On 11 Oct 2006 16:51:18 -0700, Tudor Hughes wrote:

First time I've heard of thunder preceding lightning.

Curiously I find that for close strikes you percieve the bang before
flash, that is if you percieve the flash at all. I suspect you
instictively close your eyes and duck, in the meantime getting a massive
belt of adrenaline which messes up your sense of time and perception even
more. The timing of events in reality is, of course, flashbang but
when has perception paid any attention to reality?

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