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Roughly a second a mile
but it is very approximate.
(, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 14:56, archived)
2 and half miles
eep!
(, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 15:01, archived)
I thought it was a kilometer a second.

(, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 15:01, archived)
sound travels
AT 300m/s in air
(, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 15:03, archived)
Depends on the viscosity
of the rain in the air tho dunnit ?
(, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 15:05, archived)
Yes, it does*
*No, it doesn't. At all.
(, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 15:11, archived)
roughly a mile every five seconds
is less approximate
(, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 15:01, archived)
Then that means...
half a mile
*cowers*
(, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 15:03, archived)
one of the safest places to be
is in a car. Off you go.
(, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 15:04, archived)
approximate to the point of complete inaccuracy
sound travels about a mile every five seconds

edit: which makes flapjack a mach 3 fighter jet, and me a badly-made paper dart
(, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 15:03, archived)
Mindpiss
for physics spods.
(, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 15:05, archived)
I think it's something to do with the storm being very high up
So the sound has to go down the long side of a triangle. Or something. I saw a picture in a book, once.
(, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 15:05, archived)
I stand,
very much corrected.

So much for my engineering degree!
(, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 15:09, archived)