black blizzard

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a dust storm of black prairie soil.

Quotations

1962

Having no roots to hold it together, the soil turned to dust, and the hot winds carried it off in a "black blizzard."

1964

Nature has conspired to produce ideal conditions for the black blizzards. . . .