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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Day: Rain showers likely before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. West wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. North wind 7 to 12 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 64. North wind 7 to 10 mph.
Night: Clear, with a low around 40. Northeast wind 1 to 8 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49.
Day: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69.
Night: A chance of rain showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: A chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.
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14 at Lyman, WY
Caroline County is a United States county located in the eastern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The northern boundary of the county borders on the Rappahannock River, notably at the historic town of Port Royal. The Caroline county seat is Bowling Green.
Caroline County was established in 1728 and was named in honor of the British queen Caroline of Ansbach. Developed in the colonial and antebellum years for tobacco and later mixed crops, worked by generations of enslaved African Americans, such agriculture gradually became less important. In the 20th century it was known for thoroughbred horse farms. It is the birthplace of the renowned racehorse Secretariat, winner of the 1973 Triple Crown: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes.
As of the 2020 census, the county population was 30,887. It has doubled in the last fifty years. Caroline is now considered part of the Greater Richmond Region and benefited by suburban and related development.
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