Just thinking about how to evaluate change.
First you those that aren’t going to change, no matter what. They and theirs have lived on this land forever and they ain’t going nowhere even if it has turned into a dust bowl.
Then you have some people that like where they’re at and they’d rather not move if they don’t have to, but they can see the dust bowl coming so they realize it may be time to pull up stakes.
There are those that keep an eye out for trouble on the horizon so they can get a head start to move on if need be. Are those dust storms on the horizon? Of course, sometimes those specks on the horizon aren’t trouble at all and they moved on for no good reason.
Then you have those that say we’ve been here for a while, we’ve seen what there is to see here, let’s pack up and move over the hill and see what’s there. Doesn’t matter if the dust bowl is coming or not. It’s just time to move on.
Finally there are those that have never settled down and are forever jumping from one spot to another. They will be completely oblivious to a dust bowl. For them, there is no change becasue there is nothing to change from.
Hmm, don’t know if I can go anywhere with this. Need to think some more.