I Just Learned That These Exist...As Commercial Products...Meet the Hail Cannon - Page 1
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author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2022, 07:44:52 pm
content: https://www.hailcannon.com/index.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail_cannonI'll take dowsing rods and hell even those orgone rain machine woo over this. At least that BS is mostly harmless and doesn't cause a nuisance. This is loud and incredibly obnoxious to the poor neighbors who wouldn't surprise me if they snuck in at night and cut the spark plug wires.

author: jpanhalt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2022, 08:00:48 pm
content: You might also look up "sound laser." In 2005, a researcher in the acoustics lab at Penn State U. actually kitted what was claimed to be one. I bought the kit, never assembled it, and still have it.https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/50808552/acoustic-laser-kit-instructions-graduate-program-in-acousticsWhether it really is coherent sound, I don't know.

author: AVGresponding
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2022, 08:03:16 pm
content: Quote from: jpanhalt on July 12, 2022, 08:00:48 pmWell dayum, a build video and performance report is in order here!

author: Someone
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2022, 11:12:27 pm
content: Quote from: Cyberdragon on July 12, 2022, 07:44:52 pmQuote from: WikipediaSo it'll be some part of a woo-woo wine making process that must be retained forflavourheritage... protectionist reasons!

author: glentek
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2022, 07:26:53 am
content: In 1902 in Charleville they had something similar to make rain. Funnily enough they were not successful.https://www.weekendnotes.com/steiger-vortex-rainmaker-gun-charleville/

author: JPortici
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 13, 2022, 07:33:57 am
content: You did not know?Here we have some and we are unable to get rid of them. Science hasn't worked. We've tried with the law, too. The environmental agency was sent to prove the sound emission from the bang were too loud but the local municipality passed a regulation specific to allow them to be in use.Too many people are convinced that shooting air in the sky does something to prevent hail, no matter how little energy makes it to the clouds

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2022, 06:59:22 pm
content: A very early form of geoengineering.Dunno if that's really effective. Studies seem not really conclusive. But I can understand why some people would want to use that. You can lose a whole culture in a matter of a few minutes. Not fun.I can also understand why that would be extremely annoying for neighbors.And I have mixed feelings about geoengineering in general.

author: MikeK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2022, 03:17:31 pm
content: Damn, I thought this was going to be a cannon that shoots hail. That would have been awesome.

author: helio0centra@gmail.com
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2022, 09:14:35 pm
content: I used to know a guy who believed in Orgone energy. He claimed he could sense his orgonite from across the room. I suggested we do a double blind trial to see if he could guess which box the real one was in at a better than guess rate. But we didn't get around to it and then he moved to another province.