One thing that we saw a lot of on the trip was lightning. It's rained at some point almost every day so far. I learned as a kid that you can count the time between a boom of thunder and the associated flash of lightning to determine how far away the bolt struck. I couldn't remember the timing, though. Back to the Web for an answer. Apparently it's a count of five. I could have done the math (186,000 feet per second, or was that miles? Now was that the speed of light or of sound?), but I already admitted that I'm not smarter than a fifth grader. (Have you been playing my trivia contest?)
Thursday, June 28, 2007
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