How did the Dust Bowl impact travel?

The Dust Bowl impacted travel because when the dust storms came down onto the road the people driving could not see where they were going. On April 14, 1935 Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, Kansas and New Mexico were hit with the largest dust storm in U.S history(pbs.org) . Farmers in these states were digging up 6 feet  of soil from the ground in order to plant crops. Then the wind started to come and the soil started to move with the wind. A dust tornado was formed. The dust raised up to 10,000 feet into the air and it traveled from Oklahoma all the way up to New York and Boston. Traveling from place to place was very hard when this occurred and over thousnds of acciedents occurred as a result(go.grolier.com).After the Dust Bowl was finished the soil was depleted a couple of feet and the farmers lost $25,000,000 a day. As a result many farmers moved west to find a good place to farm (history.com). The static electricty created from the dust storms impact electronics/cars because the dust knocked down all of the power lines which makes electricity unable to be performed. That also influences cars as well because no one could see from of all the dust created up in the air and people were driving which created thousnds of accidents as well.

Arthur Rothstien