LAKE PEIGNEUR, La. (KLFY) — 40 years ago, a catastrophe like no other occurred in Acadiana. The largest manmade whirlpool and tallest waterfall in the state were created when an oil drill and… ...

The Lake Peigneur drilling disaster saw an oversight result in a dramatic reshaping of the Louisiana landscape. The resulting sinkhole swallowed up a drilling platform, several barges, trees, and ...

In 1980, Texaco drilled down to look for oil beneath Lake Peigneur. A little too far down. The mistake drained the entire lake like a bathtub, creating an enormous whirlpool that consumed barges ...

A placid, roughly 1,000-acre lake near New Iberia, Peigneur was a haven for fishermen and a scenic backdrop to Rip Van Winkle Gardens, a 20-acre paradise of tropical plants developed by John Lyle ...

On the morning of November 21, 1980, a Texaco oil rig team on Louisiana's Lake Peigneur noticed that their drill had seized up below the surface of the shallow lake. The twelve men were baffled ...

Lake Peigneur, located near New Iberia in southern Louisiana, was once a peaceful freshwater lake renowned for its scenic beauty and abundant wildlife. Families fished along its shores, ...

LAKE PEIGNEUR, La. (KLFY) — 40 years ago, a catastrophe like no other occurred in Acadiana. The largest manmade whirlpool and tallest waterfall in the state were created when an oil drill and ...

LAKE PEIGNEUR, La. (KLFY) — 40 years ago, a catastrophe like no other occurred in Acadiana. The largest manmade whirlpool and tallest waterfall in the state were created when an oil drill and ...

LAKE PEIGNEUR, La. (KLFY) — 40 years ago, a catastrophe like no other occurred in Acadiana. The largest manmade whirlpool and tallest waterfall in the state were created when an oil drill and ...