Lightening

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by johnSandlin

crowder,

If I wanted a science lesson, I would have emailed a local television station in my area and talked their weather person.

Plus, you can have either or. It just happened at my house not 48 hours ago before a storm blew through. There was just lightning for a while with no thunder. Then, there was no lightning, but thunder was heard.

You do not need one to have the other. This is an officiating forum and not a science class.

I was merely stating a statement that was posted on our state's athletic association website.

True enough, this is an officiating forum. However when one post such erroneous statements as you have, they should be corrected whether written on an officiating forum, science forum or the wall of a public bathroom.

Thunder is a sound made by lightning. Sometimes the lightning is too far away to hear the thunder. Sometimes the lightning is obscured and all you perceive is the thinder.

But you do indeed need to have one (lightning) to get the other (thunder).

Class dismissed.