Guys drill for oil in a lake above a salt mine. Hilarity ensues.
This disaster was so epic that it spawned its own baseball cap which one of the survivors proudly wears in the video.
The cause is undetermined?? The morons DRILLED A WHOLE IN A MINE. I'm not engineer, but even I know, that if you have an empty area under water and you poke a whole in it, the fucker is going to fill up. Who were the idiots that decided to drill over a salt mine? And then what idiots let them do it.
Salt mines are dangerous enough without morons poking holes in them. Strange thing is, this is the first time I've heard about this.
"after feeling under the weather a few days one time I went to check my symptoms online. web MD informed me I had Scarlet Fever." -Cam Cam
"I think I got hit on too. An 80-year-old woman said my glasses are very attractive. I told her that hers were pretty nice too.". -Steve
"Bloke came home from work and I'm still in my nightie. I call that a successful day off." --Sarah
From wikipedia
This makes me happy:
The drilling company, Texaco and Wilson Brothers paid $32 million to Diamond Crystal and $12.8 million to nearby Live Oak Gardens in out-of-court settlements to compensate for the damage caused. The mine was finally closed in December 1986.[4]
This makes me /facepalm
Since 1994 AGL Resources has been using Lake Peigneur’s underlying salt dome as a Storage and Hub facility for pressurized natural gas.[5][6]
There is currently concern from local residents to the safety of storing the gas under the lake and nearby drilling operations.
"after feeling under the weather a few days one time I went to check my symptoms online. web MD informed me I had Scarlet Fever." -Cam Cam
"I think I got hit on too. An 80-year-old woman said my glasses are very attractive. I told her that hers were pretty nice too.". -Steve
"Bloke came home from work and I'm still in my nightie. I call that a successful day off." --Sarah
This was awesome. Just that it took 2 days for the mine to fill up, and then 9 of the 11 sunk barges just popped back up "like corks..."
I fucking love forces of nature. And the stupidity of mankind, too.
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You say "disaster", I say "bottomless pit full of awesome"!
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Let the market fix it.
If it is Tila Tequila's dead fiance that's the first I've heard of it. I had to Google Tila Tequila to see who that was.
I just watched the video, finally.
!!!!!
The idea of what I thought it was about based on topic title and everyones reply's: hole poked in mine under lake, water drains suddenly but peacfully out of lake, eventually things stabalize, everyone scratches their heads and has a good laugh.
Turns out it was way more fun than that!!!!
Oil and gas is more important that salt and salt miners.
Variety is the spice of life. Buy the ticket take the ride!
There is no Tila Tequila, only her tits.
is that tia tequilas dead fiance in your avie?
-also it's good they got out.