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omega2K4 · 02-24-2005, 11:12 AM

http://www.bilder.leantik.de/

These pictures are amazing, the last picture of the boat covered in ice is my favorite.

I'm glad I don't live anywhere near a place where it gets that cold.

Averett · 02-24-2005, 11:15 AM

That's insane. Any idea where that is?

silent_jay · 02-24-2005, 11:27 AM

That's crazy, must have been some wave coming onto shore. I think it may be in Germany but I only basing that on the .de extension. I'm probably wrong though.

02-24-2005, 11:29 AM

That was awesome!

the_marq · 02-24-2005, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Averett

That's insane. Any idea where that is?

Lake Geneva -- Versoix, Switzerland

Averett · 02-24-2005, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by the_marq

Lake Geneva -- Versoix, Switzerland

Thanks!

Nothing you can do about that either. Just wait it out and hope for a warm spell to melt that ice. That's nasty though, fo sho.

Redlemon · 02-24-2005, 11:48 AM

I saw these photos a month ago or so. The ice is all from water blown off of the lake. Pretty darn cool.

EDIT: Snopes has the dope, as usual:

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These pictures of cars, boats, trees, and other landscape features encrusted with ice from severe cold weather began circulating on the Internet in late January 2005, accompanied by viewer-added comments such as "Now this is what I'd call really cold...brrrrrrrrr"; "Sure glad that it doesn't get this cold here"; "So, How cold was it?"; and "Next time you're complaining while scraping the ice off your windscreen, think again!"

Various e-mailed versions of these photos claim such different origins for them as "From a recent Massachusetts storm with hurricane-speed winds" to "Pictures from Lake Geneva, Switzerland — January 2005." The latter is correct, as these pictures correspond to other photographs and news accounts of a freezing storm that hit the area of Lake Léman (also known as Lake Geneva), Switzerland, in January 2005. One news account, for example, reported that:

The cold did not save sailing ships moored in the ports of Léman. In Geneva, several boats sank under the weight of the ice. Several minor roads were closed, passage having been made impossible by the ice and the snowdrifts. In downtown Geneva, Servette Street was closed after the rupture of a water pipeline transformed the roadway into a true skating rink.

These images also correspond to similar photos on a web site which identifies them as pictures of Lake Léman, taken on 26 January 2005. (Presumably the objects shown have been coated with spray from waves breaking on the lake's shore, which then hardened into a solid coating in the sub-freezing temperatures.) The translated title of this French-language page is "Wind and ice on Geneva," and the text notes that the pictures were taken on the shores of Lake Léman during winds gusting up to 110 km/h.

Bill O'Rights · 02-24-2005, 11:52 AM

Oh, to have cornered the market on ice scrapers.

Was it the shear weight of all of that ice that swamped those boats?

omega2K4 · 02-24-2005, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights

Oh, to have cornered the market on ice scrapers.

Was it the shear weight of all of that ice that swamped those boats?

Apparently so. I was watching the history channel a couple a days ago and this show called "Subzero" or something was on, and it said that boats in the Arctic actually use baseball bats to break up the ice (according to them, its the most effective way without causing damage to the ship) because the ice can accumulate in such huge amounts that the boat will start to rock more slowly and eventually overturn and/or sink.

ssnake · 02-24-2005, 03:25 PM

wow.... thats some crazy stuff.....
i would love to slide across the street though

nofnway · 02-25-2005, 05:08 PM

how will the tourists sleeping in the mini van get out?

bernadette · 02-26-2005, 11:36 AM

now those are some really cool pictures!

i'd hate for one of those boats to be mine though...

Charlatan · 02-26-2005, 01:10 PM

My Mom sent me these shots telling me they were of some villiage in Newfoundland... Something about the shots made me think it was in Europe somewhere...

Looks like I was right.

Very cool though.

Fremen · 02-26-2005, 01:48 PM

Looks like a great big batch of cake icing had an accident.

/Mmmmm, icing

Tophat665 · 02-27-2005, 07:33 PM

Maye too crude an observation, but this is what springs to mind:
Spoiler: Nature's Bukkake.

02-24-2005, 11:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
omega2K4 Natalie Portman is sexy. Location: The Outer Rim	Check out this link with pics of stuff frozen, like cars, boats, and trees. http://www.bilder.leantik.de/ These pictures are amazing, the last picture of the boat covered in ice is my favorite. I'm glad I don't live anywhere near a place where it gets that cold. __________________ "While the State exists there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State." - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."- Karl Marx

02-24-2005, 11:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
Averett Is In Love Location: I'm workin' on it	That's insane. Any idea where that is? __________________ Absence is to love what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

02-24-2005, 11:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
silent_jay Her Jay Location: Ontario for now....	That's crazy, must have been some wave coming onto shore. I think it may be in Germany but I only basing that on the .de extension. I'm probably wrong though. __________________ Absence makes the heart grow fonder

02-24-2005, 11:52 AM	#8 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	Oh, to have cornered the market on ice scrapers. Was it the shear weight of all of that ice that swamped those boats? __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

02-25-2005, 05:08 PM	#11 (permalink)
nofnway Insane Location: under the freeway bridge	how will the tourists sleeping in the mini van get out? __________________ "Iron rusts with disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold water freezes. Even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind" Leonardo Da Vinci

02-24-2005, 11:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
thinktank Guest	That was awesome!

02-24-2005, 03:25 PM	#10 (permalink)
ssnake Upright	wow.... thats some crazy stuff..... i would love to slide across the street though

02-26-2005, 11:36 AM	#12 (permalink)
bernadette ::::::::::::::::::::::::: :. Location: this ain't kansas, toto	now those are some really cool pictures! i'd hate for one of those boats to be mine though... __________________ .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.

02-26-2005, 01:10 PM	#13 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	My Mom sent me these shots telling me they were of some villiage in Newfoundland... Something about the shots made me think it was in Europe somewhere... Looks like I was right. Very cool though. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

02-26-2005, 01:48 PM	#14 (permalink)
Fremen With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much Location: left side of my couch, East Texas	Looks like a great big batch of cake icing had an accident. /Mmmmm, icing __________________ Google

02-27-2005, 07:33 PM	#15 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	Maye too crude an observation, but this is what springs to mind: Spoiler: Nature's Bukkake. __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.