ERATH TIME
5:1940AM
Monday
October 19, 2026
12369
America/Chicago
Temperature
11°C
☀️
Conditions
Clear skyHum
92%
Wind
4.9 mph
CITY EVENTS ERATH
Louisiana CURIO • #1 OF 2
The Catastrophic Lake Peigneur Whirlpool of 1980
When an oil rig drilling in Lake Peigneur accidentally breached a salt mine 1,300 feet below, the resulting vortex drained the entire lake into the cavern, swallowing 11 barges and reversing the flow of the Delcambre Canal without a single fatality.
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