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On October 8, 1871 (before global climate disruption) the city of Chicago burned to the ground. What is less known is that several other much larger fires occurred the same day.
The Peshtigo, Wisconsin fire burned 1.5 million acres (82 Manhattans) and killed about 2,000 people. That same day, fires destroyed the cities of Holland, Manistee and Port Huron, Michigan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Michigan_Fire
Once the fires started it was reported that gale force winds swept across Michigan. In addition to Michigan’s own fires, the Peshtigo firestorm in Wisconsin sent flaming boards of lumber some 14 miles (23 km) high. It also crossed the Menominee River and set other fires on the Michigan side of the border. A painted sign that had become airborne during the Peshtigo Fire was discovered near the burned village of Birch Creek
Some people have speculated that it was comet fragments from Comet Biela which started all the simultaneous fires, but we now know that they must have had something to do with CO2 – since all weather and climate is controlled by CO2.