METAIRIE TIME
5:3847AM
Friday
October 23, 2026
12369
America/Chicago
Temperature
21°C
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Conditions
OvercastHum
61%
Wind
3.8 mph
CITY EVENTS METAIRIE
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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