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Snowzilla 2016: Falls Church [PHOTOS]

by FCNP.com

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 [email protected], posted to FCNP’s Facebook page at facebook.com/fallschurchcity or tweeted to us @fcnp.com.

Stay warm and safe out there, Falls Church!

 

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

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