‘Buffalo, NY. Look at All That Snow 😱 ❄️’ Heavy mid-November 2022 snowfall blanketed Buffalo, but one viral Facebook post showed a weather event from 2014, not 2022.
‘Albedo,’ ‘Bright Darkness,’ and ‘Snowglow’ A screenshot of a post about a "bright darkness" or "snowglow" often observed after a snowfall spread across social media -- and got everyone excited for winter.
‘How Canadians Are Dealing with an Unprecedented Blizzard’ Post After a January 2020 storm in Newfoundland, several viral posts purportedly showed the Canadian response to several feet of snow.
Fresh Snow Absorbs Sound A meme claims "fresh snow absorbs sound," which is true — with some minor caveats.
Did Old Farmer’s Almanac Predict an Alarming Number of Snowstorms This Winter? Posts on Facebook about an impending "snowpocalypse" are always widely shared regardless of their reliability.
Did It Snow in Québec in June 2019? On June 2 2019, a Facebook user shared the following image (archived here), purportedly showing a thick covering of snow that had fallen on that date in Québec. A reverse image search did not indicate that the user’s image of snow in Québec in June 2019 had been shared elsewhere beforehand, although that did not […]
