1 For automobiles a taxpayer uses for business purposes, the portion of the business standard mileage rate treated as depreciation is 23 cents per mile for 2013, the same as in 2012. 2  The IRS also publishes a standard mileage rate for the use of a vehicle for medical or moving purposes.
What causes continuous rolling thunder when no lightning visible? Thunder is caused by the rapid expansion of super-heated air as electrical spark passes through. What causes the long (ie some several seconds) of rumbling when no lightning is visible even at night during tropical downpours?
Richard Brill, a professor at Honolulu Community College, explains: Thunder is caused by lightning, which is essentially a stream of electrons flowing between or within clouds, or between a cloud and the ground. The air surrounding the electron stream is heated to as hot as 50,000 degrees Farhenheit, which is three times hotter than the surface of the sun.