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 between 7am and 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Northeast wind 2 to 7 mph.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 2 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Northeast wind 8 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of rain showers before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Day: A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 78.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 79.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 79.
Darien, Darien River
(3.3 miles away)
Threemile Cut entrance, Darien River
(3.7 miles away)
Hudson Creek entrance
(4.4 miles away)
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
Ridgeville is an unincorporated community in McIntosh County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.
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