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October 8, 1871: The Great Chicago Fire broke out, but Cheer Up, we can rebuild.


The Forgotten Fire

However, it was the Peshtigo fire that was the deadliest wildfire in US history that started on October 8, 1871, in northeastern Wisconsin.

Four major fires break out on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois; Peshtigo, Wisconsin; Holland, Michigan; and Manistee, Michigan.

Peshtigo fire (Oct 8)
Great Chicago Fire (Oct 8)
Manistee, Michigan (oct 8)
Port Huron Fire of 1871 (oct 8)
Great Hinckley, Minnesota fire Sept 1-6 1894
Baudette Minnesota fire of 1910 (Oct 7)
1910 Big Burn in Montana & Idaho (Aug 20-21)
2017 scorch earth northern Calif wildfire (started Oct 8)

The Chicago Fire of 1871 and the 'Great Rebuilding'

Four major wildfires started to occure on October 8th. According to various eye witness reports it was quite literally HELL On Earth. WHY?


Some researchers have hypothesized the fires were started by upper atmosphere asteroid explosions causing Peshtigo, Chicago and Michigan fires. Notably, Randall Carlson in "Firestorm Intense 1871 Conflagration Chicago/Peshtigo":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elmDoYvqpV4 (Very interesting)


October Draconids are coming...


The Draconid meteor shower


October 8, 1949: The Commie Noir I MARRIED A COMMUNIST premiered in Los Angeles. The Daily Worker reveled in its failure: "Howard Hughes' redbaiting film...flopped so hard..."

It was re-released in 1950 under the forgettable title THE WOMAN ON PIER 13. Starring Robert Ryan. Another alternate title was Beautiful But Dangerous.




In Sept 1948, RKO head Howard Hughes announced that he was making the film. The NYT article also noted that for the rewrites, Andrews was instructed to remove any "soapboxing" from the story and delete all references to Russia, including Slavic-sounding names. The studio was also concerned about not sending an anti-labor message and consequently created the "Jim Travers" character, who is a sympathetic union leader, but a Communist detractor as well.
The American Film Institute

Laraine Day was the photo girl of the World War II plane "Lucky Lady". A P38 headed by Max Pyles debuted the plane in September 1944. Laraine (who was at the time a favorite with lonesome G.I.'s) was asked for a photograph to be put on the plane. Laraine immediately wrote back and attached photo of herself in a negligee. The "Lucky Lady" soon held the honor of having the highest number of record flights in the autumn of 1944. Her photo remained pasted on the L/gun door, and the crew and Laraine frequently sent letters back and forth.



Her look in Bride By Mistake reminds me of Scully (Gillian Anderson).

AN INTERVIEW WITH CAPT. ARTHUR HEIDEN

Q.: "Lucky Lady carried a picture of actress Laraine Day on the nose, was this a decision you or the crew made?

AWH: Lt. Pierson & I had played around with naming our A/C the "Lonesome Pole Cat" and the "Shiftless Skunk", but my old A/C crashed and Pierson moved over to 55thFS and was later lost. I was reassigned Franklin's A/C and Ground crew. Max had mentioned that we should rename this A/C something other than "Strictly Stella's Baby". So one day we were all at the A/C and Max sets us down under the R/Wing and asks me what should be the new name. I asked if anyone had a good name, but no one came up with one. I had been playing around with an inspiration, "Lucky Lady" so we would not be held down to only one girl friend and could be related to by all the crew and no tattoo to be embarrassed by later. The crew were quick to approve so that was decided.

Q.: Who wrote her for the photograph?

AWH: Laraine Day was very popular, at that time with lonesome GI's, so Max asked us what we would think if he should write her and ask for a photo. Miss Day promptly answered with a nice letter and a beautiful negligee photo.It was promptly attached to the L/gun door.

Q.: So was the actual picture itself placed on the aircraft or did someone paint her likeness on it?

AWH: I have recently asked Max how they did this so well and protected it from condensation and other moisture, but he doesn't remember. As Bong had done this I guess the technique was well known. He remembers a compound that was in use at that time called "Water Glass". He remembers it being used to waterproof canvas like tents and Jeep tops. Sounds like the wood glue that people use for art work (decoupage) that dries clear. Plexiglas cover and frame with some type of rubberized sealing. Max and the crew wrote back and forth with Miss Day and she seemed very proud and interested in all events her airplane was involved in.

She was voted America's Sweetheart of the 1940s. In the 1970s, she was the head speaker for the Make America Better campaign program sponsored by the National Association of Real Estate Boards. During the decade, she made numerous speeches throughout America in regard to environmentalism.

A deeply patriotic American, she displayed the American flag outside her home everyday of the year. On days when the weather was unfit for the flag to be displayed outdoors she hung it within her home. During her time in Hollywood, she hosted a big BBQ at her home every July 4 and invited not just her family but many of her friends from the acting world. She was a big presidential campaign supporter of Ronald Reagan.

In C. David Heymann's book "Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story" (2009), he claimed that Laraine had at one time been a lover of John F. Kennedy during the 1950s. Laraine's children sued Heymann on libel charges, claiming that their mother never had any kind of an intimate relationship with Kennedy. They based their suit on the fact that she strongly believed in the concept of marital union with her three husbands and that during the time he held office Laraine was not a supporter of his administration owing to both his sexual escapades and his liberal policies.

Her daughter, with Leo Durocher, is Melinda Michele Thompson-Durocher (1944-2012) who lived in North Idaho and has 8 children, 22 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Yes, a big family of Mormons. The Idaho panhandle locally known as North Idaho you will find the most hardcore patriotic to crazy far right people west of the Mississippi. Don't get lost there if you're non-white or a pinko. Everyone is armed, even the kids. Very friendly, just don't act like a dumb lib or bring up politics.



The Purge of NYC Hall of Vipers continues...


First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright who is (was), Mayor Eric Adams' top deputy mayor and one of several senior officials to have her home searched and phone seized as part of ongoing federal investigations, resigned on Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Her husband, NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks, was pushed out earlier in the week AND his brother Philip Banks III also resigned as deputy mayor of public safety.

Eric Adams' top deputy mayor resigns amid flurry of City Hall exits


New Nord Stream bombing revelation just dropped...


It's from a Danish news site Politiken, which is paywalled and could only get an excerpt translated into English.


Some further context and speculation on ship movements in the area from this thread.


Story heating up...CIA secret JFK Assassination SCIF being revealed.
From interviews with a confidential source, Morley contends the CIA had video documentation of Lee Harvey Oswald taken in Mexico City prior to the attack. The source allegedly saw a film container at a CIA facility in Herndon, Virginia, labeled either “Oswald in Mexico” or “Oswald in Mexico City,” and dated September 1963. The facility housed other files related to the assassination, according to the source.

The source also claims to have reviewed a 40-50-page document put together by the CIA’s inspector general in the 1970’s at a separate off-site facility. The source believed the document provided a playbook to deter renewed investigation efforts in the House of Representatives on the JFK assassination.

No such document is part of the 1976 House Select Committee on Assassinations’ review, contained in the JFK files, or held by the National Archives.


Whistleblower Cites Explosive Document and Describes the CIA's Secret JFK Archive


Hurricane Milton view out the Dragon Endeavour window:



Ridin Milton: https://x.com/NOAA_HurrHunter/status/184...5401843941


Super-size Hurricane image from space