Been in the Midwest since 1948. The 50s were grim. But my ancestors left Texas and moved to Oklahoma (Indian Territory) in the 1880s because of the draught in northern Texas.
Haven't seen dust storms like we had in Northern Oklahoma back in the fifties. The older folks said it was just like the thirties.
Days on end...dust everywhere, on every surface, inside the house...which was closed up tight.
Damn, you could taste the stuff...
I've been in dust storms since, but they tend to be once every few years or so. And nothing like the ones of sixty years ago.
Remember when the drought finally broke. Lord, Eastern Kansas went under water. Trains were stranded on embankments for days.