However, the traditional newspaper (if there really is such an animal) is threatened by shrinking readership. Television is focused on entertainment, even when it dresses it up as news.. Radio is threatened by satellites. All are confronted with the frictionless distribution enabled by the Internet, the disruptive effects of digital information. None have figured out a business model that pays for content at today's rates.
Thunder is a compression wave and will dissipate with time and distance. Under excellent conditions, thunder can be heard about 12 miles away from the lightning strike. However most of the time conditions arenât this good and we usually canât hear thunder any more than about 5 miles away.
Avoid getting caught in a dangerous situation! If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning! Myth: Itâs not raining here, and skies above me are clear, therefore I am safe from lightning. Fact: Lightning can strike many miles away from the thunderstorm. If storms are in your area, but skies. happen to be clear above you, that certainly does not imply you are safe from lightning. Though these. âBolts from the Blueâ are infrequent, lightning strikes 10 to 15 miles away from the storm are not out of the.