Dust Bowl

Dust storms tend to hit countries with lots of open dry land. The country that is prone to dust storms would be africa because of the heat and the open dry desert and land.

Drought, and infertile land

The worst dust bowl occurred in the period between 1930 until 1936, however in some areas lasted until 1940.

The dust bowl helped people appreciate the value of soil

The Dust Bowl was a 'perfect storm' of problems that struck the American prairie in the 1930s. There was a drought that lasted as long as eight years in some places, windstorms, and bad farming practices. Extensive deep plowing left the soil with no grass roots to keep it from eroding. Lack of rain turned the soil into dust and the windstorms blew the dust around the flat landscape.

Sharecroppers were unable to cultivate the land and lost a lot of money to the banks. Because of this the banks took their lands and they were forced to make a difficult move to the West to find better jobs.

The Great Plains states were hit by a series of droughts in the 1930s. Agricultural tilling of the soil had removed ground cover and broken up the soil. Drought dried it up. Winds carried small soil particles off in enormous clouds, moving them hundreds of miles. Less dramatic in photos, but maybe as destructive, was the movement of larger soil particles across the ground.

Farmers had two key tools to address soil erosion. They could leave strips of their fields fallow, or use trees and shrubs to create windbreaks. A farmer taking these measures protected his own fields, but lost the use of some agricultural land. He also protected his neighbor's fields from soil drifting off of his own property. A farmer who failed to take these steps not only saw his own farm lose its productivity, but imposed a negative externality on his neighbors as his soil drifted over their fields. Moving soil could form drifts up to 40 feet high.

To fully understand the importance of soil to the "dust bowl" one must first understand what the "dust bowl" is/was. The "dust bowl" was the area of rich agricultural lands in the mid western United States which, due to deforestation, severe drought and other factors became barren. As the vegetation succumbed to the drought the soil was exposed to the wind. The wind picked up and blew the topsoil away.

Reforestation and wind breaks now serve to mitigate the winds effect on the soil, and better farming practices help to hold the top soil in place.

To answer the question, soil is important to any region but is extremely important to the "bread basket" of the United States that was once turned into a "dust bowl".

The Great Depression

It is possible for similar environmental conditions to occur again, leading to droughts and dust storms. However, improved farming practices and better land management techniques have been developed since the Dust Bowl era, which may help prevent a disaster of that magnitude from happening again.

I have used a low dose Sevin dust on our outside dogs before and it worked well with no side effects.

Oklahoma,

Kansas,

Texas,

The Dust Bowl was a period in the 30s where there were a series of severe dust storms causing agricultural and ecological problems. The Dust Bowl states were composed of mainly Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The surrounding Great Plains regions were also affected by the severe dust storms.

Most people think that it was the weather that started the dust bowl,it wasn't, it was years of farming without crop rotation and a severe drought, the farming left all the loose soil exposed and the prevailing winds picked it up and dropped most of it in the Atlantic ocean.

During the Dust Bowl, many people affected by the severe drought and dust storms faced economic hardship and food shortages. Some migrated to find work in other regions, while others stayed and tried to adapt by implementing soil conservation techniques. The government also provided relief programs and assistance to help those affected.

They said it could go around 40mph... Even more!

The 'dust bowl' was the famous metaphor used to describe the Californian land. Over farming during the great depression in California, as well as the hot weather resulted in the terrain being very dry and not very good for crops.

Dust devils are usually not strong enough to cause any sort of damage. However, strong dust devils have been known to peel roof tiles, knock down portable gazebos, and toss tents.

The fact that household dust is made up mainly of dead skin cells is a myth. House dust is made up of mainly fabric fibers (from clothes, bed sheets, carpets...), bits of dry stuff like food or cardboard, untreated wood and good old fashioned dirt. There's also a lot of skin of course.

This can vary considerably from house to house or room to room.

The dust bowl was caused by poor agricultural irrigation systems. It blanketed much of the US at the time and led a large migration to California. The lack of water made living conditions impossible. It also effected the rest of the nation which depended on this food.

Well the Great Depression itself was mainly influenced by the Stock Market crash in October 29. 1929 also known as Black Tuesday. That coupled with drought(dust bowl in Kansas) and a spiraling economy. It wasn't until 1933 roughly that FDR's "New Deal" took place that the country was snapped out of it.

The great plains

I believe that the Dust Bowl started sometime around 1939. I have read the Grapes of Wrath, which is about the Dust Bowl in the West. I am pretty sure it's 1939 or 1940. I do know for sure that it was during the same period of time as the Great Depression, which started in 1929.

no it did not help them It did not necessarily help them survive, but it did help them to forget about the dust and other hardships they faced.