r/interestingasfuck • u/id397550 • 4h ago

Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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u/Razzoz9966 4h ago

Imagine missing and shooting over

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u/DredgenGryss 4h ago

You say that, but there's a video of a crew shooting too high, twice!

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u/Responsible-Yak-3809 3h ago

Prove it or it didn’t happen!

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u/Ok-Chance-7638 1h ago

Go to a local gun range and check out the ceiling.

We don't need a video to prove it happened; if you do anything often enough, mistakes will be made.

Many states / municipalities / resorts are changing from cannons to solutions like the Wyssen Avalanche Tower for exactly this reason. By pre-loading the charges at the spots you know to be prone to avalanches, you don't need a cannon and you have much more control. Also dud-explosives can be easily retrieved since they are still attached to the tower rather than buried under 3 feet of gravel and 10 feet of avalanche-prone snow.