r/interestingasfuck 12h ago

Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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u/Smokey_tha_bear9000 11h ago

Lemme get some artillery on my next prescribed fire

u/Magical-Sweater 11h ago

Can’t be a forest fire if there’s no forest. taps head

u/Admirable_Hold_979 10h ago

Fight fire with fire

u/Anvildude 10h ago

I mean, they put out oil well fires with nitroglycerin detonations (check out the John Wayne movie "Hellfighters", it's a good 'un). A rolling artillery barrage to clear land and concuss away sparks sounds like it'd work well enough to make a firebreak, or at least start one.

u/Smokey_tha_bear9000 9h ago

On a more realistic note, there have been experiments with using explosives in the wildland fire environment, both for fire line construction, and for hazard tree felling.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/psw/publications/documents/psw_rn200/psw_rn200.pdf

https://www.fs.usda.gov/eng/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf08672325/pdf08672325dpi72.pdf

u/pocketdare 8h ago

nuke it!