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Interview about dust storms, sleet storms, and tall stories (part 2 of 2)

Recorded at Arvin FSA Camp, July 28, 1940

Library of Congress: American Folklife Center repository

Todd, Charles L, Robert Sonkin, Charlie Spurlock, Willie Judd, and Tom Johnson. Interview About Dust Storms, Sleet Storms, and Tall Stories Part 2 of 2. Arvin FSA Camp, 1940. Audio.

https://www.loc.gov/item/toddbib000002/

 

NOTE: The timecode on the Library of Congress audio starts at [00:02:47] and ends at [00:00:00], instead of the traditional start of [00:00:00].

 

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Speaker 1: [00:00] I tell you a story about the dust storm I experienced, fellas. About, uh, 1933, I believe it was. It was in the early - in late summer, I believe it was. It come, uh, what you call a red dust storm. It's come from the west, from the red country, west of us. And it just, it done lots of damage to, uh, small buildings. Blowed them completely away, and tore the bui- the roofs off of the larger buildings. Some of them blowed the windows out of the houses.

Turned cars over and things like that. Straight wind. No twister to it. And the dust was so thick that you could see nothing at all. You just absolutely couldn't see through it at all. Just dark as you can possibly be. And it was that way for about 14 hours. It blowed steady that way. There seemed like no let up at all. It was strong as it could be. You couldn't walk in it. 

And I was living in a little old flimsy-made house that I didn't think was too strong. However, it weathered the storm. Almost completely. It blowed two of the window lights out. 

The next morning, after the storm was over, the dust was quarter of an inch thick all over everything in the house. 

And, uh, the first and only storm of the kind that I ever saw in that country There wasn't a drop of rain with it nor thunder or lightning or nothing. Just a plain old dust storm. So … so …

Interviewer: [00:01:18] Where did that happen? Where were you living at?

Speaker 1: [00:01:17] I was in Kenefic, Oklahoma. That was in the southern part of, uh … It was in the northern part of Bryan County. It was north of Durant, about 12 miles. Durant being the county seat, was … going to be in the southeastern part of the state, where the Southeastern State Teachers College is located. 

Interviewer: [00:00:48] I'd like to hear the story you were going to tell us a moment ago. 

Speaker 2: [00:00:45] Well, about my Uncle Moon? 

Interviewer: [00:00:43] Yeah. 

Speaker 2: [00:00:42] Well, my Uncle Moon, he was, uh awful mean guy. He'd get around, and he had a big nose, you know, a red nose.

And he'd always getting it around and getting it in every people's business. 

And he always kept it swelled up. And he had black eyes. 

So one time, me and my uncle moved, to what, uh, town? 

I went with him. I was kind of skilled to go with him. 

We went on. We rode the [audio skipping 00:00:18] rode the, rode the, rode the hack and buggy to town. And [UNINTELLIGIBLE 00:00:13] Got up there and was walking down the street [AUDIO SKIPPING 00:00:10] and down the street and down the street and down the street and down the street. [ACTUALLY 00:00:06] And .. [00:00:00]

 

 

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Speaker 1: [00:00] I’ll tell you a story about the dust storm I experienced, fellows. About 1933, I believe it was. It was in the early - in late summer, I believe it was. It come, what you call a red dust storm. It come from the west. From the red country, west of us. It done lots of damage to small buildings. Blowed them completely away, and tore the roofs off of the larger buildings. Some of them blowed the windows out of the houses.

Turned cars over and things like that. Straight wind. No twister to it. And the dust was so thick that you could see nothing at all. You just absolutely couldn't see through it at all. Just dark as you can possibly be. And it was that way for about 14 hours. It blowed steady that way. There seemed like no let up at all. It was strong as it could be. You couldn't walk in it. 

And I was living in a little old flimsy-made house that I didn't think was too strong. However, it weathered the storm. Almost completely. It blowed two of the window lights out. 

The next morning, after the storm was over, the dust was quarter of an inch thick all over everything in the house. 

And the first and only storm of the kind that I ever saw in that country, there wasn't a drop of rain with it nor thunder or lightning or nothing. Just a plain old dust storm. So … so …

Interviewer: [00:01:18] Where did that happen? Where were you living at?

Speaker 1: [00:01:17] I was in Kenefic, Oklahoma. That was in the southern part of … It was in the northern part of Bryan County. It was north of Durant, about 12 miles. Durant being the county seat, was … going to be in the southeastern part of the state, where the Southeastern State Teachers College is located. 

Interviewer: [00:00:48] I'd like to hear the story you were going to tell us a moment ago. 

Speaker 2: [00:00:45] About my Uncle Moon? 

Interviewer: [00:00:43] Yes.

Speaker 2: [00:00:42] My Uncle Moon, he was, an awful mean guy. He'd get around, and he had a big nose. A red nose.

And he'd always getting it around and getting it in every people's business. 

And he always kept it swelled up. And he had black eyes. 

So one time, me and my uncle moved, to what town? 

I went with him. I was kind of skilled to go with him. 

We went on. We rode the [audio skipping 00:00:18] … hack and buggy to town. And [UNINTELLIGIBLE 00:00:13] Got up there and was walking down the street [AUDIO SKIPPING 00:00:10] ... [ACTUALLY 00:00:06] And .. [00:00:00]