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Old Wed Jun 26, 2013, 01:54pm
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Originally Posted by Rich Ives View Post
If lightning causes the sound aren't you thus hearing lightning?
But lightning doesn't cause thunder.

Electrical discharge causes both lightning (visual) and thunder (audible) - the two occur simultaneously.
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