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Alaska Pulls the Plug on Snowzilla

Municipal officials in Anchorage have pulled the plug on their famous giant snowman, known as Snowzilla. Snowzilla was first built in 2005 and rose 16 feet. The giant snow structure gained popularity with international photographers and camera crews. Every succeeding year the snowman was built higher, until locals complained about the large number of cars full of people that would come to see Snowzilla. City officials now deemed Snowzilla a public nuisance and safety hazard. Builders...Read Full Story

Anchorage Says Bye-Bye to Snowzilla

By hofseth on | From akgal.wordpress.com

Snowzilla was quite an attraction in Anchorage with people waiting in line to get a picture with the colossus snowman. Unfortunately, Snowzilla is no longer with us and Anchorage must say bye-bye to our unofficial attraction. In 2005, Mr. Billy Powers did what many people like to do when the snow falls, he built a snowman. The large snowman did what many snowmen do when it warms up after a snowfall, he began to melt. Snowzilla in Anchorage Mr. Powers rebuilt his snowman which grew and...Read Full Story

Frosty The Snowman on Steroids

By pauleilers on | From paulshealthblog.com

Snowzilla Meet Snowzilla, 25 foot tall snowman in front lawn of Billy Powers. With the help of his seven kids, who collected snow from neighbors' yards, Powers has created this snowman on steroids for the last three years. "Have you seen him?" Powers asked when reached by telephone at his home, the sound of excited children in the background. "He's handsome." However, not everybody in the neighborhood liked all the cars and visitors who came to see Snowzilla . So Anchorage, Alaska city...Read Full Story

Snowzilla makes a comeback

By pcorp2008 on | From timesoftheinternet.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The giant snowman an Anchorage, Alaska, man has created annually since 2005, has reappeared despite a city ban but he says he doesn't know who made it. Billy Powers told the Anchorage Daily News the 25-foot Snowzilla, complete with hat and carrot nose, went up in defiance of a stop-work order. A small snowman was also built in the wee hours Tuesday in front of city hall. Snowzilla became a celebrity when the Powers family first built one three years...Read Full Story

The World’s Biggest Snowman and Snowy Jewish News

By Mahnishmah on | From jewishmusicinfo.com

Okay, so due to El Nino this has been a very wet, snowy winter. The northeast’s snow has been dominating the Jewish news. Come spring, the effects of his sister, El Nina, will become known and we won’t have as hot a summer as last year. But for right now, we’re still dealing with snow. Lots and lots of snow. Below, a man is taking advantage in this video chosen from our catalogue of Jewish videos . This 35-foot snowman, with rubber tires for buttons, a traffic cone for a nose and a whole...Read Full Story

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