Re: looking for infomation on Leman Lake in Versoix, Switz.
- From: JPG <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 12:43:11 +0000
On 6 Jan 2006 11:09:24 -0800, "davegb" <davegb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I saw some pictures of the aftermath of a severe storm at this
>location. Cars completely covered in ice, light poles with huge curving
>icicles hanging down. I, and some of my friends, are very curious.
>They're so curious, they asked me to find out what the weather
>conditions were during this storm. Things like Temperature, barometric
>pressure, wind velocity, wind chill factor and altitude of the town.
>Does anyone know where I can find this information? I'd like it to be a
>reliable source, not just speculation. I've already done all the
>necessary speculation, I'm quite good at it! :)
>Thanks for any leads or help.
>Dave in Denver
Lac Léman is of course the French name for Lake Geneva, the pictures
you are referring to went all over the internet, usually as part of an
email joke involving ice scrapers.
I believe the pictures were taken in Geneva itself. It was not an ice
storm but wind blown spray from the lake.
http://www.skyandsummit.com/Glacegeneve/
http://www.pbase.com/scherrer/s2_january_2005_ice_storm
http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/icestorm.asp
Martin
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