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How long does it take for the sound of thunder from lightning bolt that was 2km away to reach your ears?
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Very close to 5 seconds.
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What complications are there in A sound of thunder by Ray Bradbury?
Just stay away from lightning ya'll, ya'll understand me
How do you use sound of thunder to determine the distance of lightining?
The distance between you and the lightening can be estimated by counting the seconds between the two. Since sound travels about 1128 feet per second and there are 5280 feet in a mile, if you start counting when you see the light... one thousand one, one thousand two... and then each multiple of five will be about one mile. So, for example, if you count to ten, then the lightening strike was two miles away.
What is the song on a current Jeep commercial with the lyrics 'Sunshine go away today'?
It is Jonathan Edwards singing the song "Sunshine"...... --Thunder
What are the words to Joyce Eilers song Send Down the Rain?
I live in a dessert Only troubles comes my way As I try to make a living off the land All the trees have withered And all the birds have flown away And my shattered dreams Have gone with the shifting sand Send down the rain To wash the dusty sky Send down the rain To water the thirsty land Send down the rain To sooth my burning soul Lord ive had it with trouble Disapoinment Broken dreams, As I see the lightning flashing round You know im a believer And you know Im praying hard To hear the rolling thunder's mighty sound Send down the rain To wash the dusty sky Send down the rain To water the thirsty land Send down the rain To sooth my burning soul Again Send down the rain Oh lord I see the lightning Oh lord I hear the thunder
How to reach James Mack music arranger in Chicago?
James Mack passed away in August 2006.
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.
Why lightning has no sound?
Lightning does have sound. Depending upon the distance of the lighting bolt, it may be audible instantaneously or it may take several seconds for the sound waves to reach your ears. The further away the lighting, the longer it will take for the thunder to follow.
Why is thunder associated by lightning?
Lightning heats up the air and the heated expanding air causes the thunder sound. You can estimate how far away the lightening was by counting seconds after the flash, 6 seconds to a mile away.thunder is the sound of lightning after the lightning strike occurs
Is thunder heard before the flash of lightning?
not if you are standing far enough away and not at all the sound of the lightning is thunder but if you were standing directly underneath it the sound would come at the exact moment of the light
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.
How do you tell how far away a storm is?
To tell how far away a storm is note the seconds between the appearance of lightning and the sound of thunder. Every second between lightning and thunder represents one mile.
Why do you see the flash of lightning before heaving the thunder?
Light travels through air about 873,000 times as fast as sound does. If lightning strikes two kilometers away, it takes the light 6.67 microseconds to reach you (a microsecond is a millionth of a second), but it takes the sound 5.83 seconds to reach you. You can use that difference to determine how far away a lightning strike is. If you start a stopwatch as soon as you see a lightning flash then stop it as soon as you hear the thunder, then divide the time in seconds by 2.91 km/s, the quotient is the distance of the lightning in kilometers (divide by 4.69 miles/s to get the distance of the lightning in miles).
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.
Why does thundering occur with out lightning?
While lightning produces very high temperatures, the amount of air it heats is fairly small. In most cases a bolt of lightning is a few miles away, too far away to feel the heat. People have felt the heat from lightning, but only when it struck dangerously close.
How many seconds behind is the thunder before the lightning?
Light is virtually instantaneous over any distance you'd be aware of a thunderstorm going on. Sound, however, takes five seconds to travel through air for each mile. If the thunder and the lightning are simultaneous, the lightning strike is very close to you. If the thunder is five seconds after the lightning, the lightning was one mile away. If the thunder is ten seconds after the lightning, the lightning was 2 miles away, and so on.
What complications are there in A sound of thunder by Ray Bradbury?
Just stay away from lightning ya'll, ya'll understand me
Why do you not hear thunder right away?
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.
