The Young Chronicle: For 4th Graders January 31st, 2015 | Page 4

YOUNG CHRONICLE

The Unsung Heroes
So many deaths,
Shrieks and Cries,
The soldiers with patriotism still alive,
Have left their homes and died.
The dreams together they had sown,
Never to be fulfilled,
Their graves have already been
Forgotten and filled.
Today the widows,
And the orphans,
Reach out with despair,
All they have is memories and pride,
But we all know their pain is beyond repair.

Written as a tribute to Col. M.N. Rai, who won the Gallantry Award, this republic Day, and was killed in gunfire,
the very next day, in Kashmir; and all the other martyrs till date.

What is a Blizzard?
You may have heard of a major
blizzard that hit the east coast of
America. Here’s a little information
on what a blizzard is:

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A blizzard as a severe snowstorm
characterized by strong winds
causing blowing snow that results
in low visibility. The difference
between a blizzard and a
snowstorm is the strength of the
wind; it’s not based on the amount
of snow. To be a blizzard, a snow
storm must have sustained winds
or frequent gusts that are greater
than or equal to 56 km/h (35 mph)
with blowing or drifting snow which reduces visibility to 400 m or 0.25 mi or less and must last for a prolonged period of
time—typically three hours or more.
The blizzard that hit the U.S. recently, swept past New York City and struck hardest at some 4.5 million people around
Boston, dropping nearly three feet of snow in areas and triggering high tides that breached a seawall and forced residents
to flee their coastal homes.