Episode 73: The Lake Peigneur disaster

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4.2 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

What's the worst day at work you've ever had? It probably wasn't nearly as bad as what happened to one Louisiana oil rig's employees in November of 1980.

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody. This is Jennifer Matterese, and before we get started, the usual housekeeping.
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1:24.2	And just on a personal note, if I sound a little strange today, it's just because I'm getting
1:28.8	over a cold.
1:29.7	I seem to be picking up every bug that passes through town these days, so bear with me.
1:36.8	With that taken care of, thank you very much for listening, and welcome to disaster area.
1:48.0	Episode to disaster area. Episode 73, the Lake Pinure disaster.
1:52.0	November 20, 1980.
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