To: janetjanet998; All
The only people that survived The Peshtigo Fire (2K died!) in Wisconsin and Michigan, which happened on the SAME DAY as The Great Chicago Fire were those that could make their way to Green Bay or local rivers while the fire raged all around them.
Scary! Prayers up for these people. I hope they are able to get to safety!
45 posted on
09/05/2020 6:57:55 PM PDT by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: All
To: Diana in Wisconsin
They say that started out as a controlled burn.
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Wow. I’d never even heard of that tragedy. Scary stuff.
56 posted on
09/05/2020 7:23:53 PM PDT by
Flick Lives
(My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Diana,
Peshtigo burned 680 times the area of the Chicago Fire, killed 6.67 times as many people, and did it all in one day, instead of three.
Still, Mrs. O’Leary’s cow gets all the press.
As important as the building code improvements that came in the aftermath of the Chicago Fire, the lessons learned from Peshtigo had greater, long-term impact.
94 posted on
09/05/2020 10:14:00 PM PDT by
Natty Bumppo@frontier.net
(We are the dangerous ones, who stand between all we love and a more dangerous world.)
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