This Week in Odessa History

Wind in the Odessa area is something everyone accepts. This past Monday, with 45 to 50-mph gusts blowing the dust around, there was some cause to take note.

There was a big blow in the last week of April 1912 which was worthy of this report in The Odessa record of May 1:

One of the worst wind and dust storms experienced in the Odessa country for several years struck town shortly after 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon, and over two hours the wind blew a perfect gale, filling the air so thick with dust that it was not possible to see across the street, and when the storm was at its worst, the dust o...