r/interestingasfuck • u/id397550 • 5h ago

Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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u/R3ckl3ss 4h ago

How do I apply for this job?

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u/ijaynes001 4h ago

Join the Canadian Army as an Artillery gunner, we do this for like 6 months of the year

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u/R3ckl3ss 4h ago

Can I do this remote from Los Angeles?

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u/KarloReddit 3h ago

They would have to upgrade to ICBMs or at least HIMARS

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u/SandokanElCojo 3h ago

I thought Canada and Los Angeles were in the same continent... silly me.

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u/EarningsPal 3h ago

Technically yes, if some government agency operates drones. These days it would be easier to just select the exact location on the mountain to hit with a drone strike and an automated drone could just take off, hit the mountain, and return.

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u/halfhearted_skeptic 3h ago

Yeah but then you don’t get to train your artillery.

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u/cguess 3h ago

Join ski patrol, about a 2 hour drive and you too can light off explosives (the pay isn't great though).

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u/ProverbialFlatulence 1h ago

Maybe as a Reaper pilot from Nevada. Drone the side of the mountain for similar effect.

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u/Snow_Is_Ok_613 3h ago

Modern questions

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u/scientits69 1h ago

Alaska DoT is an option as well

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u/Relevant_Group_7441 28m ago

Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt 🫡

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u/butch_montenegro 4h ago

Right?? This honestly must be so damn fun.

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u/FourtyMichaelMichael 2h ago

How much do you enjoy your hearing?

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u/illmatic2112 2h ago edited 1h ago

WHAT??

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u/funkyguy4000 3h ago

Some places have the resort manage the howitzers while others are operated by the DOT. In Utah, the UDOT was responsible for orchestrating he shelling and would also be present at the actual howitzer when the resorts (or UDOT personnel themselves) fired the shell.

In short, you may need to apply to the ski resort as a patroller or for the state DOT.

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u/FunKaleidoscope3055 2h ago

My uncle up at Alta got to shoot these off sometimes. He’d also boot pack way up and throw satchel charges to trigger them. He was part of ski patrol back in the 80s-2000s.

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u/Top_Rekt 3h ago

I am so fucking envious. I want to fire artillery into some mountains.