An Analysis of Dodge's Escape Fire on the 1949 Mann Gulch Fire in ...

EPILOGUE:
Did Dodge really get lifted <strong>of</strong>f the ground
“Dodge later told Earl Cooley that, when the fire went over
him, he was lifted <strong>of</strong>f the ground two or three times”
(Maclean 1992).
“Dodge said fierce winds lifted him <strong>of</strong>f the ground three
times during the few minutes it took the fire to pass over
him ...” (Rothermel 1993).
“Wag suddenly felt buoyant, as if he were in a big vacuum,
and the extreme gusts <strong>of</strong> hot air lifted him from the ground
three separate times” (Matthews 2007).