DaytonaDave
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havnmonkey:
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MythBusters and stupid-diving-tricks
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m3830431
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GottaDive:
How much salt to water?
rottielover
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"They disproved a common belief about "whirlpools"; they simply don't exist in any major size- capable to suck down ships. "
Actually there was a very well documented "whirlpool" I belive outside New Orleans, complete with video tapes (I watched a show on Discovery about it).
Basically there was a salt mine very close to a lake or inlet or some body of water... The salt mine happened to run under the bottom of this body of water...
Some company was hired to do some exploratory drilling around the site, and somehow broke into the salt mine... Well we all know that water can disolve a LOT of salt in it, and so when the drilling equipment was removed the water started to do so.
After a while the water had disolved the salt until it broke into the open spaces of this large mine, and thus a drain hole was formed.
If I wasn't so lazy, I'd search for the event on google and post links But I do remember that several boats and barges ended up "sucked" down into the mine.
Actually there was a very well documented "whirlpool" I belive outside New Orleans, complete with video tapes (I watched a show on Discovery about it).
Basically there was a salt mine very close to a lake or inlet or some body of water... The salt mine happened to run under the bottom of this body of water...
Some company was hired to do some exploratory drilling around the site, and somehow broke into the salt mine... Well we all know that water can disolve a LOT of salt in it, and so when the drilling equipment was removed the water started to do so.
After a while the water had disolved the salt until it broke into the open spaces of this large mine, and thus a drain hole was formed.
If I wasn't so lazy, I'd search for the event on google and post links
But I do remember that several boats and barges ended up "sucked" down into the mine.rottielover
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OK, I'm not that lazy after all....
Lake Peigneur LA 1980
http://members.tripod.com/~earthdude1/texaco/texaco.html
Lake Peigneur LA 1980
http://members.tripod.com/~earthdude1/texaco/texaco.html
Lost_At_Sea
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I like watching them. For me they are entertaining on any subject. If they get hurt then that's their fault, but for the most part I like the show.
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Vampire Girl......er Dork
rottielover:
Holy Cow! What a story!
CrawfishDiver
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I wonder if the water is clear enough to dive??
OP
mike_s
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rottielover:
wow!
sounds like the water in the lake drained instantly, but how long did water continue to flow down the canal and into the lake basin and down the hole?
I guess eventually the salt mine completely filled up and which means the lake re-filled?
(how long did all this take? ) days? hours? weeks?
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