Helicopter Creates Avalanche in Northern California (Surviving Avalanche Book Link in Description)
Vložit
- čas přidán 5. 03. 2023
- Staying Alive in an Avalanche Amazon Book Link: amzn.to/3VNihEh
DISCLAIMER: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to the customer.
My uncle who works near Shaver Lake in Northern California sent me this video of a helicopter creating an avalanche so they could have road access. Crazy!
If you want to support Steve and The Hart Family, you can purchase a copy of Steve's Children's Book "Big Plane Small Plane" on Amazon at: amzn.to/3WnCgHh
The Hart Kids' FAVORITE way to listen to music is through Amazon Music. You can set up your account by clicking on this link: amzn.to/3PE1NIE
S O C I A L M E D I A
SUBSCRIBE ON CZcams / steveandthehartfamily
TWITTER / stevehart123
INSTAGRAM: / thestevehart
VIDEOS TO WATCH
Dad Cries at Christmas Surprise - • Dad Cries at Christmas...
Ping Pong Ball Trick Shot Challenge - YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHO WINS! • Ping Pong Trick Shot C...
Kellan BMX Bike Vibes on His Hiland BMX Bike for Kids
5 y/o TAUGHT HIMSELF Unique Rubik’s Cube Pattern 🤯🤯🤯
• 5 y/o TAUGHT HIMSELF U...
Big Plane Small Plane Children's Book CHRISTMAS SURPRISE
• Dad Cries at Christmas...
#avalanche #avalanchevideo #avalanchecontrol
This is a bambi bucket used for firefighting but there is also a device called a boom box it hangs down like the bambi bucket but uses & mixes Acetylene + Oxygen then its ignited with a electric spark kinda like the one that lights your grill but from the helicopter. My favorite is definitely the Howitzer though. Riding around in a helicopter with explosives isn't that fun until you get back down. It would be really very stressful from what I've heard that's why thay developed the boom box it also lets you go do much more Avalanche control in one turn. They also install similar devices in Avalanche prone area's that are triggered via satellite. Very very Cool stuff!!
THANK YOU! This is the most informative comment yet 👏👏👏
Thanks but please use more consistent and frequent punctuation.
@@ruger8412 😂 screw that guy. Your comment was kick ass, I wish you would post on every video I watch.
@@mutestingray 🧌
So what was dropped? water?
For those who are wondering that is water and the same buckets we use for firefighting.
Good ol NorCal
Thank you for this info!
Where is the road
Called a "Bamby Bucket".
Thank you!
I have never seen or heard of this technique before and I live in avalanche country‼️We usually drop dynamite bags with timers on them. Or fire cannons at them.
This is why I haven’t taken my snowmobile out yet. 😮😳
Job Responsibilities: Cause avalanches. My kind of gig.
in from nocal i love it. been to most states and it's still the best.
Until your buddy that you’re working with dies in an explosives accident. Kinda takes the fun out of it.
@@KinseiSensei were all "up in the Chopper!!"
@@kennethbrodigan5375 until the chopper clips a rock or tree and goes down. Just sayin, don’t get complacent. ✌🏼. Be safe
@@KinseiSenseiif you manage to clip a tree there you shouldn't be in a chopper period.
I guess bucket work isn’t for just wildfires anymore. Love it!
Thanks for sharing this incredible shot.
What did they do?
@@nancyfahey7518 looks like they dropped their fire bucket of water on it, set it off
@@iDropRocks yes
You must have to know exactly where to drop it to trigger the hole mountain. I applaud to study of avalanches to know where and how to trigger it.
Mad respect to these boys/ ladies!! This kind of precision takes commitment. Hats off!
I agree!! 👏👏👏
Men. Not women.
@@tntkop there are a bunch of women who work this beat.. S.A.R. / coast guard/ Avalanch prevention/ Paramedics/ police/ military/ MOTHERS/ nurses.. etc.. HUMANS AT THEIR FINEST HERE!!
@@tntkopI personally have trained with multiple men/women in this type of work dealing with Avalanches and they are all very competent. So maybe you should stop with that sexist sh*t (and im a dude, in case you want to make mor excuses)
@@tntkopI'll even give you an example. During one of the group rescue scenarios with multiple buried victims (simulated)...it was the women in our SAR group that found all the victims first. Because they are lighter, so they were able to move quicker without sinking too deep into the snowpack, while us guys were slower moving in the snowpack because we were a lot heavier (once we got off our skis for a smaller search radius that required us to be closer to the ground). Once the women found the victims, the guys were a lot faster to dig the victims out because we are typically stronger.
But the point is, there are things that the women will be better fit for than the men. And there are things that the men will be better fit for than the women. And that's how teams work...we focus on things we can do well, and together we execute
Alright this really really fooled me as a former helicopter mechanic I thought that was a search and rescue Tech or Avalanche control operator I thought he was going to drop some Dynamite into the snow but no it was a Bandy bucket
Bambi Bucket. 🤔
I was waiting for the dynamite 😢 too
God of heaven answered my prayers for California water shortage. I know it caused flooding but they are not short on water now 😊
The water table is so low it is almost gone.
This seems like a lot safer idea than the videos where I see them tossing explosives out the side door😂
And that's Awesome btw.
But not as fun.
Don’t know about safer? That bucket looked incredibly close to being dragged down with the avalanche, along with a $10M Blackhawk?
When I made my living ski patrolling the in the 90s we used dynamite. I love this idea of using water to trigger the slide!
But dynamite is so much more fun. 🤷🏽♂️
@@crimpinurpimpin This is true, but variety is the spice of life. At least we got creative and loaded up pink flamingoes and teddy bear plastic cookie jars full of ANFO ;)
I had no idea at all they used this technique for avalanche control. Thanks for sharing a f'n awesome vid!
Gotta find that sweet spot!
I think they've done that before. Good job
“MOVE HAROLD MOVE WE GOTTA GET OUTA HERE”
😂😂😂😂
Crazy. That broke so big once the water hit it. I imagine a skier would have triggered that immediately too. Pretty eye opening.
No one is skiing there, idiot.
😂 I was waiting for a KABOOM not a FLUSH.
😂
Yeah what happened? Wasn't that supposed to explode?
It’s California they gotta do it the boring way. Not like Alaska.
@@ipoopinwalmart5968do they still use those recoilless rifles up there?
@@bastarddoggy the railroad uses a ww2 cannon then plows the snow off the tracks. Idk I’m not from AK I just worked on the crab boats for a couple years. Pretty cool seeing it tho. Only seen it once.
I used to work at a ski resort my favorite was the cannons, id come in early so I could watch it
“Bai bai have a great time-“
Wouldn’t it be cool if at the bottom of this there would be a GIANT snowman that made its self from all the snow
😂😂😂😂
I want the drugs you’re on!! Lol jk?!😂😂😂
Like a row of moulds!👍🇬🇧
@@grumpyone5963 molds?
THIS is your brain on drugs......
That’s badass.
Very cool. Smart people who did this. Kudos.
How many came to find an answer how they do it, only to be disappointed?
I think it's water?
Firefighting water drop bucket.
Big time. We do avalanches here with shots from a cannon. I would love to see what road they are trying to clear. Their avalanche was rather short-lived. Is that what they wanted? Where and what did that help??? Good luck guys. Stay Safe🌞
A Colorado Mountain Grandma USA 💜✌️🌏🌎🌍😁
They do it many different ways. On the North Shore in Vancouver Canada they'll use dynamite sticks.
No such thing ;) If they don't NEED explosives to set this off, then that's MORE impressive than if they needed it :D
"Look what I did to this mountain with just a little bit of water and a bucket"
Reading snow
That will let u know potential avalanche areas keep ppl safe from killer snow
Don't blame the snow! Blame the people !
Excellent pilot and crew skills! 👌🏼
That’s pretty wild… Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome!
The amount of snow California has received this year has been insane.
It’s wild 🤯
And it should help with their drought!!
Too bad most of it will be wasted.
@@benjurqunov It will return.
Makes sense. Warmer climate, more evaporation, more water in the air, more precipitation in winter, and eventually more water lost to space less water on the ground, then no water on the ground.
At that rate only 100 more avalanches before they're done
Water and a surfactant to break surface tension.
School guidance counselor… you can be a lawyer, doctor, fireman, cop…. Me🥴 this job😂👍
I agree! This looks like a cool job
If only they actually told us about all the different kind of jobs out there 😢
I bet you'd be doing other things when avalanche season's over, like plumbing, electrical, slope maintenance,etcetera, don't you think?
Holy Smokes
Still doesn't beat the job of launching chickens at aircraft windscreens.
😂😂😂
Amazing what one big bucket of water can do. Awesome ! 👍👍
Happy to see this proactive effort. California has hundreds of miles to look at. In Utah they use artillery shells, not sure how old the artillery piece is and how many use it. Some skiing entities use it now. I assume all the major player do as well. There some areas they just have to wait and see as the weather warms.
In Mammoth Lakes they have used RECOILLESS RIFLES for avalanche control. These may have been left over from the Korean War.
IDK if these field pieces are a current method.
@@michaeldougfir9807Mammoth switch to Howitzers a long time ago.
One skier launching themselves off the cornice could have produced a similar result. I am thankful we live in a society that values life.
in Alaska we use a towable howitzer
That dude hanging from the rope with a shovel has got some big brass ones...!!
In Canada, we use ARTILLERY.
Love the boom tube 😍
A lot of places do. Mammoth lakes California they do. It depends on the road and access, what is cheapest and easiest. Sometimes flying a helicopter because it’s hard access. Depends on the mountain also.
same in the US, but also this.
Great Technik, no Dynamit😊
Wow that was touchy!
I was hoping it was going to go BOOM!
Genius
Up in the Canadian Rockies we've had an especially deadly avalanche season.
Obviously they do standard avalanche control with light artillery and helicopter dropped charges. However, I've wondered why they can't fly supersonic fighters through the valleys and just bring it all down in one pass.
Think of the Budget$$$ involved! 😢😵🤑
@@wilneal8015 They fly training missions anyway. There'd be no extra cost from regular ops. Just done somewhere else.
Obviously there is some other reason it's not done - even in Switzerland. Lack of area control or wildlife, I suspect.
I just want to let you know that all this moisture came out from the South Pacific near the intertropical Convergence Zone. The world's oceans overheating and there's no better example than the South Pacific the last summer I was witnessing sea surface temperatures of 91 degrees between the Philippines and Vietnam. That is incredible. But with a rapidly increasing ocean temperature creates rapidly increasing water vapor and it's causing more flooding across Southeast Asia especially in the last 3 years. Now that the Walker effect as a function of El Nino and La Nina is sliding the flooding that's occurring over southeast Asia into the middle of the Pacific Ocean the moisture is starting to divert from Southeast Asia into the desert Southwest United States
see someone hanging under that helocopter? crazy job
Get your eye’s checked
@@tonybarracuda3505 that's what a ??? Mark is about lol turns out it's a bucket for water
Beautiful ❤️
Thank you first commenter that is exactly what I was wondering😊
Nice way to trigger the avalanche with the water weight. Also makes a person think about how spring moisture can trigger avalanches. Dual purpose video.
Great point!
That looks like a quite good way of safely controlling avalanches
Another clever way of doing so I've seen is something cool literally fire artillery pieces at mountain sides and it seems to works well
spot on!!
This is funny. Up here in Alaska they use remote explosives to start avalanches. That or they use military artillery.
Great job to have
How does water cause the avalanche?
In Switzerland they were SHELLING slopes to create avalanches. Not a cheap option but worked well
Heck, if they're using military surplus cannons and shells, it might actually be cheaper than a helicopter! Aircraft fuel and maintenance costs a pretty penny these days.
They do that in a lot of places.
S70 in snow camo, nice.
Back in the day, it was not uncommon for US Army Artillery Units deployed to fire on slopes to create a controlled avalanche. The practice kept the slopes safe from the dangers later on.
Good info!!
This is actually still done on a regular basis in Colorado.
@@joeberg5248 and Utah also use shells.
They still do this all the time in California
Stupendous job😊❤
Tossing a stick of dynamite from the helicopter is much more fun.💥
California better build more reservoirs, to collect the thaw.
Ancient lake beds in San Joaquin valley are ready
Lol yeah, they'll just go to Costco and buy some EZ-UP reservoirs. As if you could engineer and construct a reservoir in the middle of winter and spring. "Oops, big snow season this year, better pop in a couple of Shasta Lakes for the year".
@@ktakashismith California is dumb enough to think that…🙄
No idea what they used?
Maybe a brine mixture, basically water and salt?
Seems a whole lot safer than explosive charges. 🤔
Thanks for the comment! I really have no clue what they used, but would LOVE to know 🤔
But not nearly as fun
I also thought salt.
Just water.
There are very few problems that can't be solved with the proper application of high explosives..
1/2 a billion tons of snow DOWN the mountain in order to open roads . . . . BRILLIANT.
Is that sarcasm?
What did he do drop water out of the basket?
never seen that technique before. seems effective, and better than explosives as far as the environmental factors.
Helicoptere helicoptere !!
Very very very good Nice Ice cools hai
For a moment there I thought it was going to be a speaker playing "Never gonna give you up". Who else has trust issues
😂
Nice aim
I prefer when they fire howitzers at it 😅
Helicopter: Let me pee on you.
Snow: EWWW… RUN BOYS, RUN!
its,good,for,them,to,have,snow!once,in,a,while!!
So they don’t shoot explosive 🧨 rounds anymore to start the avalanches ?? This is new to me...
Doesn’t take much to trigger that size of avalanche!! Be careful out there!
In my country we call that a 'Bambo bucket' which is mainly used for fire fighting, however there is a similar bucket that we call a 'BoomBoom box' which we use for avalanche control.
Oh cool!
Thanks for sharing 😃
Seeing this kinda thing.. good ol ingenuity, know how, get 'er done
gets my mind off the disaster I see in government
New weapons 😮
This is a example of butterfly effect.
Bucket of White claw makes mountain drop its knickers
Expensive.
I was expecting it to go boom. We use explosives here in Colorado. Sometimes a WWII howitzer.
Explosives are more effective and fun
Avalanche bombs & howitzers are the way to go.
Wyoming Dot actually owns a retired howitzer artillery gun to set off an avalanche
Id do that job for free if they let me borrow it during the summer
But wait... THERE'S MORE😅😅😅
$500 an hour to keep those birds in the air
That's cheap compared to Washington state. Private contractors ready to get things done but nope, state and fed's cry budget.
No worries,,California has plenty of money to waste
It's much higher than that. A Bell 205 is around $2200 on the east coast. I'm sure that Blackhawk is a bit higher as it has a second engine and higher payload.
More like $1200 per hour, just for the fuel bill!!! That is before you pay the two pilots and the maintenance crew also and all the other maintenance costs involved. $10,000 per hour is probably more accurate.
yeah just for the pilot.....
Just by dropping a bit of water on the snow? I think explosions are _much_ more fun! Especially shooting it with an explosive projectile from a cannon.
Who would have thought there was a road that steep
What is in the water?
Sand?
I’m not sure 🤔
Nothing, why assume a water additive.
Nothing. Just water
8 pounds per gallon
so much safer than explosives.
Safer and the trigger device is much much cheaper and easily repeatable.
I like the part where it cleared up the road
🤔
Vibration - all about the vibration . Find the spot, and hit it .
That's what I do with my Lady 😁🤷
That's what I do with my Lady 😁🤷
Any skiers/boarders looking at this and drooling?
Lol! I’m sure there are!
Its a great line.
They frop water that is pulled from the lake at the bottom of the mountain
Has anyone tried sending low frequencies from a helicopter for avalanche mitigation instead of firing cannons or dropping dynamite or water?
Yup. Giant earthquake machine, haven’t heard of it?
I liked it better when they fired the recoiless guns into the mountains.
Wow.
Can I share your video. Idol
Maybe it should have dropped a Chevy Avalanche...
😂😂😂
Now just imagine being part of the donnor party the snow was even deeper and no helicopter to clear the road… in fact no road
I haven't seen snow irl for 30 years. I have had one heat stroke tho.
For the life of me I can't understand why the cameramen didn't film the run out.
Getting rid of Bud Light that nobody wants