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: A chance of rain showers and patchy fog before 9am, then patchy fog and a slight chance of rain showers between 9am and 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. North wind 6 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 60. East northeast wind around 12 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. East northeast wind around 9 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 58.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 64.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 66.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 66.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 69.
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
Gerton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 254. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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