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 slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 5pm. Partly sunny. High near 87, with temperatures falling to around 83 in the afternoon. Northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: Partly cloudy. Low around 67, with temperatures rising to around 69 overnight. North wind 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Day: Sunny. High near 86, with temperatures falling to around 83 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 83. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 82. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 84. East wind 0 to 5 mph.
Night: Clear, with a low around 58. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 85. East wind 0 to 5 mph.
Night: Clear, with a low around 59. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 86. Northeast wind 0 to 10 mph.
Night: Clear, with a low around 62. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
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
Wed's Low Temperature
18 at 20 Miles Northwest Of Calpet, WY
Mount Hermon is an unincorporated community in northwestern Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is the home of the Yellow Jackets of Mount Hermon High School. The Mile Branch Settlement at the Washington Parish Free Fair is the current home of the old one room school house that was originally built by the pioneers of Mount Hermon, Louisiana. The ZIP Code for Mount Hermon is 70450.
After the civil war, the Ott family donated their land for a school house to be built on.
Mount Hermon is part of the Washington Parish School Board, alongside other schools such as Franklinton, Pine, and Varnado.
The Louisiana politician Jesse Homer Bankston, Sr., was born in Mount Hermon as was Lionel Ott, a member of the Louisiana State Senate and the New Orleans City Council in the 1940s and 1950s.
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