The Dust bowl Oct.21,1931 I was 9 at the time my Family and I lived in a small house in Oklahoma . I woke up to eat little breakfast my brother Dave and sister Jane were already at the table with Ma and Pa.I said “Ma and pa there is a big black cloud rolling towards us.”Pa yelled “kids get wet towels over your faces and under the doors.” I watched the big black clouds roll towards us. Ma said “we should get in the car and go away from the big black cloud of dust.”So we start driving in are car crammed together away from the big black dust cloud.Pa got out the map and exclamed “I think we are heading towards California.” I said, “What about our stuff.” Ma answered “Are house was probably swept away.” We stopped to sleep a wooded