Another Dust Bowl will hit the American West and nobody is prepared for it...

Megadrought is coming your way... Be ready!

Dallas, South Dakota, May 1936; United States Department of Agriculture via Wikimedia Commons

In the 1930s, the United States was suffering from the most severe drought in its history, the “Dust Bowl.”

And be prepared to bite the dust once again, because scientists think the Dust Bowl is coming back for a second round. And this time for decades.

View of a roof & house, that has been buried by soil from a Dust Bowl storm. Picture: Facebook

The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.

The drought came in three waves, 1934, 1936, and 1939–1940, but some regions of the high plains experienced drought conditions for as many as eight years. Pretty bad, no?

The Dust Bowl was followed up by a less intense but still pretty bad drought in the ’50s, and now we’re overdue for the next Big Dry One.

Another major super drought storm like the 1930s Dust Bowl is about to engulf the western USA. Picture: Grant Museum

According to Cornell University Professor Toby Ault, the Southwest United States typically experiences a severe drought once or twice a century.

If you add to the fact that the western part of U.S. faces the worst mega-drought in the last 1,200… Then you have a perfect mix for such a terrifying phenomenon.

The chances of this multi-decade drought striking the American Southwest within the next century are upwards of 80 percent, and it will “make the megadroughts seem like quaint walks through the Garden of Eden.”

And, by the way, it will last 35 years. Yes almost 4 decades! an you imagine that?

So what does a Dust Bowl look like?

According to University of Arizona professor Jonathan Overpeck, there are two possibilities: either a “warm megadrought” or a “searing megadrought.”

Searing megadrought

A searing megadrought basically turns the country into a Mad Max prequel.

“Toxic dust storms could rage across the region, making driving extremely dangerous. The vast majority of trees in the region would die. Agriculture would become all but impossible.“

Consequences of the Dust Bowl storm in the 1930’s in the USA. Picture via Wikipedia

There will be massive water shortages across the west of the country and monster wildfires will devastate states like California and Arizona.

Farmers would have to give up on thirsty crops such as corn and wheat and grow more drought-friendly crops like nuts instead.

And imagine what would happen with the cattle… Apocalytical scenery of course…

Farmers dig in dust deposited by Dust Bowl storms in the USA. Picture: Loc.gov

A warm megadrought could “probably be endured,” with some big trade-offs.

So, yeah, another Dust Bowl is going to rumble through the American West and nobody is aware of it…

So get ready for the Big Dry One!

More:

• 'Generation-Long Dust Bowl' Predicted For U.S…

• These terrible Dust Bowl images capture the despair of the Great Depression…

• What a Mega-Drought Would Look (and Taste) Like in California…

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