Living around thunder storms!

Well I actually quoted the definition from dictionary.com - that is also where I checked for lightning storm.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=U ... ning+storm

And likewise:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=& ... understorm

OMG... WHAT THE...


Its a big conspiracy!..... Dear god


these are all american sites... it must be the u.s.a

I swear, I have a european dictionary, and Im lookign right at it...

(snickers at the google)

Thunder and lightning(flash) are just by-products of the electrical current ionizing the air. Technically speaking, one really isn't more correct than the other. I'll go with the more common term.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=& ... tnG=Search


a roque u.s website: http://www.co.palm-beach.fl.us/PubInf/N ... htning.htm

I get a kick of watching people like foxy get flamed over text! But I will refuse to dispute back.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=U ... gle+Search

851,000 hits

No one is getting flamed...

And Foxy, whatever you choose to call it, make sure you unplug your Mac.

well.. I guess .. Ill through my hat in..

but: usign a word like that, makes me not like you, thus unique, thus being not conforming to society, stearing In my own direction, thus making me cool..



lol at the mac hit, I own a pc also... w/e me=

To me id did but it is all cool i am very easy to get along with. Thunder lightning everyone knew what I ment. At the end it is a zap resulting in damage to your pc/mac.

Wow. Ok first of all a small flame. If you (foxy) think people are getting more stupid as time progresses, I'd recommend taking a few typing/english classes to fix your grammer and typing skills. I actually had to re read some of the glyphs you had to figure out what you meant.

Secondly, gray or grey, soda or pop, thunderstorm or lightningstorm, no difference. However, I believe part of the reason thunderstorm is used more readily is because you always see thunder long before you see lightning, because while light from the electrical discharge (which travels from the ground to the clouds by the way) created by the atmosphere may occur, for instance, during the day, or behind a tree, or some hidden place in the sky. Thunder however dissipated through the atmosphere and you hear it almost every time.

yeah, what you really got to look out for is when you hear thunder at the exact same time that you see lightning.....If you know what I mean

Thunder definitely has a more profound effect psycologically. That's what scares children (or adults) and makes all of the cats and dogs hide under the furniture.



You might not see anything if that happens.

I don't think you can hear thunder at the "exact same" time as you would see lightning, if thunder were to come soo soon after seeing lightning I think the initial shock of being struck by the lightning would inhibit your ability to hear the thunder