want to bring in trevor hughes, correspondent for usa today. saw the burning first happened yesterday. trevor, this is so much damage in such a short amount of time. where are you and what's going on? >> yeah. i'm on the southern edge of superior in rock creek, overlooking the area. this is neighborhoods that sheriff pelley was talking about. some homes were destroyed. six or seven homes went up one after another, it hop scotched through. it is hard to understand. talking winds more than 100 miles per hour. it was unbelievably fierce. the embers blowing like crazy through neighborhoods, horrifying to see. >> talk to me about how strange it is, we're not talking about mountains far off into the distance, we're talking 35 minutes from downtown denver and talking about end of december. you have been dealing with an incredible drought, did tie a record for the most snowless days, that streak that ended december 10th. how unusual is this? >> this is very unusual. where i'm sitting now is a field that didn't burn but has waist high grass. it just roar