Dust Bowl
Published on Nov 25, 2015
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I lived on a small farm in Oklahoma during the 1930s.
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"The most visible evidence of how dry the 1930s became was the dust storm."
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Throughout the1930s the Great Plains area went through a series of harsh droughts called the Black Storm.
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"...for no light in the world can penetrate that swirling murk... We live with the dust, eat it, sleep with it, watch it strip us of possessions and the hope of possessions. It is becoming Real."
Wind speeds could reach up to 60 mph making the dust strong enough to blow the planted seeds from out of the ground.
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Ma could never be able to keep the house spotless because all the dust that entered through the windows.
So the dust wouldn't enter our lungs we would wear protection over our mouths. We also wore goggles to protect our eyes from the high speed dust.
Ma always had us layer up when we went for school because my brother died from getting the dust trapped in his lungs.
On top of the huge drought that was occurring we had a big drop in the market causing the Great Depression to begin.
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Many people lost there jobs, were forced to sell their homes, and lived on the streets.
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Life back in the 1930s was "horrific" and "unsuitable to live in".
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"It was as though the sky was divided into two opposite worlds....We stood in our living room in pitch blackness. We were stunned. Never had we been in such all-enveloping blackness before, such impenetrable gloom."
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