{"id":1803,"date":"2016-05-23T19:32:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T19:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geologyxwaymakerxmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1803"},"modified":"2025-10-13T16:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:48:09","slug":"video-the-dust-bowl","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/chapter\/video-the-dust-bowl\/","title":{"raw":"Video: The Dust Bowl","rendered":"Video: The Dust Bowl"},"content":{"raw":"[caption id=\"attachment_1805\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1200\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1805\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2016\/05\/23192913\/Dust-storm-Texas-1935-e1464031776695.png\" alt=\"Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas. Dust Bowl surveying in Texas. The dust clouds are three to four times the height of the farm houses in the picture.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"618\" \/> What would cause such a tremendous dust storm?[\/caption]\r\n<p id=\"x-ck12-MThkMWFlN2Q3NDI2Y2Q3NDAzMzgzZWJiZTVmMzQ1Yzk.-bys\">Farmers were forced off their lands during the Dust Bowl in the 1930s when the rains stopped and the topsoil blew off these former grasslands. A wind storm blew huge amounts of soil into the air in Texas on April 14, 1935. This scene was repeated throughout the central United States.<\/p>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/static.3playmedia.com\/p\/projects\/20361\/files\/1280891\/plugins\/11085.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/iframe_api\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\r\n <iframe id=\"myytplayer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x2CiDaUYr90?enablejsapi=1\" width=\"440\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>","rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1805\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1805\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1805\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2016\/05\/23192913\/Dust-storm-Texas-1935-e1464031776695.png\" alt=\"Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas. Dust Bowl surveying in Texas. The dust clouds are three to four times the height of the farm houses in the picture.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"618\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What would cause such a tremendous dust storm?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"x-ck12-MThkMWFlN2Q3NDI2Y2Q3NDAzMzgzZWJiZTVmMzQ1Yzk.-bys\">Farmers were forced off their lands during the Dust Bowl in the 1930s when the rains stopped and the topsoil blew off these former grasslands. A wind storm blew huge amounts of soil into the air in Texas on April 14, 1935. This scene was repeated throughout the central United States.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/static.3playmedia.com\/p\/projects\/20361\/files\/1280891\/plugins\/11085.js\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/iframe_api\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n <iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"myytplayer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x2CiDaUYr90?enablejsapi=1\" width=\"440\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1803\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Soil Erosion. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: CK-12. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ck12.org\/earth-science\/Soil-Erosion\/lesson\/Soil-Erosion-HS-ES\/?referrer=featured_content\">http:\/\/www.ck12.org\/earth-science\/Soil-Erosion\/lesson\/Soil-Erosion-HS-ES\/?referrer=featured_content<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC: Attribution-NonCommercial<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">All rights reserved content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>U.S. Dust Bowl of 1930&#039;s. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: SoilSNE. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/x2CiDaUYr90\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/x2CiDaUYr90<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em>All Rights Reserved<\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Standard YouTube License<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">Public domain content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Dust Storm Texas 1935. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: George E. Marsh. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: NOAA. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Dust-storm-Texas-1935.png\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Dust-storm-Texas-1935.png<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/pdm\">Public Domain: No Known Copyright<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":15,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Soil Erosion\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"CK-12\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ck12.org\/earth-science\/Soil-Erosion\/lesson\/Soil-Erosion-HS-ES\/?referrer=featured_content\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by-nc\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"pd\",\"description\":\"Dust Storm Texas 1935\",\"author\":\"George E. 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