Extreme wind can physically lift and relocate a person and scatter their belongings.

Evidence

Returning from my cabin after breakfast, loaded with occupations for the day, I was lifted off my feet, and deposited in a drift, and all my things, writing book and letter included, were carried in different directions. Some, including a valuable photograph, were irrecoverable. The writing book was found, some hours afterwards, under three feet of snow. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 152

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Rocky Mountain storms can physically immobilize a person a short walk from shelter — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 139; Wind can lift snow off mountains so peaks seem to smoke. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 245; A person can simultaneously feel mortal fear and detached, buoyant calm — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 436

Broader Connections

• Wind can lift snow off mountains so peaks seem to smoke. #complicates (0.90) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 245
• A person can simultaneously feel mortal fear and detached, buoyant calm #complicates (0.85) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 436