Dust Bowl Days!!!
I saw this picture recently and it reminded me of the Dust Bowl Days we used to live through. If you have never experienced one, you cannot imagine the magnitude of the dust that comes across the fields as if it were a wall. The dust is so dense that very soon our house was dark as night and EVERYTHING was covered with dust. Even though the doors and windows were closed tightly, the dust still sifted in.
We were more fortunate than some since our farm had hills and lots of trees that lessened the amount of dust we got. The last dust storm I lived through was in Duncan, OK in the early '50's. I remember looking West from our living room window and wondering why the sky looked so dark and how a dark 'wall' kept getting closer and closer to our house. Very soon, we knew the answer. We were experiencing yet another dust storm. It was not nearly as severe as ones we saw in the '30's but it was no fun trying to get the dust out of our house.
I am so thankful we no longer have to endure the dust storms!!!!, Ice and snow, perhaps, but no dust!!!
Dortha
We were more fortunate than some since our farm had hills and lots of trees that lessened the amount of dust we got. The last dust storm I lived through was in Duncan, OK in the early '50's. I remember looking West from our living room window and wondering why the sky looked so dark and how a dark 'wall' kept getting closer and closer to our house. Very soon, we knew the answer. We were experiencing yet another dust storm. It was not nearly as severe as ones we saw in the '30's but it was no fun trying to get the dust out of our house.
I am so thankful we no longer have to endure the dust storms!!!!, Ice and snow, perhaps, but no dust!!!
Dortha
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