Don't have any theories but maybe it wasn't a cow knocking over a lamp post that caused Chicago to burn for 3 days.
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Apparently there were a total of 6 fires that occurred, Chicago, Peshtigo Wisconsin, Alpena, Holland Manistee, and Port Huron Michigan. I understand the official account is some cow knocking over a lamp post. I'm guessing some distortion of the truth and possibly some intentionality involved.
The Peshtigo fire narratives are extraordinary! Stories of fire that water could not extinguish, bubble like voluminous, think plasma like material that enveloped and incinerated what it touched. Sad
Greek fire?
I need to look into that. I watched a scientist fire a laser fresnel lens, a lighthouse beacon lens. There is tech out there.
According to this video, it was a wide swath of Michigan that was burned. It also explains the weather conditions on October 8th, 1871.