weather . it will lose some of its steam . new storm in the northwest. there is still winter . spring skiing. rez sorts are extending their skiing. clayton. this is ipad and out this morn an hour and half you can get your hands on it. stev know co-bear found a unique use for it . got the e-mail and web browsing and music video and shield your eyes from the sun look at how quickly it makings delicious sulver. and bam.
winter, a powerful early spring snowstorm is no joke in colorado, they got pounded, as much as 2 feet in the dn ver area before the storm begins to ease off later today, we re told. these storms are fairly common in colorado this time of year, march and april considered the snowiest months of the whole year in colorado. that s why it s the home to such great spring skiing. but this storm, not a whole lot of fun, a doozy, high winds that have knocked out power in that area, visibility in some places we re told is near zero, the roads are treacherous, and they re telling folks if they can to stay off of the roads in that denver part of colorado. greg niaccho of kddr is live for us in the snow in denver. hey greg. reporter: hey, you want to put this into perspective, a couple of days back i was watching spring training in phoenix. now back to reality in denver, colorado.
mountain west, great news for ski resorts for some spring skiing, but as we go into saturday, watching southern california for this storm system. it s going to mean possible flooding and/or mudslides for the burn areas, so the west will remain active, the east is going to be quiet. maybe a spring-like weekend for us. jane, or jon, back to you. jon: i ll take it. that s your news whip. jane: want to get to some business news, brand new numbers out from retailers in this country, and jenna has good news, some of them beating expectations. solid gains for february. jenna: which means aside from the bad weather, we actually went out shopping. and it s interesting to find ott who did the shopping. most of the 28 retailers we looked at, about 80% of them the teen retailers doing particularly well. a lot of these comparisons are to a year-ago period where we saw unemployment spike, and it was just a really tough time. tough time now, but definitely a