| On Our Way To California!!! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| By: Jonathan T. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chapter 1: What Life Was Like During the Dust Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Photo#1 www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/ nws/wea01414.htm How life was like for the Okies was harsh. There was dust everywhere. The dust was swarming around the houses. The windows and doors would be broken because of the ward winds which blew the dust everywhere Stormy |
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| Photo #2 climate.umn.edu/doc/journal/ top5/numberone.htm The Okies crops were all dried up because of the drought that lasted for 5 years (1930-1935). This made surviving very hard because no food was growing from the dried up soil. The Okies tried everything they could to get the crops to grow again from the soil. Food was scarce and the dust eventually swept up everything, but of soil they had from the crop fields. Harsh |
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| Photo #3 newdeal.feri.org/nchs/ lesson01.htm Quiet and peaceful |
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| Photo #4 www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/ nws/wea01408.htm Most of the Okies stuff would get buried under the dust. Their tractors, cars, livestock animals, and many more. This caused many problems and has to clean up after it everyday. Then the dust would just pile it up again. It's like a cycle. Duststorm stikes |
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