09 Jun 15 09:24, you wrote to me:

 HG> In a message dated 06-08-15, mark lewis said to Holger Granholm:

 HG> Hi Mark,

 ml>> here we use a 4 second rule...

 ml>> 1. see lightening flash
 ml>> 2. start counting - 1onethousand, 2onethousand, 3onethousand, etc
 ml>> 3. stop counting when the thunder is heard
 ml>> 4. divide the count by four and that's how many miles away the
 ml>> strike was

 ml>> dunno how favorably that compares with sound and 3 seconds per
 ml>> kilometer...

 HG> Since the speed of sound is 360 m/s, 4 seconds will show that the strike
 HG> was about 1.44 km away

ahhh... so maybe it should be a 5 second count then... i always got mixed
up and settled on 4 seconds... it is only an estimate, anyway... one might
count their "one one thousands" too fast or too slow...

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