dust bowl

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A decade and a half of gloom followed, during which, Mr. Gittlitz notes, the atmosphere of Dust Bowl privation at Shea was underscored by corn and tomato plants growing like subsistence crops in the bullpen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

But I held up one of the images from The Other California - 1975, and it was this Okie, a guy that was born during the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma and moved out to California.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

The novel tells the story of a family of Oklahoma tenant farmers who lose their land during the Dust Bowl and migrate to California in search of work and stability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Last week, Chicago and El Paso were hit with the worst dust storms they’ve seen since the literal Dust Bowl.

From Slate • May 22, 2025

Then they started calling the Central Valley the Pacific Dust Bowl, and that put the last nail in the region’s coffin.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman