{"id":2198,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2198"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"L\u00c3\u00a9man-Lake-Switzerland-Ice-Storm-Photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2198","title":{"rendered":"L\u00c3\u00a9man Lake Switzerland Ice Storm Photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This story was first published on \u00a011th January 2006<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Fabulous photographs that depict an “ice storm” at a Swiss lake have been circulating via email since 2005. They are a popular topic for blog and forum posts. The photographs also circulate as a PowerPoint presentation.<\/p>\n

The photographs are genuine. At \u00a0Lake L\u00c3\u00a9man<\/a> \u00a0(Lake Geneva) in January 2005, very cold conditions combined with strong winds resulted in the ice-encrusted landscape shown in the photographs. Temperatures were so cold that wind-generated spray from the lake froze on the surface of anything it touched. Another series of photographs showing alternate views of the same event can be viewed in an \u00a0online photo gallery<\/a> \u00a0by Jean-Pierre Scherrer of Geneva, Switzerland. Scherrer notes:<\/p>\n

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After a conjunction of intense cold (-8 to -12 degrees Centigrade), plus very strong winds, blowing at over 100 kmh (70 mph), the waves got so harsh that they passed over the dikes and the droplets immediatly froze everything they touched !<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Although the photographs are authentic, some versions of the accompanying text misidentify the geographic location where they were taken. \u00a0<\/p>\n