2007-05-03 18:02:37 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Yes, I think just about everybody has been "hit" by a thundering wave of sound energy also known as "thunder". However, the more dangerous form of energy that originates from a thunderstorm is lightning. If you meant lightning, then I will have to change my answer to "No".
Note that if some of this sound wave energy from a nearby thunderstorm reaches you and a small portion is reflected back. And if somebody nearby happen to hear this sound energy coming back, he would call this weaker sound energy an echo.
2007-05-04 03:44:17 · answer #1 · answered by UALog 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can say I have, but thunder is just the sound that comes after lightning and I have not been hit by lightning before. The reason why I say yes is because of sound waves. If you here something you must be hit by a sound wave.
2007-05-04 16:02:22 · answer #2 · answered by Katie 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
to take a line out of a song by Montgomery Gentry...."THUNDER'S JUST A NOISE, BOYS, LIGHTNING DOES THE WORK" and i probably had a few close calls with lightning last night, and some really close calls with a major tornado that struck after dark near Larned and Great Bend, Kansas; however those places got off easy, the town of Greensburg, Kansas was 90% destroyed by a tornado Friday May 4, 2007. at last report 7 people had died, 60 were injured, and 1,000 were still unaccounted for.
2007-05-05 12:23:14 · answer #3 · answered by do_sctc145 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ha ha i love this question, it took a minute or two to get it. No never been hit by thunder, but i did almost get hit by lightning when i stood under a tree in a thunderstorm.
2007-05-04 14:38:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One may get hit by lightning, but hears thunder. I am sure
the thunder would hurt less than the lightning.
2007-05-04 02:35:46 · answer #5 · answered by Bethany 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is impossible to be hit by thunder. Maybe by lightening, but not thunder.
2007-05-04 01:06:57 · answer #6 · answered by wp_snowboarder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thunder can not hit you but lightning can. thunder is the sonic boom caused by lightning breaking the sound barrier
2007-05-04 01:11:25 · answer #7 · answered by Kristenite’s Back! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thunder is sound, and as such anybody in the world who has heard thunder has in fact been "hit" by it.
2007-05-04 01:08:11 · answer #8 · answered by rosa b 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have been hit by thunder, not literally though.
It's an expression lol.
2007-05-04 08:07:54 · answer #9 · answered by bburnouts 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thunder is the sonic boom when the air collapses so you can feel the effects just after lightning nearby.it;s been known to shatter windows.
2007-05-07 09:56:49 · answer #10 · answered by Spsipath 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋