to turn centre. do not call 911. i m going to turn it centre. do not call 911. i m going to turn it over to the governor. thank to turn it over to the governor. thank you. to turn it over to the governor. thank you, sheriff. a few moments ago we did an aerial reconnaissance mission thanks to the colorado national guard, of the areas impacted. we were able to do it in the brief window before the snow and how grateful we are that the snow has started. though there are some areas with active flames, mostly we were looking at the neighbourhood level devastation. as the sheriff indicated, those neighbourhoods, because of the nature of the fire spread by gusts up to 105 mph, it can spread to a house here or there, over other houses, past streets. very unusual burn pattern. the other unusual factor, very unusual burn pattern. the other unusualfactor, it s in the blink of an annoying. this is a disaster in
for the plymouth damage assessment for housing and small business assistance. that will be forthcoming soon, because of the disaster and the actions the president took. he sends his regards to the people of colorado and those who are directly impacted. this hit close to home many of us. in many cases those of us who live nearby but also in terms of this being a fire that wasn t a wildfire in the forest. it was a suburban and urban fire. the costco we all shop at, the target where we buy our kids clothes, all surrounded and damaged. nearly1000 buy our kids clothes, all surrounded and damaged. nearly 1000 homes in two very tight knit beautiful communities our state house, gone. we talk about houses destroyed, but each house is notjust a house. it s a home. it s a sanctuary of comfort
1600 acres have been damaged and so far, no fertility is have been reported. although we heard an official saying that the intensity official saying that the intensity of the fire and its presence in such a heavily populated area, and urban fire is how it s been described, he said we wouldn t be surprised if there are injuries and fatalities. it s been driven primarily by the wind, up to 500 homes destroyed. people have been evacuated. water supplies have been compromised, power lines are down as well. it was a very unusual burn pattern too, this fire, leaving people with just minutes notice to leave. described as a mosaic dynamics, jumping from one spot to another. but so far, no casualties reported. resident biden offering his support, primarily financial support as well, for those
community we received an outpouring from the community to be volunteers and make donations community to be volunteers and make donations. we appreciate this but please donations. we appreciate this but please do donations. we appreciate this but please do not self deployed to those areas please do not self deployed to those areas for please do not self deployed to those areas. forthose please do not self deployed to those areas. for those who want to volunteer, areas. for those who want to volunteer, please visit colorado responds volunteer, please visit colorado responds to all. if you want to make donations. responds to all. if you want to make donations, go to our website at troutder donations, go to our website at boulder 0em.com, where there are details boulder 0em.com, where there are details on boulder 0em.com, where there are details on how to register and donate details on how to register and donate. we have a community call centre donate. we have a com
lines. morning and we saw downed power tines. a morning and we saw downed power tines. a iot morning and we saw downed power lines, a lot of risks we re still to mitigate lines, a lot of risks we re still to mitigate. as soon as residents are able to mitigate. as soon as residents are able to get mitigate. as soon as residents are able to get back, we are going to let them able to get back, we are going to let them back. that s the goal. we don t let them back. that s the goal. we don t want let them back. that s the goal. we don t want to keep them out of their neighbourhoods and homes. last night, neighbourhoods and homes. last night, there was an announcement for the city night, there was an announcement for the city of night, there was an announcement for the city of lewisville. now it extends the city of lewisville. now it extends to the town of superior. water extends to the town of superior. water pressure was lost in those communities, so water is potenti