neighbors or other businesses, are they being adversely impacted? i think everybody has been negatively impacted because the weather has been so unpredictable in denver and in colorado in general. we have had we have five feet of snow in the last two snowstorms up here. wow. so it s significant. oh, boy. how do you plan for this if at all, if this can typically happen memorial day weekend? well, you don t plan very well. it s impossible to plan. oh, my goodness. it s crazy. it certainly is. barbara day, thanks so much, joining us from colorado s echo lake lodge. all the best in your business this weekend and throughout the summer. thank you so much. thank you for talking to us fredicka. all the best. have a great weekend. you, too. i think now we can check in with our bonnie schneider and find out, boy, this is some unbelievable snow in many western states. they re using words like epic to
bonnie schneider in the weather center. barbara day was saying it s not that unusual for memorial day weekend to have that kind of snowfall where she is. it probably is. the problem is, fredicka, this has been a series of storms after unbelievable amounts of snow. it s going on up. we had an incredible winter out there with blizzard after blizzard. and don t forget, the temperatures have to be cold enough to support the snow to stick and pile up like what you saw in those pictures. as you can see here, temperatures across much of the mountain west for states like utah, wyoming and minnesota have been well below normal. and unfortunately that s really also influencing some of the problems we re seeing with snowfall. here is what else is interesting, is that as we go into this holiday weekend where many of you might be thinking ability taking a beach vacation, we are looking at a brand new winter storm system working its way across the sierra nevada. it will bring three inches or more
built once before 17 years ago. on tuesday collins discussed the idea with shocked city officials. wednesday they gave him the okay to start. thursday construction began. we ve had just an enormous outpouring of generosity and help to get prepared to get back to this point. the city has been great. the city of job lynn allowed us a permit in record time. reporter: there s still no electricity in this part of joplin. the substation across the street remains in ruins. a generator powers the tools passersby continuing stop to offer encouragement and support. i just had two police officers stop by and say, we want to shake your hand, the first glimmer of hope that we ve really seen towards the town rebuilding. reporter: four nearby homes that collins built in the past year are in ruins. already he has at least six projects waiting to be rebuilt. my heart and prayers go out to everyone that did lose loved ones. i hate for it to come to something like this to bring busine
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