Massive power of a small piece of metal.

[JerryBoBerry]

Had to watch this for drilling class. Very interesting how much damage can happen from one little math mistake.

It's 8 minutes long but it's very cool to see.

 

[southsamurai]

ok, that was freaky cool to see!

 

[LaylaDarlin]

Literally awesome.

 

[God]

in chemistry class my teacher once put a piece of pure potassium into a glass of water.

 

[JerryBoBerry]

in chemistry class my teacher once put a piece of pure potassium into a glass of water.

Did it swallow a barge whole? I think not.

 

[IsabellaSnow]

That'd be really awkward for the drillers who knew they'd fucked up... watching not only the entire lake disappear including barges, but also seeing all the land going and the panic it'd be causing. You know like when someone farts but doesn't say anything and everyone's wondering who it was, kind of like that but on a MASSIVE scale.

 

[EdgarAllenWhoa]

Basic science and nature...kicking our ass because we deserved it...love it.
I'm glad no one got killed, actually its a miracle no one died.

For whatever reason it reminded me of that town Centralia where some one ignited the coal mine.
Everyone had to flee because the coal still burns underground and will burn for the next 250 years.

So its been 30 odd years...I wonder what the long term impacts has been on that area since then?

 

[CallMeWilliam]

Reminds me of this video.

 

[JerryBoBerry]

Basic science and nature...kicking our ass because we deserved it...love it.
I'm glad no one got killed, actually its a miracle no one died.

For whatever reason it reminded me of that town Centralia where some one ignited the coal mine.
Everyone had to flee because the coal still burns underground and will burn for the next 250 years.

So its been 30 odd years...I wonder what the long term impacts has been on that area since then?

I've read up on it a bit. There were a few dogs that died in the incident but yeah, total miracle no humans died at all. The salt mine closed down permanently, obviously. They are currently using the area under the salt dome to store natural gas. And since the lake has turned from freshwater to saltwater there's been a total change in the ecology. I guess in the hole area itself they are pulling out nice size red snappers now from the deeper parts.

A lot of people got paid off by the oil company. There was some dispute about whose fault it actually was. The mining company which was owned by Morton's salt company (or just contracted by them, don't know which) turned over maps that didn't have the older mines from the early 1900's. So the oil company was saying they were drilling in the right spot but didn't know there was a shaft there to be avoiding. The salt company said it was a surveying error on the oil company's part. There's no way of proving either now because all of the evidence got sucked down the hole. But with the public perception the way it was the oil company figured there was no way they'd win in court and settled quick.