Natural Disasters
The United States is affected by a variety of natural disasters yearly. Although drought is rare, it has occasionally caused major disruption, such as during the Dust Bowl (1931–1942). Farmland failed throughout the Plains, entire regions were virtually depopulated, and dust storms ravaged the land.
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Famous quotes containing the words natural and/or disasters:
“The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace
The day’s disasters in his morning face.”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)