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: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind around 5 mph.
Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely between 8am and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. West wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. North wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Northeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. Northeast wind around 12 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 72.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 52.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 74.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 76.
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
Marston is an unincorporated community in Richmond County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located on U.S. Route 1, 11.4 miles (18.3 km) east-northeast of Rockingham. Marston had its own post office until November 13, 2010; it still has its own ZIP code, 28363. Marston also gave its name to the pierced steel planks developed and deployed by the U.S. military in World War Two called ‘Marston mats’. During November, 1941 maneuvers near Marston, North Carolina, the 21st Engineer Regiment (Aviation) constructed a 3,000 foot runway in eleven days using eighteen railway carloads of 36,000 panels of pierced steel planking. Developed by the Carnegie Illinois Steel Company, the 10 foot by 15 inch steel panels, with 87 holes, weighed 66.2 pounds each, and could be emplaced without special tools, then lifted and moved to a new location.
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