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Thumb Fire [Wildfire]

Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 1:40 pm
by Jim Eshelman
Michigan's deadliest natural disaster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumb_fire

September 5, 1881, in Michigan's "thumb" region (as if the state were shaped like a mitten). Several consequences of the fire (listed in the article above). From a fire that had been burning since mid-August, Bad Axe, MI burst into flames and winds spread the fire to nearby towns. (The town of Bad Axe matches the usually given center of the fire as 43.8N, 83.0W, almost to the minute.)

Over a million acres burned in a single day. 282 people died. Damages estimated at more than $2.3 million. Absent a time, I'm using noon.

Year: Capricorn
Pluto on MC (0°19')
Venus on Dsc (0°29')
-- Venus-Pluto sq. (0°48' in mundo)
Moon-Mars op. (1°53')
Uranus on Asc (7°41')

Bridge
t. Pluto conj. Capsolar MC 5/18-12/17
t. Saturn conj. Cansolar MC 7/15-10/9
t. Mars conj. CanQ Moon 9/4-8
Event window: September 4-8

Quarter: Cansolar
Saturn on MC (0°58')
Jupiter sq. MC (1°16')
Mars- Neptune conj. (0°28' in mundo)
-- Neptune on MC (4°28')
-- Mars on MC (4°56')


Month: Caplunar
Neptune on Dsc (0°46')
Jupiter sq. MC (0°18')
Saturn on Dsc (3°40')
Jupiter-Pluto conj. (3°15')
-- Pluto on Dsc (5°45')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transit
p. EP conj. s. Saturn (1°11')
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t. Pluto conj. s. MC (0°31')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transit
t. Mars conj. p. Moon (0°13')
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t. Saturn conj. s. MC (0°23')
t. Mercury op. s. Moon (0°13')


SUMMARY
Year: Venus Pluto (Uranus). Moon-Mars Venus-Pluto.
Bridge: Pluto (Cap). Mars Saturn (Can).
--Quarter: Jupiter Saturn (Mars Neptune). Mars-Neptune.
Month: Jupiter Neptune (Saturn Pluto). Jupiter-Pluto.
Day (Capsolar): Saturn (CapQ). Pluto (transits).
-- Day (Cansolar): Moon-Mars (CanQ). Mercury Saturn (transits).