The Red Brick Times

During all of the electricity flow last night, I couldn't remember what it was that we counted at night in bed with the covers pulled up to tell how far away the lightning struck. I found it again at Kids' Lightning Information and Safety on the "Flash to Bang Page":

"By counting the seconds between the lightning "flash" and the "bang" of thunder, you can tell how far away the lightning was. Each five seconds equals one mile. If you count 15 seconds, the flash was 3 miles away and you know that you are in a high danger zone. Six miles (30 second count) is still in the high danger zone. "
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