Saturday, December 3, 2016
The Dust Bowl
The drought that happened during the Great Depression was already bad, but it was made worse by farming techniques farmers had used for the last decade. They were making a lot of food, so they were stripping all of the natural vegetation and leaving behind loose soil, which was easily picked up by the wind and created into dust storms. As a result of this, they couldn't farm and started to lose their houses to foreclosure. People started to move west to California to find jobs there, which left farming towns decimated. They had few customers, so banks, businesses, schools, and churches closed down as more and more people left the Dust Bowl.
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This really shows that every action has a consequence. If you don't think ahead and don't plan for the future, things like the dust bowl can happen. This was clearly a combination of bad luck with the weather, and not knowing the consequences of not taking care of the soil. However, an important lesson can be learned from this. If we are not careful and mindful of our actions, the consequences may be unexpected and unwelcome.
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