Drying a football field with helicopters - GIF

The University of Alabama brings in helicopters to dry their football field for today's Iron Bowl game. Not the single most important use of helicopters in all of aviation history, but still interesting.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...189#post112743
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3557#post78292
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3746#post78672
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...486#post104356

And they can't pay their players...right! College ball is...

Clearing snow off of trees.

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One way to prevent frostbite from sun melting the snow. I 'm not sure connifers suffer from thawing too fast as do lots of fruit trees & rain forrest ones. Must be another reason for dispelling the snow. Walkway/electricity for highway?.