Dust pneumonia

cloud.” This quote sums up the horror of the infamous Dust Bowl. However, this was not the first time that a natural disaster had a personal or economic effect on the country. In 1896 when The East St. Louis tornado hit Missouri, ten million dollars worth of land and buildings were destroyed (noaa.gov). America had witnessed the capability of a single natural disaster, and the economic effect was monstrous. The same thing was true for the Dust Bowl. The fact that such a huge natural disaster…

condition and the dust bowl. Some of the challenges the family faces because of this are drought, death, and job loss. First of all, atmospheric conditions and the dust bowl caused death. The dust bowl was caused because of the farmers over cropping it had no mercy for anyone that was caught in it. The dust bowl caused death because there was so much dirt in the air that it suffocated people. In the book, the dust is described as “evenly mixed with the air, an emulsion of dust…

development across the United States. However, during the 1930’s, the Great Plains endured a nine year period of severe droughts which lead to intense dust storms which killed crops, livestock and people. This time period has been consequently been labeled as the Dust Bowl. The purpose of this report is to evaluate the circumstances which lead to the dust storms, the resulting population migrations, economic effects of the events, and the human/environmental impacts of the entire experience.…

in the stock market, bank failures, and reduction in purchases nationwide, the Great Depression combined with the Dust Bowl to devastate Americans for years to come. They would also eventually be known as two of the most impactful events from the 1920s. The Dust Bowl was a name given to all of the regions that were affected by the substantial drought in the early 1900s. The term “Dust Bowl” was actually first used by an Associated Press Reporter named Robert Geiger ( Moss and Wilson 46). One…

they plowed under the grass (“ Dust Bowl, 1934-1938"). Grass keeps soil from drying out, and it keeps the soil from blowing away (“ Dust Bowl, 1934-1938"). The number of acres of wheat in the Great plains tripled in the 1920’s and the total cultivated land in the US was at it’s highest in the 1930’s, reaching 530 million acres (“ Dust…

The production of cotton began in the early 1900s on the South Plains through a man named P. Florence (Howell, 1976). Florence started growing cotton because he grew up in a cotton patch and had no idea of what else to do with the rich land he found when he came into the city of Slaton, Texas which is located on the southeast part of Lubbock County. At the turn of the century, Florence came into West Texas with his family in search of greener pastures. Cotton growing was the main talent…

When looking at all of the environmental disasters of the United States, the BP Oil Spill and Dust Bowl are by far two of the most devastating disasters to the surrounding environment and ecosystem. Although both natural disasters have different characteristics and environmental effects, each disaster greatly impacted the surrounding ecosystems from before and after the disasters. Although the Gulf of Mexico before the BP oil spill was still known for its suffering under the effects of coastal…

the economy and political policies and, in his Commonwealth Club Address, he offers a solution with the regulatory state and “enlightened administrator”. One area that desperately needed a solution was the agriculture industry, specifically in the dust bowl, as detailed in Timothy Egan’s novel The Worst Hard Time. The unchecked production and prevailing individualistic mindset of the farmers had created an ecological problem of disastrous proportions. With the aid of new programs and leaders,…

endure the consequences. One of the most catastrophic man-made disasters in American history that placed a burden on the land and its inhabitants was The Dust Bowl of the 1930’s. This name was given to the Great Plains region devastated by drought in depression-ridden America (Dust). In Stinging Dust & Forgotten Lives, it is mentioned that [The Dust Bowl] was a benchmark between human complacency and changes that would protect the landscape from further degradation (Stinging). When drought…

market crash in American history, was the cause of the Depression. Although there were attempts to reconstruct the United States, matters increasingly got worse. This depression was unfortunately worsened by a major dust storm in the West caused by a severe drought known as “The Dust Bowl.” Many farmers were forced to move east and leave their land behind. This not only caused farmers to lose all of their possessions, but it also led to a shortage of jobs in the rest of the country. Families…