[cctalk] Re: Scada computers and remote terminal units

The UK also has that T-shirt from 2005 - although with gasoline as the overflowing fluid ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buncefield_fire#Causes Martin -----Original Message----- From: Jon Elson via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: 27 July 2025 14:53 To: Doug Jackson via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Cc: Jon Elson <elson(a)pico-systems.com> Subject: [cctalk] Re: Scada computers and remote terminal units On 7/26/25 22:29, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: Yup, it had nothing to do with cyber hacking, just a dislodged sensor.  Union Electric (Now Ameren) had a pumped storage plant built around 1960 at Proffit Mountain, called their Taum Sauk plant.  It pumped water from a river to the top of an old volcanic cauldera about 800 feet up.  They added an additional rim of gravel and mud to raise the maximum level.  There was a state park right next to the mountain.  In 2005, the dislodged sensor allowed the reservoir to overflow, causing the gravel rim to collapse and sending roughly one billion gallons of water crashing through the state park, nearly killing the park supervisor's entire family. Jon