Amarillo, Texas 1930

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Dave Mellor NJ

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Pre dustbowl
 

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The drought start that affected the dust bowl years was in 1930. Folks that were flat broke and leaving their farm land baron in that time frame had a major affect on the amount of soil erosion that happened. It came in waves with the two worst years being in 1934 and 1936 but all the years in between were not all that good either. My grandparents weathered it out and kept good enough moisture in the ground to keep if from blowing real bad. Kansas was named after the native Kansa tribe that were known as the south wind people. Most of our dust came from Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle where the drought was worst. Some farmers had to dig their tractors out of the dirt drifts that came with all that Oklahoma top soil. Then a big storm would come out of the west and blow the stuff all the way to the atlantic ocean.

Soil conservation is a lot better now but I remember a few dust storms in the 70s. It would get dark enough for the street lights to come on during the daylight hours.
 
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