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* [http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/northbay/sonomacounty/8315046-181/lasers-bird-control-sonoma-vineyard Lasers in vineyards -- many examples] | * [http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/northbay/sonomacounty/8315046-181/lasers-bird-control-sonoma-vineyard Lasers in vineyards -- many examples] | ||
* Shooting up hot air balloons with chemicals to destroy hail | * Shooting up hot air balloons with chemicals to destroy hail | ||
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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 | ||
Revision as of 16:11, 9 January 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
- 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:
