Sentence examples for devastating dust from inspiring English sources
THE devastating dust storms of the 1930s were, in the words of one Washington, DC, politician, "the most tragic, the most impressive lobbyist, that has ever come to this Capitol".
The Jahn Foundry in Springfield, Massachusetts and CTA Acoustics in Corbin, Kentucky experienced devastating dust explosions in 1999 and 2003, respectively.
Perhaps Franklin Delano Roosevelt put it best, as the devastating Dust Bowl swept across the U.S. Midwest in the 1930s: "A nation that destroys its soil destroys itself".
Farmers were being battered by low commodity prices and erratic markets, and at the same time, land was showing damage from past abuses, like the poor tilling practices that contributed to the devastating Dust Bowl.
Here's a suggestion: in the 1930s, with the centre of the country devastated by dust storms, with coastal erosion, and with an underfunded national parks infrastructure, Roosevelt's administration created the Civilian Conservation Corps, blending environmentalism with public works.
Add to the mix a 14-year-old pregnant sister, a mother who can't cope, and an English gap year backpacker hired to help out, and we're in the arena of sibling rivalry, family relationships and growing up, against a backdrop of drought, dust, devastating heat and the grittiness of Australian outback life.
And the nation's climate has featured other concentrated periods of extreme weather, including severe cold snaps in the early 20th century and devastating droughts and heat waves in the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s.
The Deccan theory suggests that the volcanic eruptions would have induced devastating climate changes by injecting vast amounts of dust and greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, into the atmosphere.
"Under West Virginia's program, we've seen once-vibrant streams die, devastating floods, and loved ones exposed to toxic blasting dust take ill.
From that date, the offending products were banned under federal law because of the poisonous consequences that paint dust and chips can have for children.For the companies involved, the verdicts were devastating.
