Denver Colorado's Black Blizzard-Personal Narrative

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It was 1930 In Denver Colorado and it was just a regular Monday morning , and was a nice sunny day with bird singing. I was eating some oatmeal and bread while parents and sister just had oatmeal.

We had getting some drastic changes on the weather, and been hearing about some other cities being attacked by a big dust storm almost like a black blizzard they said, and could deadly. “ Mom do you think that the so called the black blizzard, and how it can be lethal?”
“ I do not know and I sure hope not.” My mom relied almost miserable like she just got punched, and I see the doubt in her eyes like she had a secret deadline.
“Well me and Susie are going to play outside with a tin can is that ok?.”
“That’s ok just be safe.”
Me my sister were just playing around kicking the tin can and just having fun then we a big and loud “THOOSSH” Kind of what you hear when a storm is about to take place.
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Me and my sister were too stunned to move we were speechless to even move “Get inside hurry!” My mom said so loud it put us back to reality. Me and my sister stormed inside the fastest as our helpless little bodies could take us She handed wet towels to put on our faces and to put on empty opening in the house to help the dust not come in. It was pitch dark in the house we covered all of the spots to where nothing can get in.
“Well I guess the rumors were right hehe.” I tried to sound upbeat, but I could not when we almost vanished in a dust

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