Local councillors suggested that the problem was more to do with a lack of volunteers on the ground to fire the cannon at the right moment.
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Yellow means the enemy will fire a cannon.
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In order to fire this cannon, 17 kilograms of gunpowder was needed for a single shelling.
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During the summer, the local cannon guild fire their cannon by the beach centre every night.
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