Drought 2000 Photos

After a warm, dry winter, in the year 2000, the rains stopped. By mid-May some crops were stunted, and we were beginning to think of the dust bowl years in the west.

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Believe it or not, there is a tractor in that cloud....choke....gasp....

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Stunted and wilted crops are showing the lack of water, as is this squash.

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