April 14, 1935, is still referred to as Black Sunday in the American Midwest because that was the worst day of one of the worst dust storms in U.S. history. More than 300,000 tons of topsoil were blown away during that storm, some of it landing in south Louisiana.
It didn’t turn mid-day into midnight like it did in some places, but it did darken and dirty us up.
The National Weather Service…