Today: Sunny, with a high near 66. Northwest wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph.
Knowing the hwy is SW of your very dry field, which day would be best to till it, today or tomorrow?
Aside from that, even the most inadvertent accident that kills multiple people is bound to make the person who caused it feel bad.
Nothing in the report says the fields were recently tilled. It just says dirt from fields. That part of I-55 in Illinois is nothing but farmland. I'd imagine the fields would be bare dirt right now either waiting on planting or in the middle of being planted. And not having any crops up to mitigate dust. Sometimes things are beyond your control. We get nasty spring winds where I live. We have nothing but dirt and sand here. My dirt and sand mingles with everyone elses' dirt and sand. Some days I can't see the mountains ten miles away it's so bad. It happens. You cannot blame yourself for something beyond your control. Hell, we get forecasts calling for wind all the time. And sometimes get no wind. And other times we get no wind forecasted and we get nasty winds with no notice.