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Jen, Dom, Abby The Dust Bowl "Some People Thought the End of the World was at Hand when Every Trace of Daylight was Obliterated at 4:00 PM." Liberal News, 15 April 1935



In 1931, an extreme drought occurred. The horror started when the dust began to aggressively sweep over the plains and would not stop. Weeks, months, //years// passed and the wind would not cease. The rain refused to come, causing the situation to become only worse. This horrendous, unforgettable drought would become famously known as the Dust Bowl. Many argue that the Dust bowl which occurred during the "Dirty Thirties," was one of the worst events in US history. Not only did crops dry up and die, farmers watched their soil blow away in seconds, leaving them essentially penniless. Due to the high mph winds and swarming dust, livestock became blind and suffocated. Conditions during the Dust Bowl were so blinding that farmers were forced to tie themselves to guide ropes from the house to the barn. Red Cross workers started to hand out respiratory masks. The Dust Bowl had residents shoveling dirt out of their homes and trying to avoid "dust pneumonia." Dust pneumonia was caused by inhaling dust and debris into the lungs. Before the Dust Bowl came to an end, many southern plains turned into wastelands of dust. What used to be plains filled of wheat and corn were now filled with dry soil and dust. Massive drought's occurred during this time and affected 75% of the country. Farmers kept working in these harsh conditions hoping that it would soon rain. Food was limited and no jobs were available. As the Dust Bowl was growing, Western people decided to leave and head towards the Pacific states for resources of food and water. It is said that this was one of the most "intense crop failures of all time". Towards the end of the Dust Bowl, rain finally came. This ended the drought and allowed America to be freed from the depression. The plains soon harvested plentiful crops once again. The Dust Bowl was a depressing and difficult time for the United States.
 * The Dust Bowl- A film by Ken Burns

 

         <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Citations: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[]- "About the Dust Bowl <span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">" <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[]- Tim Egan and Donald Woster, "The Dust Bowl" <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[]-Eric Foner and John Garraty, "Dust Bowl" []- B.I. Cook, R.L. Miller, and R. Segar " Did Dust Storms Make the Dust Bowl Drought Worse? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[] []  [|http://gtzachary.edublogs.org/2013/02/21/dust-bowl-political-catoon]