Therefore, the lightning is approximately one kilometer distant for every 3 seconds that elapse between the visible flash and the first sound of thunder (or one mile for every 5 seconds). In the same five seconds, the light could have traveled the Lunar distance four times.
Fort Plain, New York. Fort Plain is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 2,322. The village is named after a fort built during the American Revolution at the junction of the Mohawk River and its tributary Otsquago Creek.
Fort Plain is mentioned 23 times on our forum: Latest news from Fort Plain, NY collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations. Ancestries: German (23.4%), United States (14.3%), Irish (11.4%), Italian (9.3%), English (8.2%), Dutch (6.4%). Current Local Time: EST time zone. Incorporated in 1823.