Thank you for reminding us Arthur, but I think I've now missed the program
because we had other commitments. I've tried accessing them on the PBS site
but they apologize because the videos are not available at this time. I will
keep trying.
I remember something of dust bowl times myself. I was a very young kid, about
three or four years old. We were living in Calgary and it was the mid-1930s.
My mother, older brother and I were at a park, the one with the huge dinosaur
statues. It was a pleasant enough day, but suddenly a huge cloud of dust came
blowing in from the fields outside of town. We could hardly see, but managed
to make it into some shelter.
I don't think the dust bowl in Canada was nearly as severe as in the US, but it
was part of life on the Canadian prairies of the time.
Ed
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From: Arthur Cordell
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Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 10:33 AM
Subject: [Ottawadissenters] The dust bowl
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/
The PBS four hour program on the dust bowl was compelling to watch. It
covers much of what is discussed on these lists: work and working, ecological
issues concerning use of land, social cohesion and social breakdown, and things
being done today that might lead to huge problems tomorrow. It brings home to
the viewer that lots of talk about ecological issues in today's world really
doesn't deal adequately with the pain experienced by people when crops fail,
when drought persists, when moving away from home and family seems to be the
only thing to do.
A must see if you have a chance.
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