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People in a New Jersey town were concerned with the massive explosion sounds happening until they found out what the source was… Rob Butkowski owns a vineyard in New Jersey and…

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People in a New Jersey town were concerned with the massive explosion sounds happening until they found out what the source was...

Rob Butkowski owns a vineyard in New Jersey and was sick of the hailstorms ruining his crop, until he figured out a solution!

Rob knew if he could break up the clouds then he knew he could basically stop the bad weather from happening over his vineyard, so he built a massive weather cannon.

Rob built a cannon that blasts shockwaves into the sky to break up the clouds that look dangerous to his crops.

“It sounds like a jet going by,” said Butkowski, 34. “It’s like the loudest thing you’ve ever heard just blew through your chest — it’s amazing.”

Neighbors have been upset with the cannon but Rob has followed every rule the town has so there is nothing the residents can do about it.

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