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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 1548312, member: 19423&quot;]Definitely not Mrs. O&#039;Leary&#039;s cow... the guys that wrote up that story retracted it and admitted it was made up sometime in the 1890s I believe.&nbsp; But it seems that the story was just too good to dismiss <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve heard a lot about the meteor (actually I a comet I think) that may have caused the fires (a few others at the same time as well).&nbsp; But from what I&#039;ve read on the matter, meteors don&#039;t cause fires when they strike as they have already cooled down enough by the time they hit the ground.&nbsp; Of course, a meteor striking could have knocked over Mrs. O&#039;Leary&#039;s lantern I guess... but surely there would be several eyewitness accounts of such an event as a meteor striking in downtown Chicago, right????&nbsp; Also, if it were a comet and not a meteor, I&#039;ve read that those typcially blow up in the atmosphere and create large explosions and don&#039;t hit the ground.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It might just be a coincidence that so many fires started at that time.&nbsp; The area was in a severe drought at the time so the outbreak of multiple fires would not necessarily have to be related.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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