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Colonial pipeline - idiots and now lying (?) about ~1M gal spill.

Idiots because you never, ever connect operations control software" to anything that connects to the outside/internet. Want to work from home? Fine, on tasks not related to opetations.

Continued idiocy - no backups? Wtf

Lying - i read theres been an ongoing leak at 3-5kgal/day somewhere in NC. Total leak/spill of 1.1M gallons of product. Ummm, ever hear of flow meters on inlet and outlet? How the heck did that go on for months on end? I get a sense there is BS in this story somewhere.

I get it, things break and humans arent infallable. Sorry, no pass on this one colonial.

Oh, and where are the inspectors/regulators? Making similar stjpid decisions that we saw in Texas in the winter.

There never just one cockroach, just saying. Wonder what else is vulnerable due to stupidity? Airplane control? Airplanes? Nuke plants? Water treatment? Drawbridges? Elevators? Just wondering.

[Post edited by ColoVT82 at 05/11/2021 11:55AM]

Posted: 05/11/2021 at 11:55AM

Colonial pipeline - idiots and now lying (?) about ~1M gal spill. -- ColoVT82 05/11/2021 11:55AM

Light distillate spills are the worse all the way around...clean up is... -- Major Kong 05/11/2021 3:10PM

Yep. Still, 1M gallons? They sure were on it!/sarc ** -- ColoVT82 05/11/2021 3:41PM

1.6 M was my record but heavy distallates, easy clean up. ** -- Major Kong 05/11/2021 4:03PM

They had an opening last month for dir, external comms, I almost applied 4 -- WestyHokie 05/11/2021 2:47PM

You would be on TV! ** -- ColoVT82 05/11/2021 3:42PM

The leak in NC was repaired some time ago. It was -- fordham 05/11/2021 12:55PM

WRT the backups..... -- BleedinOandM 05/11/2021 12:23PM

My point is yes, they are. Thats why one air gaps operations control s/w ** -- ColoVT82 05/11/2021 3:44PM

Any clue if entry point was RDP or TeamViewer? ** -- FfxStationHokie 05/11/2021 12:35PM

No clue ** -- BleedinOandM 05/11/2021 1:54PM

I have a coworker that lives in the area -- Tombo 05/11/2021 12:19PM

Reality is we will never really know what happened, or is happening -- extremehokie 05/11/2021 12:11PM

Just yesterday NPR was reporting there was not going to be any supply issue -- HokieTV 05/11/2021 3:16PM

Wish the media did not cover this one. Then we would not have -- VTMONEY94 05/11/2021 1:14PM

You got that right. I detest our media. ** -- Hoakie82 05/11/2021 12:49PM

Colonial pipeline - idiots and now lying (?) about ~1M gal spill.

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