Dust Bowl (27 pics)

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The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion caused the phenomenon.

№1 Author: kryptor (18 Oct 2013 07:07) Total user comments: 4840

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China is doing the same thing right now.

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№2 Author: Lu (18 Oct 2013 22:32) Total user comments: 15132

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Terrible times then.

Like one ol Texan told the other one: 'Didn't know that the storm was that heavy until I saw mah dog digging a hole ten feet off the ground'.

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№3 Author: adzhoe (19 Oct 2013 00:56) Total user comments: 15111

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great pictures of a bad time

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№4 Author: 30s (20 Oct 2013 05:07) Total user comments: 0

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if you want to know more about this period, read The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, and listen to the Dust Bowl Balads by Woddie Guthrie

I Love the thirties :)

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Dust Bowl (27 pics)

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