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 Hartford. Ohio County Park and R.V. Campground is located in Ohio County on 500 acres where there is a replica of Fort Hartford. The structure resembles the Fort which from 1782 to 1810 protected early settlers of Hartford from Indian attacks.