Good morning.
Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 54. Sunrise is 7:00 and sunset 6:23 PM for 11h 22m 45s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 31.4% of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1871, Peshtigo, Wisconsin was devastated by a fire that took 1,200 lives. The fire caused over $2 million in damages and destroyed 1.25 million acres of forest. This was the greatest human loss due to fire in the history of the United States. The Peshtigo Fire was overshadowed by the Great Chicago Fire which occurred on the same day, killing 250 people and lasting three days. While the Chicago fire is said to have been started by a cow kicking over a lantern, it is uncertain how the Peshtigo fire began.
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