I imagine that dust storms can have a very bad effect on the people who live in a region with several dust storms per day.
The worst fact, in my opinion, is that you cannot go outside due to the storms. If you would leave your house you could hardly breathe, walk or see anything. So the people have to stay inside their houses as long as the storm takes. Maybe for just an hour but maybe also for the whole day. These people can get very sick like Olivia in the story. She has to stay inside and doesn’t know what to do besides playing the piano.
When the people are inside their houses they have to close the windows because otherwise the houses would be full of sand and dust. So they don’t just have to stay inside they also cannot see the sun, sometimes even for a whole day.
