People in the 1920s went through a lot. Before the Dust Bowl people farmed, sold wheat, and earned a lot of money. But during the Dust Bowl they lost all their money. Once people lost their money, they migrated to California. They all had to migrate because of the winds. This all started when it got really humid. There was no water at all. It created a huge “dust bowl” for the people around, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, and Colorado. All of the storms wiped everything clean dry. It gave people and animals dust pneumonia. They had to eat, drink and sleep with everything covered in dust. The dust storms hit the east coast and then the government finally decided to do something about it. About a decade later a miracle happened, rainfall. Many people were very excited to see that happen. The Dust Bowl happened because there was no rainfall for over a decade.