Why the Dust Bowl Was the Most Devastating Drought in US History
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 พ.ค. 2023
- Known as "black blizzards," severe drought and poor farming practices led to devastating dust storms across the Great Plains during the 1930s Dust Bowl and Great Depression era. #DustBowl #DustStorm #Drought
Learn more about the dangers of dust storms here: www.foxweather.com/weather-ne...
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89 years ago tomorrow, one of the Dust Bowl's largest "black blizzard" dust storms swept across the Great Plains to darken the skies of cities as far as New York and Washington, DC. Learn more about the dangers of dust storms here: www.foxweather.com/weather-news/study-travel-weather-deadly 🌬
Another amazing account of the Dust Bowl is the novel "The Worst Hard Time" by Timothy Egan.
Very scary for everyone who was in the path of it, and these facts make it even more scarier.
Just listened to The four winds talking book by Kristin Hannah about this period in American history. Brilliant. 🎉
Why the Dust Bowl Was the Most Devastating Drought in US History 1359pm 10.5.23 again... something which could have been prevented. intensive industrial farming techniques, perhaps, also being a cause... that and allowing the original farmers of the region to suffer and lose their farms and land rights.. resettlement programmes being the key, here. even children in the Uk learn about this along with the issues facing enforced collectivisation in the USSR...
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