The men of the plains dreaded the blizzards. It was like nothing they had ever heard of before. The blizzards came daily, usually in the early morning, blotting out the sun and covering everything in dust. The dust was everywhere, it came through every crack and piled high on every counter.

Roosters would roost at all times of the day and night as they had trouble discerning the two. The carcasses of cattle were everywhere as the farms disappeared. The family farmers looked with disdain at the tractor operators tilling what used to be their neighbor's farm. The tractors were constant reminders that they were next and that if the rains didn't come soon they would have to migrate west.

Grass, such a...

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