PHOTO GALLERY: Columbia residents start digging out after Thursday's storm

By Missourian staff

February 22, 2013 | 1:20 p.m. CST

Columbia residents spent Friday shoveling sidewalks and digging out cars from parking lots in the aftermath of Thursday's snowstorm.

Dennis Harper plows the sidewalk with a plow attached to his riding lawn mower between Hitt and Tenth streets on Friday. "If we get the sidewalks clear, people will come in and start spending money" Harper said. | Harry Katz

Gyuseon Song throws a snowball into the air while his parents, Minsu Song and Seonja Cha Song, shovel their packed driveway. Minsu said the family moved from South Korea last July and said the snow was fun, but mostly frustrating. | Whitney Hayward

Steven Turner shovels a path through the snow on Alley A on Friday. | Harry Katz

A plow moves up Cherry Street in downtown Columbia on Friday. A winter storm on Thursday dumped about 11 inches of snow on the downtown part of the city. | Harry Katz

Sanaa Deshmukh clears snow off her vehicle in the Hy-Vee Gas parking lot Friday. She said her car handled fine in the snow, but she was worried about other drivers driving recklessly on the snowy streets. | Whitney Hayward