The Young Chronicle: For Grade 3 January 31st, 2015 | Page 4

YOUNG CHRONICLE What is a Blizzard? America was recently hit by a blizzard, which got Rambo and Pranks wondering what a blizzard was. 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. To Rambo and Pranks, this seemed like a deadly snow storm, but there is a difference between the two. A blizzard is 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. Here’s announcing The Young Journalist mentorship pr ogramme. Through this programme, not only will your article be published, but you will also be mentored to 3 write better. Every Saturday, a list of topics will be shared with you, and you would be expected to read on the topic and submit an article, the subsequent Tuesday. Feedback will be shared with you, by Wednesday. Once you share the final article, the article will be published in the newspaper on Friday. Why should you participate in this programme? - Well, Rons and Pranks would love more kids to join them in their investigations - The Young Chronicle team will mentor you and help you delve deeper into the topic - The team will share edits with you, with better words, proper grammar, and sentence constructions, which will improve your writing skills - You will get more confidence to write as much as possible and share your views on new topics - Your effort will be recognized by your peers and fellow readers. To join, all you need to do is drop in an email/ ask your parents to do so, at [email protected] !