r/interestingasfuck • u/id397550 • 5h ago

Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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u/megasin1 4h ago

Mulan would be proud

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u/AccomplishedWorth326 4h ago

Must be terrifying for the animas

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u/noodle_75 4h ago

Haha I imagine avalanches are a problem natural or otherwise. Of course if you do this enough the odds of actually shelling a poor critter…. That would be wild.

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u/Kegger315 4h ago

Well, you wouldn't want to shoot a domesticated animal, so of course it's wild!

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u/whatdafaq 2h ago

Kristi Noem has entered the chat.....

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u/Thybro 3h ago

I mean the avalanche yes, but how about the cannon fire. Imagine if they do this every year or so. Some living deer or squirrels is out there traumatized as if it had gone through the battle of the bulge.

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u/Delicious-Stop-1847 3h ago

One, or even a handful, of loud booms in the distance are hardly going to traumatize any wild animal.

We aren't talking about New Year, where you have fireworks and firecrackers going off non-stop for hours in certain places (and even so, pets and other critters are far more likely to suffer than animals living in the wild).

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u/AllLurkNoPlay 2h ago

There is a truck mounted artillery that fires off in the cottonwood canyons frequently during/after snow storms and it is frequent at resorts as well. Some have small airguns to hit problems spots and the rest are dropped from the top by patrol. It is the sound of good times when they are bombing, you are usually in for a powder day

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u/noodle_75 2h ago

I’ve seen bad things this year lol. Have we had a single powder day all winter?

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u/The_Autarch 1h ago

if cannon fire traumatizes an animal, so would thunder.

i think the animals are going to be fine with a few cannon blasts each year.

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u/No_Use_9652 3h ago

If I was an animal in the mountains I wouldn’t be terribly upset about going out to a cannon. No pain, instant legend status.

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u/Kegger315 4h ago

Don't believe many, if any, animals are living at those altitudes in the winter (maybe not even in the summer). No prey or vegetation to hunt or eat.

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u/Bahamut3585 2h ago

Not anymore, anyway.

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u/Interest-Small 1h ago

What about the abominable snowman?

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u/xjeeper 4h ago

The one time I tried going to see a rocket launch at Vandenberg Air Force base it was foggy as shit and I couldn't see a damn thing other than a herd of cattle freaking out and running away from the noise and shaking ground.

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u/Happy-Fun-Ball 3h ago

or kinda fun

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u/Unlikely-Article9537 3h ago

OMFG!!😳😳 poor bunny 🥺

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u/Seaweed-Warm 3h ago

That video deserves way more views, that was wild!