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Weatherwatch: discredited but still popular, enthusiasts keep faith in hail cannon David Hambling © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images Mysterious booms shaking the small town of Hammonton in New Jersey in December were traced to a backyard attempt at cloudbusting. Construction worker Rob Butkowski built a device resembling a giant horn to fire shockwaves into the sky, aiming to prevent hail damaging his vines. The device mixes acetylene and oxy...

Local legislators have thrown their weight behind a measure to provide New Jersey residents … Butkowski’s cone-shaped cannon blasts a shock wave into the sky that travels at the speed of sound and breaks apart clouds, preventing them from forming hail stones. The noise from the 16-foot-long cannon also scares away birds that sometimes damage the 300 grape vines Butkowski grows on his 5-acre property on the outskirts of town. Best of all, the cannon is equipped with a Bluetooth speaker, s...

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autoevolution 14 Dec 2020, 7:34 UTC · by 5 photos The silver lining to this horrible year was perhaps the fact that it pushed us so far out of our comfort zone, forcing us to adapt and discover new skills and talents. Take, for example, Rob Butkowski from Hammonton, New Jersey, who works in construction but also has his own vineyard. Wanting to protect his vineyard from bad weather and preying birds, he created his own hail cannon at home. And it is the most amazing and terrifying thing...

Residents in New Jersey have reported loud booming sounds that were apparently so loud, one resident felt their entire house would be rocked off its foundation. Is this part of the same phenomenon thats happened over New York state, including the Catskills, the past two weeks? In those cases, the loud explosions in the air were caused by a series of small meteors. Was this yet another case of a space rock disintegrating in the Earth;s atmosphere? Or is it something else? The NY Post is reportin...

A mysterious booming noise thats been plaguing a US town is apparently caused by a homemade hail cannon,...

Man Claims Mullica Boom Sounds Are From His Cannon One man says hes responsible. Well, he and his big freakin cannon! The New York Post is reporting that a Hammonton man says his "hail cannon" is responsible for what everyone has been hearing. Rob Butkowski owns a vineyard and says he uses the homemade cannon to send "shock waves up to the sky — to break up cloud formations and scare away birds that nibble his grapes." Ah... Enter your number to get our free mobile app The New York Post quote...

Man claims his ‘hail cannon’ is responsible for loud booms in N.J. town, report says Updated Dec 10, 2020; A resident and vineyard owner from nearby Hammonston, Rob Butkowski, told the New York Post that the booms were coming from his homemade “hail cannon” which he has used to break up cloud formations and scare away birds that eat his grapes. “It sounds like a jet going by,” Butkowski said in the report. “It’s like the loudest thing you’ve ever heard just blew through your ...

Updated on December 11, 2020 at 7:36 am NBC Universal, Inc. Mysterious booms that have been rattling homes and residents in a quiet New Jersey community were from a "homemade hail cannon," according to a vineyard owner. What does a hail cannon do and why is it so loud that police in Mullica Township received numerous calls about explosion-like sounds over the past few months? Rob Butkowski claimed he has been using his cone-shaped device to protect his crop from bad weather. The cannon blasts s...

OK, boomer. The mysterious booming sound that’s been rocking a New Jersey town is apparently the result of a homemade “hail cannon” designed by a vineyard owner to protect his crop from bad weather, he and police told The Post. Rob Butkowski of Hammonton said he’s been firing off the sonically loud cone-shaped contraption —  which blasts shock waves up to the sky — to break up cloud formations and scare away birds that nibble his grapes. “It sounds like a jet going by,” said...