# Eenie-Meenie-Meinie Where The Hell Did Our Lake Go? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753 "2005-05-20T16:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/1 "2005-05-20T16:05:00Z")
Ok…how do you misplace a lake? > **[Breaking International News & Views](https://www.reuters.com)** This happened in Louisiana too, didn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/2 "2005-05-20T16:07:10Z")
I know what happened…a big flock of ducks landed on the lake and then it froze over and then they all took off. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/3 "2005-05-20T16:09:56Z")
> [@](#): > > “I am thinking, well, America has finally got to us,” said one old woman, as she sat on the ground outside her house. Agent Q-27 reporting mission successful. Lake Relocation project proceeding according to schedule. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/4 "2005-05-20T16:14:47Z")
Oh what a strange story. :eek: From the thread title, I had imagined it was a case of (as has happened here) a new road atlas being published, with the publishers managing to omit a pretty large watery deatail like Loch Lomond. But I had not realised that it meant the lake _really_ vanished. Not terribly fair to blame America, though! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/5 "2005-05-20T16:24:43Z")
Apparently the technology employed in shrinking the [Aral Sea](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/678898.stm) has been perfected to the point where an entire (albeit smaller) body of inland water can now be removed overnight… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/6 "2005-05-20T16:49:48Z")
> [@Taters](#): > > I know what happened…a big flock of ducks landed on the lake and then it froze over and then they all took off. So…did you like _Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe_? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/7 "2005-05-20T16:53:06Z")
I just watched an “Engineering Disasters” segment on the History Channel the other night where something like this happened in Louisiana(?). There was a lake with underground salt deposits which had been mined for years when they set up an oil drilling rig nearby. Due to a miscalculation they drilled right into the salt mine and the entire lake drained into the mine, just like water emptying from a bathtub. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/8 "2005-05-20T17:08:32Z")
A tunnel for a rail link to Oslo’s new airport drained the lion’s share of a lake in a surprisingly short amount of time. The tunnel was going through quite porous rock, was badly sealed, and leaked like a sieve. The first attempt to seal it was a disaster, as the stuff they were using didn’t work and turned out to be a health hazard for the tunnel workers. The second attempt worked a bit better. It’s still leaking, but slowly enough that the lake has been mostly restored. They still need to keep pumps running in the tunnel, however. The leaking also drained off enough groundwater to cause subsidence, which damaged a number of houses and touched off lawsuits that greatly added to the cost of the tunnel. Can anyone tell us what the moral of the story is, boys and girls? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/9 "2005-05-20T17:10:34Z")
> [@flodnak](#): > > . . . Can anyone tell us what the moral of the story is, boys and girls? :smack: Um. . . don’t build your house on ancient Indian burial grounds? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/10 "2005-05-20T17:13:31Z")
> [@flodnak](#): > > Can anyone tell us what the moral of the story is, boys and girls? :smack: Don’t go to Oslo? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/11 "2005-05-20T17:14:02Z")
> [@flodnak](#): > > . Can anyone tell us what the moral of the story is, boys and girls? :smack: The Moral is: When Come Back, Bring Pie. Or Something. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/12 "2005-05-20T17:22:49Z")
I’m inclined to think that **Flodnak** ’s sig line would work as a moral to the story. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/13 "2005-05-20T18:51:22Z")
Did you guys look behind the couch for your lakes? How about in the back of the fridge or the pantry? Sheesh, we’ll have to start pinning your lakes to your coat if you keep up like this. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/14 "2005-05-20T18:56:36Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Did you guys look behind the couch for your lakes? > > How about in the back of the fridge or the pantry? > > Sheesh, we’ll have to start pinning your lakes to your coat if you keep up like this. Or putting a little nametag in the hem of the lake so people know to bring it back when they accidentally take it thinking it’s theirs. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/15 "2005-05-20T19:00:30Z")
MOMMMMM!! Billy took my lake! Make him give it back! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/16 "2005-05-20T19:08:55Z")
[Mom mode]Don’t know where it is? Well, where was it the last time you saw it?[/Mom mode] ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/17 "2005-05-20T19:23:51Z")
> [@Genghis Bob](#): > > Um. . . don’t build your house on ancient Indian burial grounds? 😕 Close. Measure twice, cut… erm, I mean, do your geological homework twice, drill once. Know what you’re cutting through before firing up the machines. And if you’re digging a tunnel in Norway, of course, don’t piss off the trolls 😛 ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/18 "2005-05-20T19:28:14Z")
I saw this story on wierd news, and I thought: How long until **Bosda** posts about this? And will I see it first on SDMB or fathom? This strikes me as being one of those devious super-villain plots. Some superhero somewhere is watching a world crisis monitor going, “Great Scott! Someone is stealing lakes!” ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/19 "2005-05-20T19:34:18Z")
[Here](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4566355.stm)’s a story with a little more detail, though not much. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753/20 "2005-05-20T19:51:59Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [Mom mode]Don’t know where it is? Well, where was it the last time you saw it?[/Mom mode] [Mom mode]Lakes just don’t get up and walk away by themselves you know.[/Mom mode] Seriously, we have had similar situations here in Central Florida. Think of the bedrock of my lovely state as being very similar to a sponge (circular indentations on top with lots of “holes” on the inside). Lakes form in the indentations but sometimes the bottom of the lake will erode and the lake disappears right down into one of the “holes”. Happened not too long ago in a nice pricey development. Those people who bought lakeside lots were sure mad. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eenie-meenie-meinie-where-the-hell-did-our-lake-go/304753.md?page=2)