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They woke up surprised that day and saw a dust storm.People and animals were terrified by the dust storm.The larger areas would get hit by the storm and sometimes be very disastrous.People had to move west because the storms were so bad.Many families bought or leased small parts of land and started to grow crops.Drought falls across, during the Great Depression 1929-1935.For 5 years they had many problems and it was horrifying to them.The soil has been replaced by crops and blown away.This storm was so bad it started to kill cattle and people.It was so rough in that 5 years that they started to take tractors and move people house and off the land. So many people migrated west that they would have to work so hard just to feed their families.So

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