Warp wrote:
>   This one puzzles me really:
> 
>   In almost all movies and TV series, where there's lightning, the sound
> of the thunder is played exactly at the same time. I can't remember any
> exceptions to this rule.
> 
>   I really can't understand why. In reality the thunder almost never
> starts sounding immediately with the lightning but there's always a
> pause, often of several seconds. Practically 100% of people know this
> from lifelong experience.

Movies aren't reality, but in any event, most of the lightning strikes 
in the movies I've seen were up close, and not off in the distance.

Regards,
John

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