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jamesatemple

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9. My grandfather made a homestead claim in the New Mexico Territory in 1907, 20 mi. NE of Clayton.

Mon Aug 13, 2012, 07:58 AM

Aug 2012

The Great Depression and Dust Bowl storms drove him, broke and broken, from that homestead after 31 years of excruciating labor. My mom, born there in 1919, told me and my brother of the miseries of life during those times, describing the terror of those dust storms in great detail.

I hope that I'm wrong in my observation that we appear to be teetering on both those calamities, dust bowl and depression, again.

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Arizona Dust Storm: Amazing Time-Lapse of Phoenix Haboob [View all] UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 OP

You said 'boob' Systematic Chaos Aug 2012 #1

K&R. Saw this reported on today's news, sounded quite serious. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2012 #2

Amazing video. Are we on the cusp of Dust Bowl II? Cooley Hurd Aug 2012 #4

That was my first thought, too. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2012 #5

This is exactly how my parents explained how the dust rolled in during the dust bowl days madokie Aug 2012 #3

My grandfather made a homestead claim in the New Mexico Territory in 1907, 20 mi. NE of Clayton. jamesatemple Aug 2012 #9

I'm right with you on that hope. madokie Aug 2012 #16

Even during the first RepubliCON Great Depression, when FDR was president fasttense Aug 2012 #6

When did this happen? jerseyjack Aug 2012 #7

July 2012 UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 #8

These dust storms have happened every summer Sedona Aug 2012 #10

"These dust storms (happen) every summer...for as long as people here have been keen keeping track." greiner3 Aug 2012 #13

question to Arizonans NJCher Aug 2012 #11

Ever spent time at a REAL beach; greiner3 Aug 2012 #12

The last two that I was aware of drmeow Aug 2012 #18

There; greiner3 Aug 2012 #14

Holy hell. nt awoke_in_2003 Aug 2012 #15

I remember watching one of these roll into Phoenix when I was a kid Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #17