[Gondring]

Geologist Pavel Ivanov explained, "The lake was located on a geological structure which is like a Swiss-cheese. The body of water was rapidly sucked into a biggest hole."

Reminds me of the Lake Peigneur incident, where a salt mine was drilled into and the lake was drained into the mine. I'm sure there are better pages than the ones I linked...just run a search on Lake Peigneur and enjoy!

[Phocion]

Very interesting -- talk about a bad day at work!

[Atchafalaya]

I remember when that happened; the people in Delcambre thought it was the end of the world because the bayou flowed backwards. I also remember the interview of the guy and his nephew who were fishing on the lake when it went.