Firestorm at Peshitigo

INSTRUCTIONS: WRITE A 2-4 PAGE ESSAY (DOUBLE SPACED) ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

DESCRIBE THE WILDLANDS FUELS SITUATION IN THE LAKE STATES IN THE LATE 1800’S AS WELL AS THE FUELS IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF PESHITIGO IN THE FALL OF 1871.
WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF FUELS, WEATHER, AND TOPOGRAPHY, DISCUSS SOME OF THE WARNING SIGNS THAT WERE PRESENT PRIOR TO THE BLOWUP ON OCT. 8, 1871. EXPLAIN WHY THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED OR ACTED UPON.
WHAT OTHER WELL KNOWN FIRE OCCURRED ON THE SAME DAY? WHAT, IN GENERAL, HAPPENED AS FAR AS DAMAGED/DEATHS?
HOW WERE SOME PEOPLE ABLE TO SURVIVE?
MEMORABLE OR FAVORITE CHARACTER?
WHAT ARE THE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM THIS EVENT THAT WE AS A SOCIETY SHOULD REMEMBER TODAY?
EXPLAIN THE TERM ‘PESHTIGO PARADIGM?’