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* Lighting MANY fires in orchards to keep the ambient temperatures up [http://fox17online.com/2017/05/08/fruit-growers-use-fires-and-fans-to-hold-off-freezing-temperatures/][http://www.mcall.com/news/local/bethlehem/86452697-132.html] | * Lighting MANY fires in orchards to keep the ambient temperatures up [http://fox17online.com/2017/05/08/fruit-growers-use-fires-and-fans-to-hold-off-freezing-temperatures/][http://www.mcall.com/news/local/bethlehem/86452697-132.html] | ||
| − | * hiring helicopters to hover above fields, pushing down the warm air [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbAveWu3PYc | + | * hiring helicopters to hover above fields, pushing down the warm air [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbAveWu3PYc] |
* Buying thousands of plastic bottles to protect EACH seed [https://twitter.com/IceAgeFarmer/status/991748111109210112] | * Buying thousands of plastic bottles to protect EACH seed [https://twitter.com/IceAgeFarmer/status/991748111109210112] | ||
* Snowtill: tilling the snow to decrease albedo, so that sun can more effectively melt the snow, so we can start planting! [http://www.iceagefarmer.com/2018/04/27/snowtill-coldest-since-1895-planting-on-hold-farmers-miserable/] | * Snowtill: tilling the snow to decrease albedo, so that sun can more effectively melt the snow, so we can start planting! [http://www.iceagefarmer.com/2018/04/27/snowtill-coldest-since-1895-planting-on-hold-farmers-miserable/] | ||
| + | * [http://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/apple-tree-netting-protects-north-country-crops/article_8bf157e8-daaf-586b-9d21-c0ba00b29d8a.html Hail nets around each tree in orchard] | ||
| + | * [http://www.freshplaza.com/article/197618/Spain-Cool-shower-to-produce-more-and-larger-avocados 'Cold water showers' to keep avocados producing] | ||
| + | * [http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/northbay/sonomacounty/8315046-181/lasers-bird-control-sonoma-vineyard Lasers in vineyards -- many examples] | ||
| + | * [https://agroinsurance.com/en/usa-peaches-lost-other-crops-thrive-as-farming-season-begins/ Wind machines] to move cold air from ground | ||
| + | * Shooting up hot air balloons with chemicals to destroy hail | ||
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| + | ==2019== | ||
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| + | * Sonora, Mexico -- farmers lighting tires on fire to save crops from cold. It's illegal AND caused visibility issues for drivers: | ||
| + | ** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UzxdD9dKpo | ||
Latest revision as of 11:26, 28 April 2019
Some of the measures farmers are taking to stave off the effects of the GSM include:
- Lighting MANY fires in orchards to keep the ambient temperatures up [1][2]
- hiring helicopters to hover above fields, pushing down the warm air [3]
- Buying thousands of plastic bottles to protect EACH seed [4]
- Snowtill: tilling the snow to decrease albedo, so that sun can more effectively melt the snow, so we can start planting! [5]
- Hail nets around each tree in orchard
- 'Cold water showers' to keep avocados producing
- Lasers in vineyards -- many examples
- Wind machines to move cold air from ground
- Shooting up hot air balloons with chemicals to destroy hail
2019
- Sonora, Mexico -- farmers lighting tires on fire to save crops from cold. It's illegal AND caused visibility issues for drivers:
