runningclaire

can anyone help me locate a photo im sure i have seen on this forum.
it is a winter scene of a van/suv covered in ice, parked near a frozen lake, under trees hanging with ice.
thanks.

iaink

Google images: "freezing rain"

iaink

Heres another good one

runningclaire

thanks iaink
thats the photo i was looking for.
my brother and i are visiting toronto in late january for a week, and he thinks the weather in scotland is rough right now (which it is )
i wanted to let him see a photo of COLD

Bali2010

wow, where were these?

Atlantic Xpat

I believe they were in Switzerland somewhere.http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/icestorm.asp

Bali2010

Thanks

Still can't believe them!

fledermaus

The style of tree pollarding looks the same as I have seen in Geneva

iaink

I've seen similar ice build up by Niagara falls in February, I have no problem believing them at all.

Patsy

I think i'll send these to the Echo.....say its outside my house at the moment lol!!!! Think i'll get away with it?

Mizz Teapot

I dont know if this is real of "photoshop"

Bali2010

It isn't that I don't believe, just they look un real.

Not a storm I would want to be caught in

iaink

Its not really a storm though, its just spray coming off the lake and freezing I suspect. (same with the fire truck)


Sucks if you have to get into your car though

Alberta_Rose

um .... that's because it is Geneva .....

fledermaus

aha, that explains it all.