{"id":2696,"date":"2015-04-15T09:26:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T13:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2015-04-15T09:26:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T13:26:29","slug":"80th-anniversary-of-black-sunday-dust-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/04\/80th-anniversary-of-black-sunday-dust-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"80th anniversary of &#8220;Black Sunday&#8221; dust storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eighty years ago yesterday, the most famous dust storm of the Dust Bowl Era occurred in Oklahoma and Texas. \u00a0You&#8217;ve probably seen pictures of the tremendous wall of black soil picked up by the strong winds and blown for miles across the Great Plains. \u00a0The sight of all this dirt carried by the wind prompted the first ever use of the term &#8220;Dust Bowl&#8221;, according to this <a title=\"NWS Normal Black Sunday\" href=\"https:\/\/www.srh.noaa.gov\/oun\/?n=events-19350414\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> by the NWS in Norman, OK. \u00a0The erosion of the Dust Bowl era was attributed to the combination of low precipitation and poor soil management practices.<\/p>\n<p>Mental Floss also has a story about how the Dust Bowl got its name <a title=\"Mental Floss Dust Bowl story\" href=\"https:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/63098\/black-sunday-storm-gave-us-dust-bowl\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NewsOK has an additional feature story with photos about the storm <a title=\"NewsOK story on Black Sunday\" href=\"https:\/\/newsok.com\/article\/5409961?utm_source=NewsOK.com&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=ShareBar-Facebook\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/Dust-storm-Texas-1935.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2698\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/Dust-storm-Texas-1935-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"Dust-storm-Texas-1935\" width=\"322\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/Dust-storm-Texas-1935-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/Dust-storm-Texas-1935.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/Dust-storm-Texas-1935-227x138.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/DustStormInSpearmanTexas19350414-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2699\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/04\/DustStormInSpearmanTexas19350414-1-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"DustStormInSpearmanTexas19350414 (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" 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