Originally posted by shoafy
ok...did a search and read 10 pages on the other ats thread on these things. it appears the lids are there and that they may very well be burial vaults...
and i also stick by my opinion that casket burial in the event of a mass casualty situation would be the worst possible way to dispose of corpses.
Yes, I recall from the original thread that the lids ARE there, in special stacks or alongside the stacks. They can be seen in one of the videos on YouTube.
As to mass graves being better or more efficient than body bags or caskets? I think some people are forgetting the intended purpose of the burial vaults: They are built to preserve the integrity of the ground above it. Which means that large numbers of bodies can be "swept under the rug", if you will, by paving over them or building on top of them.
This cannot be accomplished as easily as with large open areas of mass graves. Also, with burial vaults, the bodies within--if contaminated--can be sealed in multiple layers of bodies bags or specialized plastics or chemicals with presumably little seepage into the surrounding soil (at least in the short-term).
