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    how far away is lighting when you hear thunder

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    After you see a lightning strike, start counting one mississippi, two mississippi, etc., and whatever count you end on when you hear thunder, that's how many miles away the lightning was.
    Count the number of seconds until you hear thunder.
    They say it a mile for every second count,I think that what Catgirl
    is referring to.
    not quite as far away as i am when i hear lighting.

    If lightning stricke you,believe me you wont have time to count!

    Papitou

    If lightning strikes you, you know that the thunderstorm is hovering right above you.
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    If lightning strike you! you ain't going to say anything.you'll be fry.
    I learned that every second that passes after a lightning is equal to 350m of distance. So, if thunder follows, say, 3 seconds after the lightning, you have about 1km distance.


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