Thunder is the sound made by lightning.
The sudden increase in pressure and temperature from lightning produces rapid expansion of the air surrounding and within a bolt of lightning. In turn, this expansion of air creates a sonic shock wave which produces the sound of thunder. (Wikipedia)
That's actually a pretty boring explanation.
As the ole fat boy sits in the pre-dawn darkness of his ranch office this morn and listens to the storm passing thru, those claps, cracks, and booms sound anything but boring?
A more likely explanation requires the air to conspire creation of a rumble in our heads. A sound that obscures the dark rolling clouds in order to make way for the flickers and curls of the following lightning.
It is like a hot breath, followed by sweet, hard rain which cools the heat of the bright fire in the sky.
Random thoughts from a country philosopher for what they are worth?
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