betterthanyou_X3 answered Friday June 2 2006, 11:43 pm: I think I remember this from elementary school haha. Anyway, it's the number of seconds between seeing the flash and hearing the thunder. If you don't hear thunder then it's more than 20 miles away. But, take that number and divide by 5 and that's around how many miles away it is. [ betterthanyou_X3's advice column | Ask betterthanyou_X3 A Question ]
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