A sandstorm in Lubbock yesterday, 50-60 mph winds and no rain makes the soil too dry.
I grew up in West Texas when sandstorms like this were very common. Now the farmers do a better job of plowing the fields and these bad sand storms are rare. The sand came 400 miles east to Dallas and our major airport was closed for a while. A friend I have in Lubbock sent this photo to me, it brings back so many memories of my young life in Lubbock. We dealt with sand every spring. It gets in your eyes, your mouth, your nose, sifts into the windows, it’s everywhere. I shoveled sand off of my front porch several times every spring when I would get home from school. You walked to school and back with a scarf tied over your face. That would have been the late 50’s.
Our present day face masks would have been very handy you in the sandstorms of the 50's Lou Ann !!
An atmospheric and quite eerie sight with the whole scene engulfed in the dense yellow "fog" . It must be so unpleasant - -A great shot - fav
@beryl actually you had to cover your eyes and ears too. We were quite good at taking a silk scarf and tying it over our heads down to our necks. You can see through a silk or nylon scarf so I could walk to and from school and see where I was going. 😊
Oh, wow! That truly is a windy day. Too bad you are losing so much precious topsoil. The farmers must be angry seeing it blow away ... but then ... they were the ones who left it exposed!
Really interesting info about your childhood among the sandstorms....so glad they are fewer & further between these days. It really looks red air....your soil must be quite red.
@beryl@k9photo@jacqbb@grammyn@ludwigsdiana@blueberry1222@farmreporter@gijsje@joansmor@linnypinny@mittens@sunnygirl@pcoulson@carolmw@happypat@pistache@carole_sandford@yolanda@gilbertwood@kwind@olivetreeann@njmom3@lynnz@elatedpixie@milaniet thank you all so much for your wonderful comments and faves, you put this on the TP and the PP. Thank you! If you took samples of the dust you would find New Mexico dust in with the Texas dust. When I lived in Lubbock (350 miles west of Dallas), I could stand in my front yard and see huge red and brown “clouds” rolling across the land. These winds started in New Mexico, the state west of Texas, and once they start they just roll across Texas. West Texas is flat, there are no mountains to slow the wind down. This was a rare storm though because usually the storm plays out before it gets to Dallas. The wind was so high it just kept coming. These photos always take me back to living in Lubbock, every spring we had dust storms and tornadoes!
An atmospheric and quite eerie sight with the whole scene engulfed in the dense yellow "fog" . It must be so unpleasant - -A great shot - fav