FireAg said:
agz win said:
Governor claiming the fire advanced a mile per minute.
I have personally experienced a wildfire move more than 1,000 feet, in less than 30 seconds, uphill...
It's the only type of fire that ever made me nervous...
Damn.
I read a book called "Young Men and Fire" about the Mann Gulch fire on August 5, 1949 (written by Norman McClean of "A River Runs Through It" fame). As I recall, he and others tried to piece together what happened that day. One of the conclusions was a fire of that size and type creates its own weather system which was somewhat of a new idea. He also was trying to determine the culpability of the fire jumper foreman.
Someone else finished the book after McClean's death so I don't know who it was that stated, in their research on either the Mann Gulch fire or other fires, that huge sections of trees and brush would rapidly ignite all at once due to high heat, dry conditions, etc. True or not, pretty scary stuff.
Always wanted to go to Mann Gulch, just never have made it.