson1672 4 роки тому +1

    I remember when this happened. When I was a kid in the 60s & 70s, they used to have tours of Diamond Salt’s mine. They had stopped the tours well before the lake collapse.

  • @bartfoster1311
    @bartfoster1311 4 роки тому +39

    Just started this but i am gonna guess... thanks Texaco!

  • @zeusathena26
    @zeusathena26 4 роки тому +2

    My father loved spending weekends at that lake to go fishing. He was upset , but greatful he wasn't there right then. Luckily Louisiana has many places to fish!

  • @randallpetroelje3913
    @randallpetroelje3913 4 роки тому +3

    Talk about a “oh shit we are all going to die” moment to. “Oh shit major lawsuits”. You never cease to amaze. Thanks again for your show and commentary.

  • @upsidedown4155
    @upsidedown4155 4 роки тому

    I do enjoy your style of presentation, good vid buddy, thank you

  • @AwesometownUSA
    @AwesometownUSA 4 роки тому +4

    The engineering-disasters podcast “Well There’s Your Problem” does a really good episode about this

  • @bazookajo6864
    @bazookajo6864 4 роки тому +1

    AYYY I live 20 minutes away from where this happened. I did a report on it as well. Great video.

  • @philipjohnson3225
    @philipjohnson3225 3 роки тому +8

    Just imagine watching a quarter-mile wide whirlpool form just where you were a little while ago... must have been like watching a gateway to hell open in front of you

  • @cheaterman49
    @cheaterman49 4 роки тому

    « It's a bit more laid-back » Hahaha, understatement of the day again :-D BADA-BUM-BUM-TSSSS

  • @Colonel_Overkill
    @Colonel_Overkill 4 роки тому +13

    The most appropriate time in recent history for the words "oh shit!" to be uttered...

    • @PangaeaJAL
      @PangaeaJAL 4 роки тому

      I really hate it when that happens ...

  • @And-rc9yy
    @And-rc9yy 4 роки тому +1

    2:22 Love the action where his hand pushes away the 'Subscribe' logo

  • @RedOnly
    @RedOnly 4 роки тому +6

    "That's nothing Texaco.....hold my beer" -BP

  • @robertmckeown5315
    @robertmckeown5315 4 роки тому +1

    The lake Peigneur would make for a heck of a scary diving adventure.

  • @hypnotix370z4
    @hypnotix370z4 4 роки тому +3

    Yep I knew by the title what this was. I’m from Louisiana and recently learned about the lake.

  • @davemcdaniel4856
    @davemcdaniel4856 4 роки тому

    I could listen to Simon all day. It could be a phone book, but damn.

  • @44hawk28
    @44hawk28 4 роки тому +5

    I had always assumed that they were 55 gallon drums because that's the size drums I had always work with. At 42 gal that would make the oil approximately 246 lb her Barrel

    • @darrylgibson3575
      @darrylgibson3575 4 роки тому

      That's what I always thought too.

    • @SilasHumphreys
      @SilasHumphreys 4 роки тому +1

      A gallon is not always the same. It starts with fluid ounces; a US customary fluid ounce is about 4% larger than an Imperial fluid ounce. Then, an Imperial pint is 20 ounces whereas a US customary pint is 16 ounces, which is where most of the difference comes from. A gallon is eight pints, but the different sizes of pints make a big difference; a US customary gallon is 3.79 liters, while an Imperial gallon is 4.55 liters, or 1.2 US gallons. The standard oil barrel as a unit of measurement is 42 US gallons, approximately 35 Imperial gallons or 159 liters. The steel drums used for small amounts of oil nowadays are 44 Imperial gallons, 55 US gallons, 200 liters, and are fairly similar in overall size to 42 gallon wooden barrels. They're lighter and less bulky as containers, so for a similar overall weight and volume, you can have more oil and less barrel. However, mostly oil is moved as a bulk product, so the important thing is just how much there is in total, and oil companies have been keeping their records in barrels for so long that it's not worth changing over to a more sensible unit.

    • @44hawk28
      @44hawk28 4 роки тому +1

      @@SilasHumphreys everything you say is true, except for one measurement that has stayed the same for hundreds of years. A pint. It is always 16 oz by u.s. measurement. As it has always been. It is actually one of the oldest measurements of volume that exist. And the United States maintained most of those old measurements when the rest of the world decided to change everything, which still doesn't make any sense because volumetric measurement is still the same formula whether it's metric or standard. Length or distance is still measured with the same mathematical formulas, and inch measurements are easy enough to put into digital form. Which was a sold all of the problems in the first place. Apparently nobody took fifth grade math when they decided they wanted a digital form of measuring things. But what the hell do the French know anyway when they're the ones who drove this change after the French Revolution?
      And the reason Imperial measurements are larger that standard measurements, is because the monarchy then has the ability to arbitrarily raise taxes by just changing the measurement standards.

  • @IanRubin2
    @IanRubin2 4 роки тому +1

    Been to this lake more than a few times, actually! The thing I love about this is that when the accident happened, a newly built house on the botanical gardens near the lake got sucked down and the only thing left standing of it to this day is the brick chimney, sitting a couple of feet in the lake by itself.

    • @jenniferryersejones9876
      @jenniferryersejones9876 4 роки тому

      Neat!

    • @pegasusted2504
      @pegasusted2504 4 роки тому

      @@jenniferryersejones9876 Unless you're rowing in a boat and don't see it sticking out of the water ;~)

    • @jenniferryersejones9876
      @jenniferryersejones9876 4 роки тому

      @@pegasusted2504 Ha! Anybody ever dived down the chimney, had a look in the house?

    • @bguilbeau
      @bguilbeau 4 роки тому

      @@jenniferryersejones9876 The house is completely gone. It's only the bottom few feet of the chimney in the water, it's fairly close to the shore. I live about 5 miles from there. Simon's pronunciation of Delcambre (it's pronounced Dell-Come) hurt my soul. LOL

    • @jenniferryersejones9876
      @jenniferryersejones9876 4 роки тому

      @@bguilbeau Bummer. The thought of the house being intact underwater struck my macabre soul! I had an idea that, like 'macabre', Delcambre was only two syllables, but only because we have so many French names/words in Canada.

  • @matthewsermons7247
    @matthewsermons7247 4 роки тому +9

    A resident of Louisiana, I knew right away from the title of this video the subject matter. To be honest, I figured it halfway into reading the title.

    • @fashnvain3194
      @fashnvain3194 4 роки тому +1

      Matthew Sermons me too.....we all know this one, don’t we...lol

    • @daemian2k
      @daemian2k 4 роки тому

      As someone who works in the oilfield I knew what this story was going to be about

    • @EmperorNefarious1
      @EmperorNefarious1 4 роки тому

      I knew it once I saw 14in hole...
      They talked about this in university in one of my engineering classes. The lesson was why there is no partial credit in that class by demonstrating what a mistake could do.

    • @rjduhon
      @rjduhon 3 роки тому

      He also pronounced Delcambre wrong.

  • @NajwaLaylah
    @NajwaLaylah 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you, Foreman LaSalle.

  • @smexyapman
    @smexyapman 3 роки тому +3

    "whoopsiedoodle!"
    Some fired person

  • @sarasotauptoseattle
    @sarasotauptoseattle 3 роки тому +1

    Great video.

  • @chuckmoore8668
    @chuckmoore8668 4 роки тому +4

    I'm sorry this is funny as shit! Can you imagine the look on the foreman's face when he realized how bad he screwed up! The oil drill foreman that is!

  • @beakyturf6336
    @beakyturf6336 4 роки тому

    Taking old youtube videos to make new, bad day at the office videos. I see what you're doing there. Touché.

  • @AshGreen359
    @AshGreen359 4 роки тому +251

    So they were drilling for oil, in the middle of a lake, over a salt mine?
    Someone must have gotten fired for that 😂

    • @md_vandenberg
      @md_vandenberg 4 роки тому +32

      Do you think the drilling and salt companies weren't aware of these activities? All concerned parties knew what was happening.

    • @leechowning2712
      @leechowning2712 4 роки тому +29

      They were basing the mine location on... Well... Estimates and best guesses. Someone dropped a decimal I expect.

    • @jamesbizs
      @jamesbizs 4 роки тому +15

      Lee Chowning lol I can see how 1.4 miles away would be way different than .14 miles away. Woopsy

    • @probablynotabigtoe9407
      @probablynotabigtoe9407 4 роки тому +7

      Human greed knows no bounds

    • @vernicethompson4825
      @vernicethompson4825 4 роки тому +5

      Pity the poor salt miners. They all lost their jobs permanently through no fault of their own.

  • @coinwater8511
    @coinwater8511 4 роки тому

    I’ve been there! The botanical garden that is now overlooking the lake is called Rip Van Winkle Gardens. Might be the most beautiful place I’ve ever been to. I was a bridesmaid at my cousins wedding at that Garden. And TIFOs info is spot on with what the workers at the gardens told us happened there! I HIGHLY suggest anyone near New Iberia check out Rip Van Winkle Gardens!

  • @suzettehenderson9278
    @suzettehenderson9278 4 роки тому +3

    Actually, the Drake well is 1 mile south of Titusville in Venango County on Oil Creek.

  • @kylevernon7529
    @kylevernon7529 4 роки тому +1

    Near Imperial, Texas they did it in reverse. They punctured a saline aquifer and now there is a saline lake slowly growing in size and killing everything it inundates. The well was drilled in the 1970's and the lake appeared 30+ years later.

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke 4 роки тому +3

    That was definitely an "oops moment" that not even Tena pads could deal with... :P

  • @Matthew-el2fw
    @Matthew-el2fw 4 роки тому +2

    My heart goes out to the 3 dogs

  • @hellbillyjr
    @hellbillyjr 4 роки тому +4

    That's insane.
    I could just imagine fishing in the river nearby and seeing the current reverse. Thatd be some freaky shit

    • @vernicethompson4825
      @vernicethompson4825 4 роки тому

      There is a video on UA-cam you should check out that features a guy fishing in the lake when the whirlpool started. He just barely made it out. A History Channel video, I think.

    • @keithgibson568
      @keithgibson568 4 роки тому

      I used to fish on the exeter ship canal in the 70s and you always knew when when to move higher up the bankside when the slow flow reversed suddenly and rapidly, you knew the sludge boat was coming down the canal.
      Seemed like the ship was not moving much but was just kind of pumping the water past it as the water level in front of it dropped about a foot or so !!

  • @tybrady64
    @tybrady64 4 роки тому +2

    What’s amazing is how much salt they took out of that mine! That was a lot of water to get sucked in.

  • @monstermayhem4367
    @monstermayhem4367 4 роки тому +61

    "there were no casualties"
    A minute later-
    "3 dogs died"
    Liar. Those doggos will be remembered and missed

    • @MAGGOT_VOMIT
      @MAGGOT_VOMIT 4 роки тому +2

      _3 Dog Night_
      *_"JEREMIAH WUZ A BULL-FRAWWWG.........WUZ A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE!!!"_*

    • @LisaBowers
      @LisaBowers 4 роки тому +1

      @@MAGGOT_VOMIT I never understood a single word he said, but I helped him drink his wine. And, _let me tell you,_ he always had some mighty fine wine!

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 4 роки тому +1

      That's three more than killed by *CoViD-19*

    • @PangaeaJAL
      @PangaeaJAL 4 роки тому +1

      ... ARE remembered and missed ...

  • @Harkonis
    @Harkonis 4 роки тому +1

    the videos of this event are crazy

  • @bobroberts2371
    @bobroberts2371 4 роки тому +9

    Sounds like the James Bond movie The Living Day Lights. For another lake by mistake, see Salton Sea .

    • @TomLuTon
      @TomLuTon 4 роки тому +1

      If you're talking about the fisherman on the drained lakebed scene, that was 'A view to a Kill' ua-cam.com/video/lj-FvdszohE/v-deo.html

  • @agerven
    @agerven 4 роки тому +1

    Whoopsadoodle! Never heard that one before. Had a few of those in my days, but never ever to this degree!

  • @luviskol
    @luviskol 4 роки тому +15

    They never found the lorry load of Mento's either

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 4 роки тому +3

      #PennDOT *would like to know your location*

  • @genxtinct6207
    @genxtinct6207 3 роки тому +1

    I remember seeing this on an episode of Engineering Disasters. They had some great footage too!

  • @Mad-rg9sz
    @Mad-rg9sz 4 роки тому +3

    The oil workers who watched the whirlpool definitely would of thought they just summoned demons or something 😂 i mean imagine your workplace being dragged underground infront of your eyes

  • @SunnyGirlFlorida
    @SunnyGirlFlorida 4 роки тому +3

    If only they had had phone cameras at that time! What a sight to see.

    • @matthewarnold4557
      @matthewarnold4557 4 роки тому

      The history channel did a hour long documentary on the disaster.

    • @joshuad6553
      @joshuad6553 4 роки тому

      Imagine the drone footage.

  • @fatelvishguy6386
    @fatelvishguy6386 4 роки тому +8

    "I'm never going to financially recover from this."

  • @dj63386
    @dj63386 4 роки тому +1

    My brother was the engineer for Texaco in charge of this rig. It's amazing how many people are finding out about this now.

  • @Kylora2112
    @Kylora2112 4 роки тому +17

    "So you destroyed a lake..."

  • @murderface1628
    @murderface1628 3 роки тому

    I've been watching basically all your channels for years (most of the more recently made ones since their inception) and i just realized you're saying, "wonder no more" while i initially thought you were saying, "want to know more." 😹😹😹 That British accent, man.

  • @kurtengel4652
    @kurtengel4652 4 роки тому +11

    I'm more curious to see how it actually looked happening
    imagined it would've looked like the world itself gonna sink

    • @otakuman706
      @otakuman706 4 роки тому +1

      I posted this before so just copying it-
      "'I told you not to let me run this thing! No, it'll be fine you said?!? WHAT COULD GO WRONG YOU SAID?!?'
      Anyway, video link to this disaster below-
      I was trying to find a video I saw of this a while back. While this isn't the video I wanted with just the 'action' it should be sufficiently interesting to anyone who found Simon's take interesting, though it is a bit less entertaining without Simon.
      Video: ua-cam.com/video/3cXnxGIDhOA/v-deo.html"
      Oh and after that post, I saw a YT source linked in the description, but I haven't actually checked it yet. May be the same or similar, or other footage, iirc there's a few sources. Probably better than mine though lol

    • @kurtengel4652
      @kurtengel4652 4 роки тому

      @@otakuman706 lol well for an event back in the late 60s, I guess these clips are as good as they get

    • @nonplayercharacter6478
      @nonplayercharacter6478 4 роки тому

      This is Louisiana, a sinkhole in Bayou Corne. It might have started out looking something like this.
      ua-cam.com/video/a7cOSzEKvrQ/v-deo.html

    • @kurtengel4652
      @kurtengel4652 4 роки тому

      @@bobbythecajun7869 right. i dunno why my mind was thinking of the 1960s while typing that

    • @vernicethompson4825
      @vernicethompson4825 4 роки тому

      To see how it might have looked, there is a good video on UA-cam, probably from the History Channel, that recreates the event, even showing the guy fishing who had to scramble to get out when he realized what was happening.

  • @bf945
    @bf945 4 роки тому +1

    Fun fact. I did a summer intern job where we studied the lake before it disappeared. We wrote a report on the aquatic life, geology, and sedimentation. The "Delcambre canal" is pronounced "Del-come canal", not "Del-Cam-bre" canal.

  • @thepezfeo
    @thepezfeo 4 роки тому +5

    A standard US 55 gallon drum is usually stated as 44 Imperial gallons/ 200 liters.

    • @GrizzAxxemann
      @GrizzAxxemann 4 роки тому +1

      205 litres. At least all the standard 55 gallon drums have said that was their nominal capacity. But whats a few litres in the grand scheme, eh?

  • @VerifyTheTruth
    @VerifyTheTruth 4 роки тому +1

    This Reminds Me Of Baton Rouge And The Gulf Oil Spill. You Know, All These Salt Formations Are Apparently Connected Regionally.

  • @dakunssd
    @dakunssd 4 роки тому +3

    Seriously, "Well there's your problem Podcast" did the Lake Peigneur disaster just 4 days ago. Have you been peeking, Mr. Whistler?

  • @timmycrw91
    @timmycrw91 4 роки тому +1

    Thankfully no one was killed. and .so. this is actually hilarious in a way.