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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 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!

 

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

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