The speed of light is faster than the speed of sound, therefore you see lightning first during a thunderstorm, then you hear the thunder. *yikes!* :) ilovecatz1234
Probably a Lightning Conductor. They say , in a Bad Storm, lightning will strike the Tallest building first. Cheers.
The first line of "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan is: "Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood."
Lightning does indeed strike first, as thunder is the sound created by lightning. According to Wikipedia, lightning heats the air surrounding it by large quantities, which in turn causes the air to expand and create a "Sonic wave" which is similar to a sonic boom.
The first lightning on Earth probably struck a little more than 4 billion years ago when Earth became cool enough to support storm clouds. There was no life on Earth at this time, so it is impossible to know exactly when the first lightning ocurred.
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Lightning is stressed on the first syllable.
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The Ford Lightning was first designed in 1991. The official launch of the Ford Lightning was in 1992 and was available for purchase the following year in 1993.
obvi, you have to buy a pack of lightning bugs first.
Benjamin Franklin was the first person to prove that lightning is a form of electricity.
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Probably a Lightning Conductor. They say , in a Bad Storm, lightning will strike the Tallest building first. Cheers.
No, a lightning rod should be mounted at the highest point of a building to effectively capture and divert lightning strikes away from the structure. Placing it on the first floor would not provide adequate protection for the entire building.
The first syllable
Lightning comes first cause there is a discrepancy between areas of air between regions of warm and cold and this causes frictionals forces to build up,which sometimes create an electrical spark which is lightning.
In the first book, The Lightning Thief, they are searching for Zeus's stolen lightning bolt.
Thunder and lightning occur roughly at the same time during a thunderstorm, but they are different things. Typically you see the lightning first and then you hear the thunder.