Topic: Light and Sound Why do we see lightning before thunder? Don't go out tonight!! A huge storm is coming!! Look at the weather outside!! See, there's a huge lightning strike!! Now, very soon, you are going to hear some thunder!! Hahaha!! I told you!! Don't get scared!! It’s just thunder. Do you know why you saw the lightning before you heard the thunder? I will tell you!! An interesting fact is that lightning and thunder occur at the exact same time!! Then why do we see lightning