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Post by hollydzie on Nov 21, 2012 9:10:48 GMT -5
I have been watching this show on PBS. WOW we have it soooooooooo good compared to what these people went through. From what I understand from the show is that they over planted and "raped" the land. This made the dust storms even worse. It is a very interesting show. I am a history buff so I did enjoy it. Again it makes me very thankful for all the conveniences and options we have have today.
Holly
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Post by wanette on Nov 21, 2012 9:46:15 GMT -5
This show scared the *(^% ) outa me!!
I have relatives that remember those storms and we recently had a dust storm at the OK and Kansas border that caused a 27 car pile up and remember the storm in AZ, the pics of it looked just like some of those from the 30's.
One of my cousins remarked that last year he didn't have enough moisture to get the wheat up and growing and his dad had told him that in the 30's they had enough moisture to get a crop up and growing but then the dust and wind would kill it and there would be nothing but bare dirt to blow.
I thought it was ironic toward the end of the show when one lady commented that in '38 they got .77 inch of rain and they knew the drought was over. I have run out and played in the rain this summer when we got .5 inch, thinking it was the best rain ever.
I still see the effects on my ground and the ground I grew up on. Top soil, what top soil?
There is a place out west OK called "Little Sahara" it is nothing but sand dunes where folks ride motorcylces and 4 wheelers. Don't know if it was there before the 30's but it's been there long enough to become a state park. It's scary to think that it might be growing larger during this drought we're in now.
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