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Snowzilla 2016: Falls Church [PHOTOS]

The blizzard of 2016 began during the early afternoon Friday in Falls Church and not long after, City residents took to the outdoors to enjoy the falling snow. The News-Press will be posting photos all weekend long of the snowy scene in The Little City so keep checking back here for new snapshots from “Snowzilla.”

Photos may be sent to fcnp@fcnp.com, posted to FCNP’s Facebook page at facebook.com/fallschurchcity or tweeted to us @fcnp.com.

Stay warm and safe out there, Falls Church!

 

The lit-up greenhouse in the back yard of City residents John Maier and Manuela Costescu-Maier (Photo: Manuela Costescu-Maier)
Lifelong City of Falls Church resident John Maier tends to his bar in his backyard during the snowstorm Friday. (Photo: Manuela Costescu)
Bridget Edwards enjoying the snow in Winter Hill Friday. (Photo: Kelli Edwards)
Three-year-old Bridget Edwards gets pulled in her sled by her dad, Isaac, in Winter Hill Friday. (Photo: Kelli Edwards)
Falls Church’s Reid and Cora getting an early start in the snow on Friday. (Photo: Tracy Turner)
900 Block of West Broad Street Friday night. (Photo: Manuela Costescu-Maier)
900 Block of West Broad Street Friday night. (Photo: Manuela Costescu-Maier)
900 Block of West Broad Street Friday night.
The West Street 7-11 Friday. (Photo: Manuela Costescu-Maier)
Mount Daniel Drive. (Photo: Manuela Costescu-Maier)
Mount Daniel. (Photo: Manuela Costescu-Maier)
(Photo: Sarah Decuyke)
Snow swimming! (Photo: Erin Meek Gill)
Snowzilla on S Washington. (Photo: Debbie Diaz)
“At 9 a.m. on Spring St – snowfall measures about one Jack Hardi tall, or 16″ ,” say the Hardis. (Photo: Letty Hardi)
(Photo: Sarah Swinton Nussbaum)
(Photo: Sarah Swinton Nussbaum)
Falls Church Blizzard 1 – Toyota Prius 0. (Photo: Charles M. Hansen, III)
A Mount Daniel student enjoying her first time playing in the snow. (Photo: Jaclyn Robertson)
Richard Schuck and his dog Tori finishing up Round two of snow removal. (Photo: The Schucks)
Bosley enjoying the snow. There’s 18 inches at Kalmia Lee Court near Lee Hwy. (Photo: Gina Ysunza)
“You want me to poop in this? Nope. ” Clifford and Rockford at Whittier Park. (Photo: Shaun Dakin)
Alaskan native Isaac Edwards shoveling snow in flip flops. “This snow isn’t much compared to Alaska.” (Photo: Kelli Edwards)
(Photo: Kelli Edwards)
Riley, the toy Australian shepherd, out in the snow. (Photo: Kelli Edwards)
The Edwards’ Coton de Tulear, Madison, enjoys the snow. (Photo: Kelli Edwards)
City crews plowing during the storm Saturday. (Photo: Phil Duncan)
Forest Drive in the blizzard. (Photo: Linda Becker)
Sledders trudging through the snow on Forest Drive. (Photo: Linda Becker)
Evan and David Lankford on E. Columbia after sledding. (Photo: Linda Becker)
Snowzilla: 10 a.m. vs 4:30 p.m. (Photo: Debbie Diaz)
“Golden Retriever Kastner & his little brother, Smith, (a Canine Companions for Independence assistance dog in training) say, ‘More snow, please!'” (Photo: Erin Galvin Scranton)
Mad Fox covered with snow. (Photo: Cindy Gilmer)
Cardinals don’t mind the blizzard on Ridge Place is Falls Church! (Photo: Sarah Swinton Nussbaum)
Reid makes a snow cave Saturday. (Photo: Tracy Turner)
Atticus outside of Northgate. (Photo: Jina Song Freiberg)
Snow-filled parking lot. (Photo: Rajam K.)
A snowy night in Falls Church. (Photo: Jorge Blanco)
Trash cans and a BBQ grill wearing their winter hats. (Photo: Linda Neighborgall)
Nicole and 14-month-old Effie Newman eating snowflakes. (Photo: Nicole Newman)
Effie Newman making a snow angel. (Photo: Nicole Newman)
Spencer and Effie Neaman enjoying the snow. (Photo: Nicole Newman)
Laura Drive and Timer Lane, totally untouched by plows Sunday. (Photo: Tara H.)
Pongo enjoying the snow. (Photo: Bill Madden)
The road to Mount Daniel Elementary School. (Photo: Kristin Sherard)
A curious cat on Lincoln Avenue. (Photo: Lauren L.)
Oliver and Evelyn Hill with their “buried snowman.” (Photo: Yuki Kim Hill)
Oliver Hill and Samuel Salin having a snowball fight in the street. (Photo: Yuki Kim Hill)
James Thurber Court residents with a direct path to the neighbor’s house so that the children don’t have to trek through the snow back and forth. (Photo: Yuki Kim Hill)
Evelyn Hill with shaved-ice and Kool Aid. (Photo: Yuki Kim Hill)
On Westmoreland Road in Falls Church. (Photo: Maude)
A full moon at dawn, the day after the blizzard in Falls Church. (Photo: Raphael Perrino)
James Thurber Court residents unite to dig out. (Photo: Yuki Kim Hill)
Tired after a sled ride around Cavalier Trail Park and mama is tired from dressing three kids under four in snow gear. (Photo: Lauren Marley)
Some residents of Lee Square apartments decided to build an igloo. Putting an address of 106 on the side, they even called to have Thai food delivered. (Photo: Diann Bullock)
Some residents of Lee Square apartments decided to build an igloo. Putting an address of 106 on the side, they even called to have Thai food delivered. (Photo: Diann Bullock)
Olaf makes an appearance after the storm. (Photo: John Sterner)

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