If you hear the thunder almost at the same time as the lightning flash - the storm is directly overhead. Usually - the sound of thunder arrives a few seconds after the lightning, because light travels much faster than sound.
lightning heats the air which we hear as thunder
I can always hear thunder in thunder and lightning, everyone can, except for deaf people of course because they can't hear anything.
You see lighting and hear thunder.
You see the lightening, and hear the thunder.
The mule in "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" was named Mr. Granger's Peter.
I believe it's because of an old belief that if you hear thunder, you must cover your belly button or else the god of thunder will eat it.
No, Thunder is really the sound what we hear when the hot and cool clouds mix.:)
stimulus
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.
shopowners
You often hear thunder when you see lightning because lightning produces a sudden and rapid heating of the air around it, causing it to expand quickly. This rapid expansion creates a shock wave that we hear as thunder. The farther away you are from the lightning, the longer it takes for the sound to reach you.
1933, in Mississippi during the great depression on the Logan farm PS its roll of thunder hear my cry