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Louisiana Sink Hole Drains Entire Lake


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Louisiana Sink Hole Drains Entire Lake

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When a Texaco oil rig mis-triangulates its drilling position and hits a nearby salt mine full of workers, an entire lake complete with homes, barges, and land drain into the enormous sink hole. Soon the river reverses direction and brings in water from the ocean, swallowing up more land.

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americanjustin

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hole, lake, louisiana, peigneur, sink, sinkhole,

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