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Wonder How Much If Any Compensation Was Paid For This 'Mistake'

Kintarō Hattori · 2007-01-19 04:32:12

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/79034/Whirl_Pool_Sucks_In_Whole_Lake.html Engineers drilling on a shallow lake bed drilled too far and into a salt mine 1300ft below the lake. It created a whirlpool that sucked in all the water of the lake, pulled barges into the hole, reversed the flow of a canal and destroyed…

19-01-2007 4:32am

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http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/79034/Whirl_Pool_Sucks_In_Whole_Lake.html

Engineers drilling on a shallow lake bed drilled too far and into a salt mine 1300ft below the lake. It created a whirlpool that sucked in all the water of the lake, pulled barges into the hole, reversed the flow of a canal and destroyed property.

Wonder did anyone ever have to pay anything for the accident?!

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#2 20-01-2007 2:34am

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Wow, all from a 14" drill bit.
Pretty cool.

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#3 21-01-2007 6:08pm

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According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peigneur

The drilling company, Texaco and Wilson Brothers paid $32 million (USD) to Diamond Crystal and $12.8 million to nearby Live Oak Gardens in out-of-court settlements to compensate for the damage caused.

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