I’d barely made it out of town when the wind died suddenly. No birds chirped. No grasshoppers clogged my path. Not even a single stalk of wheat shuddered. That was always the first sign. Nature knew what was coming before we did.
Survivors of the Dust Bowl often recalled an eerie, almost other-worldly stillness before a duster struck, just like calm before a tornado. As with many other things, nature could sense the danger before people and gave warning signs, if folks were willing to listen.
