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Kean's Detroit Yacht Harbor Lightning?

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Factory Trained & Certified Technicians
Gas & Diesel Engine Re-Power Specialists

● Mercruiser ● Bombardier ● OMC ● Volvo ●
● Crusader ● Generators ● Stabilizers ●
● Bow/Stern Thrusters ●
● Marine Electronics Installation ●

Mobile Service Available

Insurance Specialists - Underwater/Impact Damage
- Props - Shafts - Stern Drives -

313-821-2496

Open 7 Days a Week - 7 a.m. - 9 p.m.
● Gas & Diesel ● Oil Changes ● Pumpouts ●
● Free Coffee ● Bait ● Party Store-Beer/Wine ●

St. Clair Most of us have observed lightning flashes on a
Boat Harbor clear warm evening night..."heat lightning."

Pine Shores The lightning is actually caused from a
Golf Course lightning-producing thunderstorm very far away you.

Boat Harbor: Pine Shores Golf: Heat lightning is the reflection of the sky overhead
produced by distant lightning flashes
» Launch Ramp » Executive Style too far away to be seen.
» ValvTect Marine Gas/Diesel 9-Hole Golf Course
» Pump Out Technically all lightning produces heat, since a single
» TV and Wi-Fi » Banquet Facilities stroke can heat the surrounding air to over 50,000 de-
grees, causing sound waves due to the rapid expansion
» Electric 50/30, Water » Have your golf
of air, which we later hear as thunder.
» Showers/Restrooms outing arranged
Sound travels approximately a mile every 5 seconds,
» Pavilions & Grills through the Marina! so you can gage the distance of the lightning flashes by
» Canoe and Kayak Rentals counting how many seconds pass between the flash and
the resulting thunder (approximately 1/5 of a mile for
Other Amenities Available for boaters at St. Clair Harbor: every second). Therefore, 5 seconds equals about one

● Pool & Tee Times - St. Clair River Country Club ● mile from the point of the lightning.
● Courtesy Vehicle ●
We usually can’t hear thunder from more than about 5
● Several Fine Restaurants within walking distance ● miles away. Lightning strikes from over 10 miles away

"St. Clair, Michigan... are rarely heard. So, these silent far away bolts are
a get away from the everyday" called "heat lightning."

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