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.
Education: Clinton County is home of Plattsburgh State University College, Clinton Community College, and PARC (Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corporation - formerly Plattsburgh Air Force Base). Land: Scenic Clinton County is located in the Northeast corner of New York State, bordering on beautiful Lake Champlain.