1871 - Prolonged drought and dessicating winds led to the great Chicago fire, the Peshtigo horror, and the Michigan fire holocaust. Fire destroyed more than seventeen thousand buildings killing more than 200 persons in the city of Chicago, while a fire consumed the town of Peshtigo WI killing more than 1100 persons. In Wisconsin, a million acres of land were burned, and in Michigan, 2.5 million acres were burned killing 200 persons. "Tornadoes of fire" generated by intense heat caused houses to explode in fire, and burned to death scores of persons seeking refuge in open fields.
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Night: Mostly clear. Low around 53, with temperatures rising to around 55 overnight. South wind around 6 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 80. North northwest wind 6 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Night: Mostly clear. Low around 54, with temperatures rising to around 58 overnight. South southeast wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 10 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. South wind 10 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 82.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 74.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 72.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 72.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.
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100 at Rio Grande Village, TX and 5 Miles South Of Yuma, AZ and 6 Miles West Southwest Of Glamis, CA and ~
Tue's Low Temperature
14 at Lyman, WY
Lone Pine is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States, located 16 mi (26 km) south-southeast of Independence. The population was 2,014 at the 2020 census, down from 2,035 at the 2010 census. The town is located in the Owens Valley, near the Alabama Hills and Mount Whitney, between the eastern peaks of the Sierra Nevada to the west and the Inyo Mountains to the east. The local hospital, Southern Inyo Hospital, offers standby emergency services. The town is named after a solitary pine tree that once existed at the mouth of Lone Pine Canyon. On March 26, 1872, the very large Lone Pine earthquake destroyed most of the town and killed 27 of its 250 to 300 residents.
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