Hail cannon seemingly helps cranberry farmer

[@klixtrio7760]

Good reporting. I like how they talked to the weather guy and showed both opinions.

[@EatsLikeADuck]

One side is based on science and the other is junk. Boom!

[@adyandrey23andrey]

In my country (especially the county where I live) they launch anti-hail rockets. They are silver iodine filled rockets that actually do something and not just create sound waves. They do this to protect their crops and most importantly, the symbol of the county, the vines, which are quite vulnerable to hail

[@tloutfitters]

In my county(especially the one where I live)... LMAO

[@adyandrey23andrey]

@@tloutfitters read again. I said "in my countRy (especially the counTy where I live)". That means it is usual in the Country, but especially usual in the region where I live.

[@anjaninator]

@@adyandrey23andrey what country of you don’t mind?

[@adyandrey23andrey]

@@anjaninator yes, I don't mind, it's Romania

[@AP2brolic]

@@adyandrey23andreyfree Top G

[@timothyswag3594]

I wear green shoes on days that there might be thunderstorms with hail. It's helped prevent the hail

[@666t]

Thank you for your science

[@choke666]

You're a real simple kinda folk aren't ya?! Maybe actually look into the science behind what you are ignorantly mocking. -Or don't. I don't have to be around you so i don't care. Consider it a hand up on the rock you live under. 😬

[@a_coloradan8689]

Badger how about you take a joke :/

[@welllsaiddddd]

stupidity must run in the family

[@jaredf6205]

You have to wonder how far these air blasts go. If anything, it’s an incredibly well built vortex cannon.

[@Goldenkitten1]

A quick google says that producers say that the max distance the wave can travel is 500m........and yet they tell you to already have it going at max volume long before the storm is even there to "work" despite the fact they'd be doing nothing if that's their max distance. Definitely sounds like bs. But as you observed definitely looks like it could have potentially effective other uses.

[@fredfuchs6783]

@@Goldenkitten1 500m XD the hail in the thunderstorms form at thousands of m up in the air. Even if it could reach higher there would be no effect on the hail formation whatsoever! Have these people no clue about the turbulent conditions inside a thunderstorm? This little vortex would be eaten like a water pistol squirting in the niagara falls. This is hocus pocus nonsense. I won't say they are stupid, just very ignorant and gullible

[@nicklavorata1653]

The sound that it makes sounds cool

[@gertnood]

It's easy to say you prevented something when it didn't happen in the first place. Who can argue with you?

Yeah, the actual research into it has proven it doesn't work.

[@papperman38]

Man sounds like Johnny Cash. I was waiting for him to start singing Hurt.

[@christopherleecowan]

The farmers around my house used them for 20 years and I only got pea sized hail at the house. Last year with the population growth and the noise complaints the hail cannons where removed. I now have had tennis ball size hail at my house. I think that they work. Had large hail before the cannons and I now have it again after the removal of them.

did you take the day off from school when they explained that correlation is not causation, or did you just get dumber as you got fatter?

[@janitare8829]

An old man from Croatia told me that,long time ago they used Church Bell Rings as a Hail Canon.

[@andro7862]

In Croatia we use silver iodide enhanced rockets to prevent hail. It's questionable how effective it is, but it's the coolest job on the planet.

Dumb AF

[@CarlosAM1]

Everything is a hail cannon now I guess. Vortex cannons, bells, sacrificing a lamb, eating 5 tons of sugar a day, etc.

[@zwhirlwhorled7570]

Have they tried silver bells on a rocket? Hehe

[@CarlosAM1]

@@zwhirlwhorled7570 a rocket fired out of a vortex cannon that uses 5 tons of sugar fuel and has a church bell. The perfect anti-hail system

[@gamebro511]

Wouldn't the sonic booms from lightning which almost always accompanies hail, be vastly louder and more effective then a little machine like this on the ground could ever hope to do? And even with all that lightning and all those booms, we still get hail. I don't see why this would work? Fun device though! Would be great on 4th of july for the sound.

[@euqat]

You need the shockwave to have the right properties. Frequency, amplitude, speed, direction. Just like when you try to break a glass with your voice

[@Dodo-ze5ep]

@@euqat But I doubt that the air vortex even reaches the clouds, they're way to high and the cannon is just "spectacular" on short ranges up to about 100 yards or so.

Admit it @gamebro ...you watched this video right after and copied what they said. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH6Qp6uYlKenac0

[@gamebro511]

@ Nope, never seen those guys before. That's weird you went there though. I think what I asked is what a lot of people would say? Is that not reasonable? I haven't followed this tech story at all in the past 2 years, how's it going these days? It would be great if it worked. I am too busy these days to follow sci news like I used to.

[@aka_pierre]

It's possible. It's also possible that the thunder shockwave is coming from a different direction and thus doesn't have the same effect. This is one of those science experiments that's impossible to perform and replicate. If he's had success over the past 19 years at a fraction of the cost... More power to him.

[@gagewesterhouse9558]

We get hail about once every two years. I live about 5 miles away from him. He was never losing 10% a year.

[@stony42069]

They said he had that thing almost 20 years... $1000 a year in gas... Then after 20 years he finds out it was all for not..... ROFL

[@ishikawa1338]

Old farmers like him r idiots

[@DLJeeves]

Lies, I live with him.

[@polarjet1833]

Did you literally not listen to the video, it says a hail cannon only works for 1 1/2 miles and he has one cannon near his fields, you do the math

[@MrPowerYak]

Panzer Ausf Productions that’s at least 4 miles of coverage.

[@frankless4672]

I never knew there could be less complaints than no complaints

[@dw6015]

Those cannons have been known to cause average amounts of most things along with outlier activity of some things in the area.

[@justvoorfun]

Wtf are you even saying?

[@jamespindera3401]

Exactly. 😂

[@SteveFrenchWoodNStuff]

What the fuck are you talking about, moron?

[@danielpenn1734]

Do you really expect us to believe a scientist. No way, I believe in this guy

[@zwhirlwhorled7570]

Austria also has those big horns for communicating mountain to mountain. Kept the hail away but brought the aliens right to us.

[@djsonicc]

were they friendly aliens?

[@shauncry1917]

Wicked

[@scoremat]

1:06 "When we head out in our Fox 11 Storm chaser, one of the things we look for is the nearest drive thru"

[@bamcr1218]

1:04 first time I’ve heard someone use that word outside of granny in the Beverly Hillbillies. Pert’near😂😂

[@SteveFrenchWoodNStuff]

Confirmation bias at its finest. I'm glad this news channel took a sensible, skeptical approach to the story.

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH6Qp6uYlKenac0

[@scootersonlyrepair]

Thats the old guy from the ocean spray commercial where he was standing in the bog.

[@A3Kr0n]

LISA: "I can claim that this rock keeps tigers away" HOMER: "It doesn't work, it's just a stupid rock" LISA: "But I don't see any tigers around here do you?" HOMER:" Lisa, I want to buy that rock!"

[@felipegonzalez1174]

In Mexico they use them to protect avacodos

[@ADRIAAN1007]

Yeah nah... he has a good string of luck. It would stand that the shockwaves from the lightning in a thunderstorm are far more powerful, if they are not causing a disruption to the formation of hail what noticeable effect would this cannon have?

[@GlitchMcGuffin]

from what I've read about them they are like puffs of an f4 tornado. It's a ring of air the sounds like a jet breaking the sound barrier. It's a really strong puff of wind I guess..

[@ADRIAAN1007]

@@GlitchMcGuffin"In summary, for dealing with hailfall risks the use of cannons or explosive rockets is waste of money and effort." - LIST, R., 2004: Weather modification, a scenario for the future. Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc. 85,51-63. Here is the pdf with 26 citations outlining the ineffectiveness of hail cannons. www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download%3Fdoi%3D10.1.1.693.5163%26rep%3Drep1%26type%3Dpdf&ved=2ahUKEwino6CfmdreAhXbV30KHVm_DdMQFjAVegQICRAB&usg=AOvVaw0qWFb2u6iKaYVxOiVFN6nt

@@GlitchMcGuffin from 'what you read'? where? What did you read? Link to it so we can read it too.

[@masterxiong7368]

Dude I love oceanspray.

[@rivalrepairs]

It could be seeding the storm and minimising the mosture need for large hail. That vortex is traveling right up and is likely carrying hardocarbon particules up with it.

[@starboy3735]

This was my fucking news guy holy shit i clicked on this and didnt even realize until i saw that face and just BOOM memories

[@nateoneill9348]

I would hate to be the bird flying over that thing 🤣

[@killjoycola]

If that's the theory then, it should also stop tornadoes

[@spankthemonkey3437]

We have to get this in the field right now and let Reed Timmer try it

[@fathfez7991]

Yes, it's incredulous how people still use these devices, it was literally from the late 19th century. Thunder is a much more powerful sonic wave and is usually found in the same storms that generate hail, yet it never seems to disturb the growth of hailstones.

[@killjoycola]

@@spankthemonkey3437 you know Reed? I'll tell him you said that lol

[@killjoycola]

@@fathfez7991 it's heat.. not sound.. its basically a heat gun.. they also have an opposite technique that causes storms.. its called cloud seeding..

[@slbrewer2458]

this was first invented in Austria in 1890

[@SteveFrenchWoodNStuff]

Probably by a snake oil salesman.

@@SteveFrenchWoodNStuff scientifically reviewed and proven to be bogus a long long time ago. Funny how local news doesn't bother doing the slightest research... meanwhile UK comedy shows make fun of it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH6Qp6uYlKenac0

[@rashitaish]

like for the 'no issues' said by the anchor for the super loud noise

[@davecrupel2817]

This should be called the Butterfly cannon.

[@ValmisFilm]

Did this reporter play in "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" series?

[@caseytbss]

What’s the update?!? It’s been 9 more years?!?

[@compumundohipermegared917]

the uptade is drought in my area because of these stupid canyons

[@vickijo2343]

That's pretty rude to affect everyone's weather just to protect your own business...build some removable overhead covers.....

[@patrickm5217]

Over entire fields? You know how much time and money that would take every year?

[@samuelfitzsimmons8907]

Why ia it rude?

[@kevina5337]

Is there anyone in the world who likes hail ?

[@ishikawa1338]

Potters and idiot

if you mouth breathers bothered to look it up, you'd quickly discover it's fake. I mean, they exist but do not produce the results claimed... they don't do anything but make a loud noise.

[@daraechols3370]

The theory behind it makes sense.. but you would need a much bigger cannon to alter the weather

[@fredfuchs6783]

In what possible way does the theory behind it make sense??? Hail is formed when little nuggets of ice are thrown up and down inside an extremely turbulent cloud. There are updrafts and downdrafts so strong that that they would break an aircraft apart There are NO aircraft certified for the level of turbulence in these clouds. Lifting chunks of ice is nothing to these air currents inside the cloud. The hail rises and falls while collecting more water ever growing in size and at some point it's finally ejected as hail, it might not even be because they are too heavy but because they get ejected sideways out of the current because of wind shear. Hail often falls in front of the cloud under the "anvil" part. So... what effect could this tiny little vortex with the energy of a few drops of gas for each blast have on these enormous air currents going up and down in the cloud producing the hail? absolutely 0! It's like throwing a paper airplane on a freight train, it does nothing!!! It doesn't interrupt the process inside the thunderstorm in any way at all!!! It's a scam! But you are correct, a much bigger cannon, something like an atomic bomb could have the desirable effect.

[@gamebro511]

This reminds me of HAARP, and how people believe it can alter weather. Just silly.

[@nunyabizznizz7326]

neighbors wondering wtf that noise is..........

[@holyravioli5795]

A shame they dont work.

[@mrmoncherz2574]

i wonder what happens if they crank the velocity up? or make the barrel wider or bigger

[@dglesterhardunkichud4287]

*cough cough* it's global warming, not your hail cannon *cough cough*

[@tallpaul9475]

Muffin top with glasses.

[@catchthewind8563]

Whether it works or not, it is still pretty cool!

[@SoulPurposeGarage]

Yet y'all blame my car for the atmosphere being destroyed

[@northerniltree]

By placing cranberry bogs in arctic areas, farmers can forget about hail altogether.

[@asadullahsadiq603]

We need it for Texas For Hails to protect our cars No more hails

[@bogumikowalski4453]

The hail canon destroYS storm and hail

no it doesn't it's fake

[@stephensnell1379]

@ that's more than true what you have said The bloke will still experience damage from hail as big as grapefruits

[@fathfez7991]

Though it doesn't fix hail storms, it does cause birds to die and drain electricity, this increasing global emission.

[@AuBo97]

Sounds like a BO1 Ray Gun

[@Acoustic_Theory]

Riiii-co-laaaa

[@trilexi]

Why here tho

[@vulcrums]

you deserve and award for this comment..

[@suetaylor1127]

Pert neer ever yeaer.. That man is the salt of the earth type folks.

[@2MeterLP]

Big storms have energy comparable to nuclear bombs, a propane cannon isnt going to do anything to disrupt that.

[@compumundohipermegared917]

This causes drought elsewhere and locally. For 10% on loses is not worth to change climate, noise pollution is relevant, too.

[@qleverone]

Mythbusters already busted this.

[@treylittrell858]

The scrolling story about gay marriage really dates this video

[@welllsaiddddd]

listen to these meteorologists who cant predict the weather half the time give expert opinions and their followers who post stupid comments for weather men that cant presict the weather half the time..lmfao

[@RiggyRonnie]

He just likes to shoot the thing lol

[@drereyes8388]

🗣💦🔥 The News anchor looks like Jared Fogle before the bad news !?😱🤣¡¿ 🤭…😬…😶 I think I just lost my typing privileges.

[@katoy9976]

Yağmur bulutları?🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@MrJocklimewood]

Wasn't this some suppressed research in the 60s?

[@volvo245]

That sounds like a challenge, Mr. Weatherman. Lets see if that cloud can take blasts from a hail cannon 300ft in diameter. Nukes are also man made as are rain seeding rockets and airplanes. Stupid bugman.

[@shauncry1917]

jet streams are a CONSPIRACY THEORY!!!!!!!!

[@shauncry1917]

@Christian Jarvis your on to many inter waves

[@brutusjb3814]

Bet HARRP and the weather towers are too

[@nadereed3786]

Who's here from Inside Edition 😂

[@jeikyuval5950]

Me hahaha

[@J8den]

Me

[@blcklstd6156]

1:15 that is the most pointless TV of all time

[@mariannecapuy9715]

😂😂😂

[@Mikipadilla303]

This canons have been know to cause drought in many places and flooding in others

[@elcomunicadorcomiteko62]

Checked?

[@JodBronson]

Make sense. You can move Water with Speakers or Sub Woofers. So why not use High Sound to break Ice Particles before it gets too big? Sound Pretty Logic to me, no punt intended! LOL

[@tohopes]

I'm not sure this idea holds water... sounds more like a Hail Mary to me.

[@JodBronson]

+tohopes - Huh?

[@savnet_sinn]

@@JodBronson That was the other commenter beating you at the pun game.

[@JodBronson]

@@savnet_sinn - Oh, I see !!!

[@JodBronson]

@@savnet_sinn - He lost me with his "logic", when he joined 2-sentence into one!

[@shirleyholland-findmethrif6701]

Nothing like noise pollution!

[@timothya.g.991]

Harry did move to America

[@mattweger437]

"any man made device" *Grabs 100mt nuke sub* Bet

[@tonymcdaniel200]

Being a hail repair company owner I don’t like these they should be illegal because how loud they are

[@cougariver23]

😆😆

[@coqfier]

and then we'll talk about respecting the environment

U R an idiot.

[@every-istand-ophobe6320]

Awww hail!

[@calebhefner6760]

You all are worried about the man's sanity. I'm wondering why you all believe the meteorologist who lie to you every day.

[@jasoncampbell5518]

Wow people will believe anything ! Such stupidity

[@mar25947]

I need this for my car lol

[@anonymous..-]

Placebo effect.

[@cosmicalarm]

Or global warming might be the reason he hasn't had hail in 20 years 😂😂😂😂

[@OhMySack]

Yeah...I've noticed that since global warming, the US doesn't experience any ice storms or severe hail.....oh wait...

[@stephensnell1379]

@@OhMySack warming temps and warmer planet does not affect hailstones Hail occurs whenever a thunderstorm appears

[@deviousdoggo5534]

That uh, is not how weather works.

[@constantinoborsi2826]

en mi.pueblo en u tiempo cuando era chico mi querido papa nos solia llevar para encender los cañones. era i.presionante. asi la tormenta se movia de lugar y caia piedra

Ridiculous!

[@you.773]

There ain’t no hail/snow their lmao summer all year around nice try

[@CerradoGoias]

👍🏾

[@velo8088]

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23

[@mikeznel6048]

And what does the Lord have to do with a hail cannon?

[@stewietinktink8441]

Haha these be the same people saying the govt is controlling the weather and there’s no such thing as global warming and here they are with “hail cannons”.

[@KeithB-bl5of]

Guy thinks he is smart do some research

[@brutusjb3814]

Tell that to HARRP, weather man. "Man made tools such as the cannon arent going to affect the weather" yeah ok

[@darnellwalker3290]

😂

[@rinner2801]

Lol funny joke

[@davidreece6193]

Aha the reason for global warming.

[@SuperNoncents]

Cmon

[@mittnagivag4867]

LOL fools

[@nighthawkviper6791]

:)

[@заиказаика-ф3и]

hhhh

[@Mondeo200]

Uff.

[@DannyCasino]

Very scientific just like when they used to throw beans against the homosexual to see if the beans explode....Key and Peele Lol

[@octaviomejia140]

With the

[@thunderclipper]

"man made device cant effect" insert natural process. yeah well look at global temperatures over the last 100 years

[@заиказаика-ф3и]

hhhhhhhhgu

[@godfreypoon5148]

Don't worry. It will be OK. The scary machine is gone now.

[@NwoDispatcher]

@@godfreypoon5148 be very afraid!!

[@Natashahoneypot]

cause of global warming?

[@GoatzombieBubba]

Earth's climate has been warming and cooling naturally for thousands of years....so called man made warming is a tactic to raise taxes to make the rich richer.

[@gagewesterhouse9558]

Let's talk about how it works by shooting acetylene gas (a HEAVY pollutant) into the atmosphere.

[@Anvilshock]

Let's talk about how you're a fucking idiot believing that they just dump acetylene into the atmosphere rather than burning it with air to create the blasts.

[@uploaded113redone]

hey smart guy , you know he isn't just releasing acetylene into the atmosphere to create these blasts, he's combusting it to create carbon dioxide shockwaves with water as a byproduct of the combustion