It would be hilarious if it wasn’t wasting 14.2 million dollars on a no bid contract that we all knew was going to fail since it was, just like everything Trump, surface level.

  • velma@sh.itjust.works
    371·
    10 hours ago

    I could have sworn there were articles circulating this morning that they were pouring hydrogen peroxide in there? Now bleach?

    …that sounds like a bad idea, but I’m no pool expert.

    • Godort@lemmy.ca
      42·
      10 hours ago

      They’re talking about the same thing. The term “Bleach” is ambiguous and mostly describes a result rather than a specific chemical. It could be talking about sodium hypochlorite, hydrogen peroxide, or sodium percarbonate (or any number of other chemicals that make things white)

      • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
        20·
        9 hours ago

        This article specifies the use of both 12% hydrogen peroxide and calcium hypochlorite powder. Hope they turned off the ozone generator too.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        131·
        9 hours ago

        The term “Bleach” is ambiguous and mostly describes a result rather than a specific chemical.

        Sure, when used a verb…

        When someone “bleached their hair” they used hydrogen peroxide, because that would achieve a bleaching effect

        However the headline uses it as noun “dumps bleach in pool”. And I’m pretty sure that’s not correct.

        The article says hydrogen peroxide, but headlines are often written by someone else and I think that’s where the confusion came from.

        • stringere@sh.itjust.works
          6·
          5 hours ago

          Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove color from (i.e. to whiten) fabric or fiber (in a process called bleaching) or to disinfect after cleaning. It often refers specifically to a dilute solution of sodium hypochlorite, also called “liquid bleach”.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach

        • hemmes@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          5 hours ago

          It still also sounds like it could be used as an adjective in the headline. But, yea, they’re sensationalizing things.

        • wheezy@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          7 hours ago

          Yeah. I was gonna say. When I buy “bleach” (literally says it in the bottle) it’s sodium hypochlorite diluted in water. But I’d never want to burn my scalp with it trying “bleach” my hair.

      • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
        11·
        9 hours ago

        It would be hilarious, ironically, if they ended up making chlorine gas because they just poured in whatever they thought would fix it.

        • blargh513@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          8·
          8 hours ago

          I mean, when chlorine hypochlorite oxidizes organic material, you will make some chorine gas. However, unless they used an absolute shit ton it wouldn’t matter much outside.