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Did I miss the part as to why they were drilling into a mine through a lake?
They were oil prospecting and drilled in the wrong spot Also http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=12215
This is a way of mining salt called 'slush mining'. The salt water flows out of the entrance to the mine and into giant buckets, where it dries.
super dupe
"I Survived Lake Peigneur" hat worn non-ironically
"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.[7]"
Oops.
Barely any footage of the actual lake draining.
Have you ever sat in a bath tub?
Are you implying I was drilling for things I shouldn't have been?
No, I haven't ever shat in a.... oh.
I don't understand. Why is there something educational airing on the History Channel?
This is a very old video