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Originally Posted by ardeegee
Not to make assumptions, but maybe you are from somewhere (like a city) where you aren't around many open fires? They create their own wind, even just a pile of leaves burning makes an updraft that can blow around nearby tree limbs.
http://www.csiro.au/resources/FireGeneratedWind.html |
I'm a country bumpkin who moved to the city
It makes sense, it just didn't make sense to me when I read it. (I am likely the minority there.)
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With the wind howling, the dust shifting and the debris flying, she could barely make out his form. Richard was caught in the inferno of nature’s rage.
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I was picturing dust, debris and a dry wind with leaves blowing around. Couldn't make fire fit into my imagined place. The word choice might be perfect, but just didn't work for me.