What was the dust bowl and what was it like?

What was it like during the Dust Bowl?

• Answer:

  Huge quantities of dust would whip up off the ground every time the wind came along. dust would get in the houses because it was so small. it would get in beds and food and clothes and even in the drinking water. It would soak up all the rain so crops could not be grown. In addition to the above, the dust also got into people's lungs making it hard to breath. Many people started to get sick and even die from what was called "dust pneumonia". The dust was full of static electricity and would short out cars and they would stop running.