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If you mean hearing thunder right after a lightning, it is because sound travels slower than light, and thus, you would hear the thunder a bit later than seeing a lightning strike.
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Can thunder always be heard?
well, if your far away then no. you wouldn't be able to hear the thunder. if how ever, you are close to the thunder storm you will hear thunder.
Why do you see thunder after you see the flash of lightning?
You don't see thunder. You hear thunder. You hear thunder after seeing the lightning because light travels faster than sound. The further the storm away is, the bigger the time between when you see the lightning and hear the thunder.
Why do you often hear thunder when you see lightning?
Thunder is always heard after lightning flashes. The sounds from thunder can be heard from miles away, but you can see lightning and NOT hear thunder. Never the other way around.
When you hear thunder in the distance what would you do?
If you hear thunder in the distance you should find a safe place get a flashlight and stay as far away as possible from water.
What happens when there is lightning but no thunder?
Thunder is the sound caused by lightning, there is always thunder with lightning. If you cannot hear thunder maybe that is because you are too far away from the storm.
What is lightning without thunder?
Lightning without thunder is called heat lightning. It occurs when the lightning is too far away for humans to hear the thunder.
What is the distance of lightning if you a thunder a minute ago?
Count each second when you see Lightning, until when you hear Thunder, divide it by 3, and for example 60 divided by 3 makes 20 right, so that means that it is 20 miles away, so that's your answer, Thunder that is heard one minute after the Lightning is 20 miles away.
How do you hear thunder?
lightning heats the air which we hear as thunder
Who sang the song with the words 'Here the thunder you can't run away?
was it Shawn Phillips? And that is hear.
Can you hear thunder?
I can always hear thunder in thunder and lightning, everyone can, except for deaf people of course because they can't hear anything.
Are you save on a boat when there is lighting?
It depends on if the storm is right on top of you or a couple miles away to know how many miles away you are from a storm wait for lighting to come then count until you hear thunder and the last number you stopped on is how far away the storm is
You hear thunder 13.9 seconds after a lightning flash how far are you from lightning?
then the lightning is 2.78 miles away from you.
