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: Patchy fog before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. West wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Northeast wind 2 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Northeast wind around 13 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 76.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 76.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 78.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 78.
Tue's High Temperature
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
Columbia County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 156,010. The legal county seat is Appling, but the de facto seat of county government is Evans.
Columbia County is included in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metropolitan statistical area. It is located along the Savannah River.
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