Close lightning strike and strange tick (fwd)

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Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxxxx>



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Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 11:14:06 -0600 (MDT)
From: Chip Atkinson <chip@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Close lightning strike and strange tick

Greetings,

I was out walking yesterday with my gf and experienced a really strange
phenomenon. Lightning struck fairly close to where I was so that the
thunderclap was about .1 second after the flash.  The amount of time
separating the flash and boom was long enough that you could notice a
delay but not really any longer.  My .1 second estimate is based on the
fastest I could start and stop a stop watch.

But anyway, the most interesting thing was that simultaneous with the
flash was a weird "tick" sound.  It was kind of like a "plasticky" tick
like you flipped a plastic dinner plate with your fingernail.  I know 
I wasn't imagining anything since my girlfriend heard the sound too.  She
also felt that it was pretty much simultaneous with the flash.

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks in advance.

Chip