Reservoir Breach in Missouri

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Careful of that parking brake in the winter. Freezing slush can lock 'em up and they don't thaw out by running the engine.

That was not true of cars designed by product people. In ancient times, the parking brake cable was located above exhaust pipe so that it would thaw. Today, that parking brake cable is often inside a protective sleeve to rear brakes.

I remember my early accountant designed cars. Apply a small blob of water resistance grease where that cable came out of the sleeve to avoid the cable freeze. But again, parking brake cable freeze would only be due to a human failure - such as someone who washed out that water resistant grease with WD-40.

Meanwhile, back to the Taum Sauk reservoir. If properly designed, an overflow channel redirects excessive water so that the dam would not be breached. When the Taum Sauk water pumps were upgraded, was that protective channel enlarged or sufficient so that overflow could not happen? Just another example of redundancy so that the dam never overflow and be breached.