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What do thunder?

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Anonymous

7y ago
Updated: 9/26/2021

Thunder, as a pressurized sound wave, can hurt your ears, scare children and animals, and set off some car alarms.

Since it is caused by the rapid heating of air produced by a nearby lightning strike, it can also alert you that it is no longer safe to be outdoors: if you're close enough to hear thunder, you're close enough to be at risk.

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You don't actually need the adjective "pressurised" because sound IS a train of pressure waves.

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As for being "at risk" (from?) because you are close enough to hear the thunder, the time to worry is when you are below the thunder-cloud and there is little interval between lightning and thunder. The sound can carry for many miles, far beyond the danger area.

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Harley Cassin

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3y ago

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