ment of a direction that all further proceedings shall be stayed, (t. e., that the process may stand,) and it is one of the ways by which a suit may be terminated by an act of the party, as distinguished from a termination of it by judgment, which is the act of the court.
The resulting number will tell you how many miles away you are from where lightning just struck. Five seconds, for example, indicates the lightning struck 1 mile away, and a 10-second gap means the lightning was 2 miles away.
Lightning can reach far away from a nearby thunderstorm and strike ground. If you can see lightning or hear thunder, you are in an immediate danger zone for a lightning strike. Especially during the summertime, lightning activity can suddenly begin in areas of rain even if no lightning or thunder has yet occurred.