re: If an event like The Dust Bowl happened today, what would be the reaction?

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Sometimes the climate just fluctuates. In fact, I will insist it has always fluctuated.

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While you didn't state your point in the OP you made a very poor argument for what is likely your point.

1. you are making the same mistake here that a lot of people make consistently, you are mixing up weather and climate. While the dust bowl drought was unusually long it was still weather versus climate change.

2. the root cause vs contributory factor is correct but loses most of its import when the contributory factor is such a significant factor in the end result. If it weren't for man's intervention the plains would have suffered far less and would have bounced back far quicker.