THE VIDEO SHELF · industrial accidents
Lake Peigneur Drilling Accident
A short documentary about the 1980 Lake Peigneur accident in Louisiana, where an oil rig drilled into a salt mine beneath the lake. The lake drained into the mine, creating a whirlpool that swallowed barges.
Why HN readers recommended it
Linked in salt mine and industrial accident threads as a fascinating, quick account with striking footage.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- ankerssm
- Topic
- industrial accidents
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I bet you know about that salt cavern that collapsed at Lake Peigneur[1]. There should be a documentary on youtube where you can see the footage, including a really big boat going "phoomph" into the whirlpool created by the bayou water filling in the cavern. …
kyuudou on Hacker News · 2020-04
In What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?Also fascinating because we have video footage of it, and it’s as crazy as it sounds. Quick 8-minute documentary on it that I found interesting: [VIDEO]
ljoshua on Hacker News · 2023-12
In Was an ancient bacterium awakened by an industrial accident?
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