My husband's ( @Larry Vance ) mother remembers living on the Canadian Prairie at the start of the Great Depression and wrote about the Dust Storms:
@Edna Vance wrote:
"In 1930*, the wind and dust storms came. Dad worked for two years as maintenance on the highway, driving grader to keep the highway clear of the banks of dust and tumbleweed. I will always remember seeing those black clouds coming in January 1931 and all it was - was dust! I would see mother cleaning the table to put dishes on it and by the time she got the dishes there the table was dusty again. The dust would sift through the windows. Mother removed all the curtains from the windows; it wasn't any use putting them up." That is all Edna wrote about the dust storms and how they changed their lives as they had to leave their once prosperous farm ....it was hard for her to think about those "Dark" times.
More details about the Dust Storms of the 1930's
http://www.squidoo.com/the-great-depression-era---1930s
