While the side and front yards are undergoing a lot of change, my backyard continues to be a source of a lot of joy. Rabbits are continuously feeding on our lawn and then a couple of weeks ago we saw this doe and fawn enjoying the grass that was in bad need of mowing. I’m kind of torn about this, I love to watch the animals in my yard, but I suspect that those rabbits are what keeps eating my tomatoes and strawberries. I haven’t caught them in the act yet, but as soon as I do, I may need to start discouraging their visits.
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On November 20, 1980 a oil drilling crew was drilling on an island in Louisiana's Lake Peigneur. Lake Peigneur was a popular recreational lake with an average depth of about ten feet. Below the lake was a salt mine which reached as deep as 1,500 feet. The drilling team knew about the salt mine but the plan was to avoid any mine shafts. As luck would have it, the drill was 400 feet off of its target and punctured one of the shafts.
Fortunately a miner noticed the incoming water early and sounded a warning that got all the miners out in the knick of time. The drilling team was also able to flee in time. A lone fisherman was able to make it to the shore in time. The drilling team, along with the fisherman, stood on the banks of the lake and watched in horror as a huge whirl pool formed and proceeded to swallow, the drilling platform, much of the island, 11 barges, a tugboat, many trees, and 65 acres of the surrounding terrain.
The lake had a canal that flowed from the lake to the Gulf of Mexico. As the lake disappeard, the canal started flowing backwards. As the sea water continued to fall into the large hole that had formed, it became Louisiannas tallest water fall, at least for a few days. As the mining shafts filled with sea water the displaced air was forced out the mining shafts. As the shafts filled, the compressed air transisitioned into 400 foot geysers.
Several days after the disaster, and as things came to equilibrium, nine of the eleven barges popped back to the surface and remained floating on the surface of the new salt water lake. Lake Peigneur is now Louisianas deepest lake with a maximum depth of 200 feet. The only lives lost were those of three dogs.
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