Note: Sensors sometimes report over- or underestimates of the actual amount of particle pollution in the air. Before sensor data appears on the Map, we apply an EPA scientific correction equation so you can compare sensor data to data from permanent monitors. Learn more about our data processing steps here. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Neil Rawles (February 2, 2007). Inside Waco (Television documentary). Channel 4/HBO. But something else happened the night of October 8—another fire, fueled by the same conditions, in nearby Chicago. The Great Chicago Fire left 100,000 people homeless, destroyed over 17,000 wooden structures and killed 300. Though it wasn’t as severe as the Peshtigo fire, the big city blaze dominated headlines and history books. Find sources: "Waco siege"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( April 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) David Williams (April 8, 2020). "Pennsylvania's colorful 'Graffiti Highway' is being shut down for good". CNN.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020 . Retrieved September 13, 2020.

Morton, Ella (4 June 2014). "How an Underground Fire Destroyed an Entire Town". Slate. Archived from the original on 7 August 2014 . Retrieved August 2, 2014. s:Activities of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Toward the Branch Davidians/Section 2|Activities of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Toward the Branch Davidians: II. The ATF Investigation. The fire and its effects were featured in 2013 on America Declassified on the Travel Channel, and on Radiolab's Cities episode. [29] [17] Sensitive (at-risk) groups include people with heart or lung disease, older adults, children, pregnant people, and people who spend a lot of time outdoors.a b c d e Psychotherapy Networker, March/April 2007, "Stairway to Heaven; Treating children in the crosshairs of trauma." Excerpt from the book The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Perry and Maia Szalavitz. The story starts in a booming logging town surrounded by dense forests. The seemingly endless trees in close range of Lake Michigan sparked a brisk trade in logging that attracted immigrants from all over Europe, beginning in the 1780s. Thanks to its prime location near Chicago—the world’s largest lumber trade market at the time—Peshtigo prospered, felling trees for a rapidly expanding country that needed timber for its houses and new cities. a b Witherspoon, Tormy. "District judge throws out Roden's leadership lawsuit". WacoTrib.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2019 . Retrieved November 1, 2019. CEV2, with battering ram, rips a hole into second floor of compound; minutes later another hole is punched into the rear of one of the buildings of the compound. The vehicles then withdraw. [93]

The Fire and Smoke Map shows information on particle pollution, fires and smoke plumes: Particle pollution data:Marc Smith, "Agent allegedly refused Koresh's offer," Houston Chronicle, September 11, 1993; "Gun Dealer Alerted Koresh to ATF Probe, Lawyer Says," Houston Post, Associated Press, September 11, 1993. Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas: Appendix D. Arson Report". www.justice.gov. September 15, 2014 . Retrieved July 23, 2022. During the siege, several scholars who study apocalypticism in religious groups attempted to persuade the FBI that the siege tactics being used by government agents would only reinforce the impression within the Branch Davidians that they were part of a Biblical " end-of-times" confrontation that had cosmic significance. [75] This would likely increase the chances of a violent and deadly outcome. The religious scholars pointed out that the beliefs of the group may have appeared to be extreme, but to the Branch Davidians, their religious beliefs were deeply meaningful, and they were willing to die for them. [75]