We had another dust storm yesterday. It was pretty bad.
It was around 1:30 that it happened. Was outside when I saw it coming. Rushed Inside and screamed, Dust storm! Dad rushed Inside from sealing one of the windows. Mom stopped cleaning clothes, and poured all of the water on any cloth that she could find. Then she hung them up on the Inside of the window to catch any dust that came In. Dad went Into his room and came back with some masks to put on and protect us from the dirt that we might have breathed in.
We huddled up In the enter of the house and waited for the dust to hit. When it did it sounded like an explosion. It immediately got dark. Wasn't sure if It was from the storm or if it was just me closing my eyes. There darkness stayed for only a couple of minutes but it felt like an hour.
When the storm finally ended we looked around The house was covered in dust. It got a little bit brighter but not by much. Wednesday, April 23, 1934 Yesterday I went back to school right before wrote my last entry.I didn't right it on the day of the storm because it was way too dark. So anyway as I left my house to go to school I saw something really weird.
Normally, I jump over the fence for the fun of it. This time I didn't have to because the storm built up dirt against the fence so that it built a ramp almost over the fence. Even though the storm was over the dust was still blowing in the wind. I wore my mask all the way to school. When I got there the bell rang the teacher closed the door and everyone took off their mask.
En of my friends Ryan said that the school should hanged our mascot to the raccoons because that's what we looked like when we took our masks off. That made my day. Saturday, June 12, 1934 Dads crops are completely gone. I heard Dad tell Mom that we are going to have to move because the bank is foreclosing and is kicking us out since we don't have any income now. He said that we were not able to take care of our crops so they are taking our land from us and kicking us out of our home. I don't want to move.
I like It here with all my friends even though I can't get the taste of dirt UT of my mouth. It would be nice though if the dust storms would stop. I don't know now what I want to do. I'll wait till my parent's tell me and see what happens.
Monday, July 30, 1934 We couldn't fold a place to live anywhere else so Mom, Dad, and I stayed in the car for what seemed like an eternity. When a storm hit us in the car it was the worst. You could get away from the dust. It was hard to breathe even with the masks on. After the storm I had to stand outside and shake most of the dust off.
It seemed Impossible to get away from It. I ate with It, I slept with It. Everything that I did had dust Involved. Friday, October 13, 1939 Wow! I can't believe that I found my Journal. Thought keep it in the folder.
I can't believe this Hitler guy had Germany invade Poland. Now it seems like everybody over there is fighting. What a Jerk! Dad said that FED won't get us into the war but it might help the farmers here since food in Europe is getting scarce. He's usually right about those kinds of things. That would be good for us now that we're back on the farm.
