However, the traditional newspaper (if there really is such an animal) is threatened by shrinking readership. Television is focused on entertainment, even when it dresses it up as news.. Radio is threatened by satellites. All are confronted with the frictionless distribution enabled by the Internet, the disruptive effects of digital information. None have figured out a business model that pays for content at today's rates.
Thunder is a compression wave and will dissipate with time and distance. Under excellent conditions, thunder can be heard about 12 miles away from the lightning strike. However most of the time conditions arenât this good and we usually canât hear thunder any more than about 5 miles away.
( If you are frightened of thunder, it is useful to remember that by the time that noise has reached you, the really dangerous lightning strike has already occurred. Very roughly, the speed of sound in the lower atmosphere is 330 metres / second (or 1 mile / 5 seconds). If you observe the 'flash' of the lightning stroke, then begin counting (or timing) in seconds until the sound of the thunder just reaches you, using the relationships above will give a rough guide to the distance of the storm.