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With dust pneumonia, dust settles all the way into the alveoli of the lungs, stopping the cilia from moving and preventing the lungs from ever clearing themselves. [citation needed] People who had dust pneumonia often died. [1] There are no official death rates published for the Great Plains in the 1930s.
Some residents of the Plains, especially Kansas and Oklahoma, fell ill and died of dust pneumonia or malnutrition. [23] "Broke, baby sick, and car trouble!" – Dorothea Lange's 1937 photo of a Missouri migrant family's jalopy stuck near Tracy, California. [39] Between 1930 and 1940, about 3.5 million people moved out of the Plains states. [40]
coni: from ancient Greek (κόνις, kónis) which means dust-osis: from ancient Greek, suffix to indicate a medical condition; This word was invented at a meeting of the National Puzzlers' League (N.P.L.) by its president Everett M. Smith.
The Last Man Club was a mutual support group for farmers that chose to stay in the Southern Plains of Texas, US in spite of the devastation caused by the Dust Bowl disaster of the 1930s. It was the first American Dream. During the Dust Bowl, many farmers around Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle Area experienced the worst of the Depression.
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In 2022, the rate of new pneumonia cases in Sedgwick County was double the rate for cases across Kansas. Pneumonia cases are rising in Sedgwick County. Here’s how to get a free vaccine
The history of the Arvin Federal Government Camp begins with the migration of people displaced by the events of the Dust Bowl in the mid-1930s. A combination of droughts and high intensity dust storms forced many farmers in areas such as Oklahoma to vacate and find a new beginning. In the summer of 1934 the date July 24th marked the 36th ...
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