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FLASH! Lightning streaks across the sky! A few seconds later, the thunder arrives. BOOM! In Real Life, thunder is the sound caused by a lightning strike. It has a delay because sound travels slower than light, and so the farther away the lightning strikes, the longer it takes for the thunder to arrive. If you hear thunder at the same time of a lightning strike, it probably means that you're inside the eye of storm. Most writers, when they avert the trope, will generally include the counting to show the distance of the storm.

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  • FLASH! Lightning streaks across the sky! A few seconds later, the thunder arrives. BOOM! In Real Life, thunder is the sound caused by a lightning strike. It has a delay because sound travels slower than light, and so the farther away the lightning strikes, the longer it takes for the thunder to arrive. If you hear thunder at the same time of a lightning strike, it probably means that you're inside the eye of storm. Most writers, when they avert the trope, will generally include the counting to show the distance of the storm.
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  • FLASH! Lightning streaks across the sky! A few seconds later, the thunder arrives. BOOM! In Real Life, thunder is the sound caused by a lightning strike. It has a delay because sound travels slower than light, and so the farther away the lightning strikes, the longer it takes for the thunder to arrive. If you hear thunder at the same time of a lightning strike, it probably means that you're inside the eye of storm. Not so in fiction. Here, lightning almost always arrives with the sound of thunder, no matter where the lightning is. This happens so often that it is remarkable when thunder does have a delay. Expect quite a few aversions to mention counting the seconds to see how far away the lightning struck, especially if the target audience is children. Most writers, when they avert the trope, will generally include the counting to show the distance of the storm. This is such a universally used trope that only subversions and aversions should be listed as examples. Related to Dramatic Thunder and Thunder Equals Downpour. Falls under the Rule of Perception.
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