ILake Peigneur, ichibi elisesifundazweni saseMelika iLouisiana esake sathululwa emayini kasawoti, okwadala indoda enkulu kunazo zonke eyakha i-whirlpool eyake yaba khona.
IChibi Peigneur:
ILake Peigneur kwakuyichibi lamanzi angenasawoti esifundazweni saseMelika iLouisiana, eduzane nethiphu elisenyakatho IVermilion Bay. Kepha selokhu kwenzeka inhlekelele yeChibi Peigneur ngo-1980, ichibi manje seligcwele amanzi amunyu okuluhlobo lwamanzi anosawoti omningi kunamanzi angenasawoti, kepha hhayi kakhulu njengamanzi olwandle. ILake Peigneur ibingumzimba wamanzi angenasawoti ajule ngamamitha ayi-10, ithandwa ngabadlali bezemidlalo, kuze kube inhlekelele engajwayelekile eyenziwe umuntu isishintshe ngokuphelele isakhiwo nezwe elizungezile. Manje ngokujula okuphezulu kwamamitha ayi-200, ichibi elijule kakhulu ku- Louisiana.
Inhlekelele Yechibi Peigneur:
Ekuseni ngoNovemba 21, 1980, a I-Texaco uwoyela rig Ithimba eliseLake Peigneur eLouisiana liqaphele ukuthi umshini wabo wokuprakthiza ubambe ngaphezulu kwechibi elingajulile. Abasebenzi be-drilling crew babedidekile lapho bengakwazi ukukhulula i-drill. Bese kuthi, ngokulandela uchungechunge lwama-pops amakhulu, ipulatifomu yabo iqala ukutsheka ibheke emanzini. La madoda ayisikhombisa azethusa ngokushesha aqala ukugudlalela ogwini.
Babengazi ukuthi babesanda kudweba kabusha kabusha ubuhle be-Iberia Parish. Bakwazile ukuguqula unomphela ichibi lamanzi angenasawoti elijule ngamamitha ayi-10 laba ngamanzi anosawoti ajule ngamamitha angu-200.
Okuthusayo Kwenhlekelele YaseLake Peigneur:
Kungakapheli ihora nohhafu, babona imali yabo eyizigidi ezingama- $ 5, ukuphakama okungamamitha angu-150 ukuphakama ngandlela thile inyamalala echibini elalinokujula okungaphansi kwamamitha amathathu. Babona ukuthi benze iphutha elibi kakhulu empilweni yabo ngoba i-drill yabo yayingene ngephutha emgodini omkhulu we I-Diamond Crystal imayini kasawoti, imihubhe yayo eyayinqamula edwaleni elingaphansi kwechibi.
Amanzi echibi manje ayesetatazela emayini ngembobo ekhula ngokushesha engamasentimitha ayi-14 edome kasawoti, ngamandla aphindwe kayishumi kunesicishamlilo.
Esinye isigameko esibi sasisekujuleni komhume wemayini lapho abavukuzi abangaphezu kwamashumi ayisihlanu babesajaha amanzi akhuphukayo, besebenzisa izinqola zemoto kanye nekheshi elihamba kancane ngokudabukisayo ukuphuma emayini ayisishiyagalombili ngasikhathi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umdobi owayesechibini ngaleso sikhathi naye wayelwa nesikebhe sakhe esincane ukubalekela umfula ongenakunqotshwa wamanzi echibi. Kwakuyileso sikhathi esesabekayo lapho ichibi elihle futhi elizolile liphenduke laba imbiza yokufa phambi kwamehlo abo wonke.
Ingabe Basinda?
Yize bekuyi ukwesaba okwedlulele, bonke labo basebenzi abangama-55 emayini ekugcineni bakwazi ukuphunyula, kwathi abasebenzi abayisithupha kamuva banikezwa imiklomelo yiDiamond Crystal ngobuqhawe. Abasebenzi abayisikhombisa abasebenza emgodini wokubhola babaleke endaweni yesikhulumi ngaphambi nje kokuba iwele phansi echibini elisha. Umdobi wakwazi nokushayela isikebhe sakhe ogwini abaleke. Kepha uchungechunge lwemiphumela alugcini lapho.
Bafakazelani Ekugcineni?
Yize bonke besindile ekufeni kwabo okunyantisayo, idrama ibisiqala nje ngeLake Peigneur. Babuka ngokwethuka lapho amanzi eqala ukuzungeza “ipayipi” lawo elisha, okwenza leli chibi libe udaka oluzungezayo, izihlahla nezikebhe, okuyindawo enkulu kunazo zonke ezenziwe ngabantu i-whirlpool emlandweni. Isikebhe sokudonsa, idokodo, esinye isiteji sokubhola, indawo yokupaka izimoto, kanye nenqwaba enkulu yaseJefferson Island eseduze kwangena kwalasha. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kwenhlekelele, lapho ingcindezi yamanzi ilingana, abayisishiyagalolunye kwabayishumi nanye bacwile izikebhe yaphuma ngaphandle kwe-whirlpool yawela ngaphezulu echibini.
Nakhu Ukuthi I-Lake Peigneur Iphenduke Kanjani Ichibi Lamanzi Eline-Brackish?
Ichibi lalinamanzi anosawoti ngemuva komcimbi, hhayi ngenxa kasawoti ovela emayini oncibilika ungene emanzini, kodwa owokungena kwamanzi anosawoti avela eVermilion Bay. IChibi Peigneur lalijwayele ukungena eVermilion Bay ngeDelcambre Canal, kepha lapho leli chibi lithululwa emayini, umsele washintsha indlela kanye namanzi anosawoti noma amakhemikhali avela eGulf of Mexico agcwala embhedeni wechibi onodaka. Ukugeleza emuva kudale impophoma yesikhashana engu-164-foot, ende kunazo zonke esifundazweni, nangamamitha angu-400 amagiza kuqhume ngezikhathi ezithile kusuka ekujuleni njengoba umoya ocindezelweyo uphoqelelwa ukuphuma emigodini yezimayini egcwele amanzi.
Imiphumela Yenhlekelele YaseLake Peigneur:
Lo mcimbi uthinte unomphela imvelo yaleli chibi ngokushintsha leli chibi lisuke emanzini angenawo usawoti libe ngamanzi afuthwa kanye nokwandisa ukujula kwengxenye yaleli chibi. Ukusho lokhu, ine-ecosystem e-brackish ehluke kakhulu kunendlela eyayiyiyo ngo-1980.
Imiphumela Yenhlekelele YaseLake Peigneur:
Yize kungekho muntu olahlekile, kubikwe ukuthi kubulawe izinja ezintathu. UTexaco nosonkontileka wokumba uWilson Brothers bagcine bevumelene ngokukhokha u- $ 32 million kuDiamond Crystal kanye no- $ 12.8 million engadini yezitshalo eziseduze nezitshalo zezitshalo, iLive Oak Gardens, ukukhokhela umonakalo odalekile. Abaphathi beMayini yezokuPhepha kanye nezeMpilo bakhipha umbiko ngale nhlekelele ngo-Agasti 1981 owabhala lo mcimbi ngokuphelele kepha wama ukuze kutholakale isizathu esisemthethweni sale nhlekelele.
Kuyamangaza ukucabanga ukuthi kungani babegebha uwoyela ngqo ngenhla kwemayini kasawoti esebenzayo! Ngokweminye imibiko, ipulatifomu iTexaco yayibhola endaweni engafanele ngenxa yephutha lokwenziwa kwemephu - unjiniyela waphutha Ukudidiyela kwe-transverse Mercator projektha ngoba UTM uhlela. Imayini yagcina ivaliwe ngoDisemba 1986. Kusukela ngo-1994, Izinsizakusebenza ze-AGL isebenzise isisekelo seLake Peigneur usawoti dome njengendawo yokugcina kanye nehabhu legesi yemvelo ecindezelweyo.
