What is Digg?Sponsored by Travelzoo
Take Advantage of Ridiculously Low Holiday Airfares view!
travelzoo.com - Flights $52 and up for Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Year. But move on it now.
228 Comments
- bakagaigin, on 01/02/2009, -1/+254http://www.weru.ksu.edu/new_weru/multimedia/dustbo ...
There's one without said filter and rotating and crap that ruined the picture. - kernelpaniker, on 01/02/2009, -24/+151Something is not right about that picture. Shopped?
- Nikonian, on 01/02/2009, -15/+112Eev-a!
- greeniemeani, on 01/02/2009, -6/+90These comments do not quite meet my expectations.
- daschupa, on 01/02/2009, -0/+74Nah, I checked the exif data.
1935 hasselblad camera 1200x730 - ifire, on 01/02/2009, -2/+68dugg for unnecessary and awkward period
- bakagaigin, on 01/02/2009, -0/+57It looks like somebody did a "remove dust & scratches" filter (badly). How ironic.
- inkubusfan, on 01/02/2009, -10/+61ah-choo!
- ImADharmaBum, on 01/02/2009, -10/+54"Well, it took me forty years, Ethel, but I've finally finished sweeping our entire property. Ethel? What are you looking at?"
- jakiao, on 01/02/2009, -4/+46Taken in 1935 (hence the sepia), and have you ever been caught in a dust storm before? They're massive.
- captaingary, on 01/02/2009, -4/+38When was the last time you heard a Texan say "bugger!"?
- eastwood24, on 01/02/2009, -15/+48That's mother nature's response to wasteful farming practices. She always has a trump card.
- groof, on 01/02/2009, -4/+35http://www.weru.ksu.edu/new_weru/multimedia/dustbo ...
Provides more pics of the Dustbowl, with descriptions (including the one posted). - JlmAWP, on 01/02/2009, -1/+32It's like someone increased the sharpness on the houses to make them pop, then laid it over the dust. Odd.
- DeadFox1, on 01/03/2009, -0/+28Wall- eeeeeeeee??? Walleeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
- DiggityDugged, on 01/02/2009, -1/+28thank you. saved.
- Daniel591992, on 01/02/2009, -1/+23Wikipedia says "This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made during the course of an employee's official duties." and that the pic came from noaa.gov
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dust-storm- ... - Wake101, on 01/03/2009, -1/+23Dir-Ec-Tiv?
- lolwaffle, on 01/02/2009, -7/+26We had one like this in Iraq. It was quite ominous.
- FreddieD, on 01/02/2009, -1/+19(2.5) ???
- eibiee, on 01/02/2009, -0/+18I don't think many understood what you meant. :p
But don't worry mate, I dugg you. ;) - Midtowner, on 01/02/2009, -0/+17A bad drought and non-sustainable agriculture practices.
- 8BitGaming, on 01/03/2009, -0/+16Try Blue! It's the new Red!
- merreborn, on 01/03/2009, -0/+15Reminds me of this:
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/1096/2137a9950n ... - hyAxis, on 01/03/2009, -0/+14Classified.
- bakagaigin, on 01/02/2009, -5/+18http://www.weru.ksu.edu/new_weru/multimedia/dustbo ...
Better, proves it's not photoshopped. - Midtowner, on 01/02/2009, -3/+15Oklahoman here:
My family settled Oklahoma prior to statehood near the area affected by the Dust Bowl. They maintained a farm in that region during and after the Dust Bowl. My father grew up in that area, so at least based upon the stories I hear at family reunions, I can say this:
No, these photos are not photoshopped. These storms were called “dusters.” They were brought on by a combination of two things – a really bad drought which lasted for quite some time and farmers plowing under damn near all of the grass in the region to plant wheat (which died).
The indigenous grass, ‘buffalo grass,’ was very hearty. It had survived in the Great Plains for thousands of years and had adapted to the drought-prone climate. Prior to the farming boom, the area had been used primarily as ranch land, but wheat was a much more profitable crop than beef, so soon, farmers flocked out to the far regions of Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Colorado to plant huge crops of wheat.
Tractors with combustion engines made it possible to plow absolutely huge areas, so damn near the entire region was plowed over and planted with wheat. When the drought hit, the wheat died. What was left when the wheat died was loose soil and dead wheat.
The area is pretty windy (I can attest to that), so absolutely massive volumes of black silty dust were kicked up. “Dusters” were a fairly regular occurrence. My father saw smaller ones into the 50's. I’ve even seen some minor dusters myself (nothing like in the 30's). The dusters hit a real apex in 1935 when one storm was so severe that it actually reached to Washington D.C.
There were many deaths attributed to dusters. Some from inhalation and suffocation, but many to the lungs getting so congested that people slowly died of asphyxiation. A few deaths were even attributed to static shock as these storms would kick off a hell of a lot of static electricity.
Folks would put wet blankets over their windows, wear wet towels over their faces and smear petroleum jelly under their nostrils to try to avoid the effects of these dusters.
At any rate, this photo is an accurate depiction. We’ve come quite a long way in sustainable agriculture since the 30's. - Commonwealth, on 01/02/2009, -0/+12Forget those, what's up with the lame comment above me?
- eTronicGaming, on 01/03/2009, -1/+13Australians
- fadingsignal, on 01/03/2009, -1/+12Thank you! I was just thinking "Damnit, I wish they hadn't attempted to PS this photo up", which made me question it's validity. This is much more striking.
- snyperwulf, on 01/03/2009, -0/+10i actually logged on to digg this
- Wyattx17, on 01/02/2009, -2/+12You mean lens.
- 2049Design, on 01/02/2009, -1/+10cheers.
- inactive, on 01/02/2009, -2/+11Next time you try to diggturbate, log into a different name.
- belebih, on 01/03/2009, -1/+10Buried for "cash".
- elizabethb221, on 01/02/2009, -9/+18Science bless you!
- Logistics1, on 01/03/2009, -0/+9Foreign contaminant!
- zantos420, on 01/02/2009, -0/+8just like the first people (usually on farms) to see automobiles were frightened i can only imagine what the very first settlers of the area thought was the cause behind the massive cloud coming at them...
- Mercedes383, on 01/02/2009, -2/+9Why are people digging this down? Dude is letting you know what it is like to be caught in one.
- AnalogCamera, on 01/03/2009, -0/+7It's funny because it's true.
- inactive, on 01/02/2009, -1/+8SURFACE BLUR
- MrChunks, on 01/02/2009, -2/+9@Induane,
Shh. Quiet time. - db0255, on 01/02/2009, -3/+10Dugg for obviousity.
- MrChunks, on 01/02/2009, -1/+8@SpookyPig,
I suggest you don't let on to information like that or anything similar. People will use that knowledge against you. - inactive, on 01/03/2009, -1/+7Nerds!
- MrSlumberjack, on 01/03/2009, -0/+6You're trying too hard.
- inactive, on 01/03/2009, -0/+6You're all weisenheimers! Give yourselves a pat on the back!!!1 Thanks for the lols! HAAHAHAHAHA
- evanscott07, on 01/03/2009, -5/+11whoa dude... calm the ***** down
- inactive, on 01/02/2009, -2/+7Let's keep him at 0.
- inactive, on 01/03/2009, -0/+5too far.
-
Show 51 - 100 of 235 discussions
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is 
