Recent Dust Storm Panic Is Just More Hot Air From Climate Alarmists

[rangerrebew]

Recent Dust Storm Panic Is Just More Hot Air From Climate Alarmists
4 hours ago Anthony Watts No Comments

In Inside Climate News’ article, “Dust Storms Surprise the Midwest and Raise Worries About Climate Risks”, published September 21, 2025, Nikita Ponomarenko reports on recent dust storms in Illinois and Kansas that resulted in tragic accidents. The story frames these storms as a possible “new normal” tied to climate change, warning that the Midwest faces rising risks as warming intensifies.

The article declares that “dust storms have always swirled through parts of North America, but they are becoming more unexpected and destructive and landing in places unfamiliar with the danger, scientists warn”. It goes on to link drought, wind, and farming practices with climate change, quoting one researcher as saying, “there’s no question that climate change is one of the major drivers of dust”.

Dust storms, however, are not new phenomena. They have long been part of the weather in the Great Plains and Midwest, often tied to spring planting, dry fields, and high winds. The most famous example remains the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, when prolonged drought and poor land management created catastrophic storms across Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and beyond.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/09/21/recent-dust-storm-panic-is-just-more-hot-air-from-climate-alarmists/

[rangerrebew]

I've been in dust storms in Texas and Michigan - over 40 years ago.

[Free Vulcan]

We've had a dry and fairly hot month. That is the inevitable result.

A month and a half ago we were drowning in rain. There was so much water the plants in my garden stopped producing.

Yet another  example of Marxist media reporting - take something dramatic like a dust storm and whip it into stratospheric hysteria and doom and gloom  hype to get people to panic, and of course beg the govt to come in  and 'save' us with totalitarian dictatorship.

[DefiantMassRINO]

It's called a derecho.  Since they have a name for it, it must have happened many times before.  It's not 'unprecedented'.

A derecho, compounded by drought and poor soil practices, was one of the major events of the Great Dust Bowl in the 1930s.  This lead to the creation of the Soil Preservaton Service.

If anything, this is a reminder that we still need to employ soil preservation practices in the Great Plains.

Kids need to learn history.

[rangerrebew]

Kids need to learn history.
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If they do, democrats will be against it.

[berdie]

I've been in dust storms in Texas and Michigan - over 40 years ago.

Me too. Those storms in West Tx make it look like heavy fog...and the red dust infiltrates everything. I didn't know Michigan had that problem.

It ain't a new climate change thing.