Tim Egan wrote a terrific book about The Dust Bowl and in two pages his writing excellence is on full display.
As we deal with creeping inflation and continuing covid variants, maybe we can draw on the fortitude of those people of the 1930’s.
Many details about these trying times are hard for anyone to comprehend after nearly a century.
Here are just a few.
In May of 1934, a dust storm swept across the Midwest depositing 12 million tons of dust on Chicago.
At times, you could not see your hand inches from your face.
People tethered themselves together with ropes to walk a couple of hundred yards to the barn.
Rain disappeared for years. Dust clouds rising to 10,000 ft. migrated across the countryside like moving mountains.
In desperation, families gave their children away.
One of the most ferocious storms ending up depositing 12 million tons of dust on Chicago.
The simple act of hugging or shaking hands could knock two people down as the static electricity was so strong.
*** I guess we can suck it up and tolerate the cwaaaazzzyy winds of this spring.
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