[cripplecreek]

Holland is a long way from the UP so that gives an indication of how far apart the fires were.

[SunkenCiv]

This is just a tiny little catastrophe; however, there was a book out 20+ years ago claiming that the reason there were so many widespread (100s of miles apart) was that flammable material from a broken up comet started them all.

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[SunkenCiv]

the 1871 fires, didn't check the links, let me know if any are not working.

http://www.peshtigofire.info/bales1.htm

http://www.geo.msu.edu/geo333/fires.html

http://www.huroncitymuseums.org/michiganhistory.htm

http://www.michmarkers.com/startup.asp?startpage=L1628.htm

http://www.saugatuckdouglas.com/history.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct08.html

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimanist/ManHist14.html

[SunkenCiv]

Not pertaining to 1871, but regarding impact on Lake Michigan:

Rain of Iron and Ice
by John S. Lewis

On November 27,1919, a meteorite fell into Lake Michigan near the Michigan shore. "Residents of Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, South Bend, Grand Haven, and other Western Michigan cities fled from their homes in panic, fearing an earthquake. Houses were shaken, the country was illuminated as by a bright sun's rays, so all-enveloping it was impossible to tell from which direction the flare came, the earth trembled for half a moment and then came a deep prolonged rumbling as of a terrific explosion." (p 159)

[Quix]

Doesn't this have something to do at some point with WELS? I used to hear WELS folk talk about this a lot. I forget what they said!

[Molly Pitcher]

I read a book about this a few years ago. Very interesting the way different people survived according to some critical choices they made....for example, being willing to go into the water, and risk the cold, etc, instead of staying on the land.