The Dust Bowl started during 1930’s and it lasted at least a decade. In 1934 the Dust Bowl was announced the worsted drought of the of the 1930’s. The main area that was affected was the southern plains. The northern plains were still affected not as badly as the south. Farmers across the great plains longed for rain. Day after day the weather offered on relief for anyone. The Dust Bowl covered three hundred thousand square miles of territory. It banked against houses and farm buildings snow and buried fences. All of the dirt penetrated into the engines of cars and clogged vital parts. The wives of the houses