What caused the dustbowl?
Don't copy and paste an article or a link- I want it in flat-out laymans terms. What exactly was the dustbowl, and what caused it? And why are people saying we could have another one? (I promise this isn't a school assignment.)
How did the dust bowl end?
What caused it was a drought that had not been seen since the area was settled. Also most of the farmers cut their rows the same way so that when the wind blew it just picked up the dirt. It ended when the region finally got more rain again.
Important facts i should know about the dust bowl?
The dust storms spread across the country, it tore down houses and ruined crops. It made farming extremely hard. It effected 100,000,000 acres of land. Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to move. Sometimes storms would reach the east coast.
What was the tempture in 1930,dust bowl eara?
This was a fascinating question given the droughts we are experiencing here in Oklahoma as well as many other states. Here's a sentence I pasted from the site below it. In 1934 to 1936, three record drought years were marked for the nation. http://www.ptsi.net/user/museum/dustbowl.html **************************************... This piece came from the site below it, called Is America Facing Another Dust Bowl? AccuWeather.com meteorologists are warning that oceanic conditions similar to those that triggered the ruinous "Dust Bowl" drought again appear to be in place. The exceptionally warm Atlantic waters that played a major role in the record-breaking 2005 hurricane season, coupled with cooler-than-normal Pacific waters, are weakening and changing the course of a low-level jet stream that normally channels moisture into the Great Plains. Effects are starting to be felt in "America's breadbasket," as the southern Great Plains region is already suffering from higher temperatures and a prolonged lack of precipitation. http://wwwa.accuweather.com/promotion.asp?dir=aw&page=dustbowl **************************************... http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/apr/18/summer_forecast_doesnt_hold_water/ http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/almanac/arc2002/alm02jun.htm http://www.adamshistory.org/dust.html http://southeastfarmpress.com/mag/farming_weather_experts_predicting/index.html Remember "The Grapes of Wrath," by John Steinbeck, as this is the Dust Bowl Days book!!! You can also rent it as a movie today if you don't want to read it.
What effect did the Dust Bowl have on the farmers?
Because the farmers didn't know about soil conservation then, they took off too much sod to plant their crops. The sod held the soil in place and without it, the wind dried the soil and blew it both in huge drifts and away. At first the farmers and their families stayed which made many of them ill from inhaling the constantly blowing soil and dust. Eventually it killed many of them and their animals. Farming was impossible not only because man and beast could not withstand breathing the air outside for very long, but also because engines would quit from being clogged with dust as well. Farmers and their families ended up leaving the area because without crops, they had no way to support their families or pay their morgages. It was one of the worse, and largest disasters in American history. It played a huge role in the design and implementation of soil conservation.
Dust bowl questions! Ten points!!?
Find out in what ways farmers damaged soil Find out what farmers in that region do now to prevent a reaccurence of the dust bowl. Do you think that these practices will be enough to prevent another dust bowl? Why or why not. Explain Thanks ! 10 points! Best answer please list your sources i appreciate it!