MH>RN> When I was a child, we were taught to count the seconds between the
MH>RN> strike and the thunder. I got pretty good at it, but it was easier for m
MH>RN> to count backwards than forwards. That way I knew I was within a
MH>RN> millisecond of the actual strike. It's when counting those seconds
MH>RN> forward and you don't get to 2, I worry about. We had one a few days ago
MH>RN> that was very close, but didn't even make my UPS yell
"Uncle", but scare
MH>RN> the bejesus out of my daughter's cat and me. I didn't get to count. (-:

MH>I still use that method.  Counting the seconds after the lightning to know h
MH>many miles away the strike/storm is located.

MH>If you can't count a second, consider it to be right overhead.  Those are
MH>typically the ones that scare the *#${at} out of me and rumble the entire
MH>house/windows.

MH>- Mark

That reminds me about when I sent to Little Rock Arkansas for a Seminar
at a VA Mental Institution. We were housed in a small building outside
the main building. There was a storm and got the *#${at} out of mewhnt
Lighetining struck a tree 25 feet from my room window. That strike
was LOUD AND BRIGHT!!!
Needless to say the tree did not survive
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