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Old 06-28-2017, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by crash View Post
When you see the lightening each second till you hear the thunder is a mile. If the strike was 800 yards away it would be less than 1/2 a second before you heard the lightening.
Close, but no cigar. Each second represents 1100 feet. It takes five seconds for sound to travel a mile.
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