The Dust Bowl Disaster

    When strong winds, drought, and clouds of dust consumed nearly 75 percent of the United States between 1931 and 1939. The era became known as the legendary Dust Bowl disaster. The Dust Bowl brought ecological, economic, and human misery to America during a time when it was already suffering under the Great Depression. This picture is showing the height of the dust bowl and how thick it is. People were dying because of this dangerous natural disaster mainly because the dust would go into their lungs causing breathing problems. With this disaster, people lost their jobs, families, and working lives especially farmers. Farmers' crops were destroyed and they became too poor to buy anything from markets. With the way climate change and global warming are changing the Great Dustbowl disaster can occur again and the Great Depression can once again be a major problem in the U.S.