The lake was already alkali and didn't have fish, mitigating the impact (sodium reacts with water to form lye, but the lake was already basic enough that it likely didn't have a large impact on the PH).
Very cool, I never honestly thought about the state of the water before the disposal. I'm a bit surprised that fish and amphibians can live in the lake now. Thanks for the link!
That's the most hilarious video I've seen. The lack of concern for safety, environmental impact etc.. is just amazing. To think how much our views have changed in just 70 years.
Clearly, there's nothing wrong with that, just listen to the music. If it was bad stuff happening in the film, they would have used scary omninous music.
As compared to other environmental hazards the US army has wrought, this honestly seems relatively well thought-out and harmless.
Next time on Cody's B Lab...
The army never, in any country, had any problem with pollution.
They should have dropped barrels of sodium on Nazi dams instead of bombs.
Sodium is harder to transport than bombs.
The problem: a war in which you take away the ability to live on the land ("scorched earth") leaves a lot more refugees and resentment behind. Do you really think Germany would be the lighthouse of democracy and economic powerhouse that it is today, had its foundations been destroyed post-WW2?
What happened to Germany (territory shrinkage and economic sanctions) after WW1 incidentally shows this story pretty well.