6 the lightning just shot out in different directions and didn't happen to pass by where you were. - anon43686 4 we had thunder today --all day-- and not one time did we have lightning! Explain that one please! - anon40744 3 its heat lightn...
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Thunder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thunder is the sound made by lightning. Depending on the nature of the lightning and distance of the listener, it can range from a sharp, loud crack to a long, low rumble (brontide). The sudden incre...
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Like all the best takeoffs, Thunder is the work of a true aficionado: Haidle admits to having been a long-time fan of Days of Our Lives. And it's precisely his agility in leaping between the exalted and the everyday that generates much of t...
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So the flash of lightning is seen before thunder is heard. By counting the seconds between the flash and the thunder and dividing by 5, you can estimate your distance from the strike (in miles). But why does lightning cause thunder at the same time it strikes?
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To understand thunder, we first must understand sound. We hear sound when something vibrates the air molecules around it, which then vibrates the air molecules around them, and so on until air molecules vibrate your eardrums, causing you to hear sound.
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The cause of thunder is one of the oldest riddles of recorded scientific speculation. Three centuries BC Aristotle published the first thunder theory. ... Possible electrodynamic forces which might drive the thunder shockwave are the Lorentz pinch force, the longitudinal Ampere force and the alpha-torque force of the...
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Explains what lightning and thunder are. ... This is thunder. If you are near the stroke of lightning you’ll hear thunder as one sharp crack. When lightning is far away, thunder sounds more like a low rumble as the sound waves reflect and echo off hillsides, buildings and trees.
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Chapter 20, What is the Cause of Thunder? from Sayings, Wise and Otherwise” also in The Sayings of Dr. Bushwhacker and Other Wise Men by Frederic Swartout Cozzens, American Humorists, Literature, of the 19th century,Victorian essays humor parody Elfinspell.com, open source, free e-books, online text ... for few persons,
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Re: what makes thunder and lightning. What are the reasons for it? Date: Sun Aug 30 08:55:29 1998; Posted By: Wingo Scot, , Meteorology, Texas A&M; Area of science: Environment & Ecology ; ID: 903401285.En ... Thunder is caused by the lightning. When a lightning bolt travels through the air, it increases the temperature...
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