THERE'S LIGHTING BUT NO THUNDER?

Question

is this possible

and its happening right

now in AB, CANADA .

there's lightning every 2 seconds no exaggerating

all across the sky and there's no Thunder

and there's also wind

and there was no rain until now but its stopped it only

lasted 3 minutes. I'm sorry but I'm really scared.

But is this normal, I'm really scared, because i do

believe in aliens and ghosts and the paranormal

so I don't know.

Oh my gosh I'm sorry I'm just really scared and I cant get my question straight.

Answer 1

The lightning always comes with thunder but the distance to you can be so great that the sound is too faint for you to hear it.

Answer 2

Heat lightning. It arcs in the clouds but is not able to gap to the ground.

Answer 3

well neither do i but remember light travels faster that sound

Answer 4

short answer:  

lightning causes thunder. You might just be too far away to hear it.

long answer:

Lightning causes thunder. Thunder is the sound caused by rapidly expanding gases along a channel of lightning discharge. Energy from lightning heats the air to around 18,000 degrees Fahrenheit. This causes a rapid expansion of the air, creating a sound wave heard as thunder. An initial tearing sound is usually caused by the stepped leader, and the sharp click or crack heard at a very close range, just before the main crash of thunder, is caused by the ground streamer.

Thunder is rarely heard at points farther than 15 miles from the lightning discharge, but occasionally can be heard up to 25 miles away. At these distances, thunder is heard as more of a low rumbling sound because the higher frequency pitches are more easily absorbed by the surrounding environment, and the sound waves set off by the lightning discharge have different arrival times.

Okay could be heat lightning or cloud to cloud lightning

short answer number two:

Yes, it is very much possible not to hear thunder even when lightning is above your house.

Answer 5

Light from lightning travels much farther than sound.  The sound can also be absorbed by very thick clouds. If you are not seeing the actual bolts of lightning it may be traveling only from cloud to cloud. High winds are part of cloud to cloud lightning.

Answer 6

lighting storm is what they are called

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Answer 7

the storms too far away

there is thunder you just cant hear it yet,