Modern Wild West scourge....

[Fozzer]

....in Montana and North Dakota resulting from the oil boom!....>>>

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/us/as ... ml?hp&_r=0

....as though the local population weren't having problems enough with the recent disastrous weather conditions...>>>

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/10/13/so ... 00-cattle/

Paul.

My regular Sim Flights in the Mid West Plains.

[ViperPilot]

Paul,

Your second link reminds me of a famous watercolor painting by Charles M. Russell, drawn in response to a rancher's inquiry about the condition of his herd in the Winter of 1886-87...



The weather on the Great Plains can be unpredictable, and brutal.

[Fozzer]

...not forgetting the infamous Dust Storm in the 1930's...>>>

http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farmin ... er_02.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl

Extremes of climate, etc, conditions in North America.

Paul....b.1934....