The Dust Bowl When you hear someone mention “The Dirty Thirties”, you would assume it’s some kind of band. Perhaps, when “The Dust Bowl” is mentioned, a football game comes into mind. But both names relate to the 1930s Dust Bowl, which included many details common to dust storms and caused damage and destruction to property and lives that affected the region. The area has recovered in its aftermath. Many parts of the Dust Bowl are common to droughts and dust storms. A drought is when land lacks water severely, causing soil to become cracked and starved of water. Farmers and residents of the Great Plains region of the U.S. were affected. The drought lasted from 1930 to the early 1940s. The Dust Bowl caused much damage and destruction. All
