" People in the Italian Apennines call them "brontidi" or thunder-like, and residents of Shikoku, Japan, have dubbed them "yan.
There are many possible causes for such sounds, he said, including large waves, earthquakes, shifting sands in dunes or deserts, far off thunder or man-made sources like factories, explosions or sonic booms.
Names like Hong Jin-Ho -- or "Thunder Zerg, " as he's known in cyberspace -- are sponsored gamers who are paid to play.
When politicians in Paris or Jakarta thunder about Anglo-Saxons, they are referring not to gunboats but to George Soros, Rupert Murdoch and the visigoths of the Internet.
It was not fearsomely heaven-made, like thunder or lightning or howling wind, but something felt through their feet, a resonance, as if the earth was humming.
"Having to speak in public has become my tone or clap of thunder, " she writes, during which, Hustvedt suspects, she is not consciously aware of fear but her subconscious is indeed fearful.
Many people thought it was thunder, or fireworks or one of the occasional bangs from a local foundry, the biggest employer in town.
Accessible only from Thailand or India, "The Land of the Thunder Dragon, " is one of the most uniquely individual places on earth, physically and culturally.
Eight of their 12 wins coming into the game were against teams with .500 records or better, including the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder.
The axe of the thunder is broken as never was since the flood or yet since the world began.
If he makes it through that he will join a six-week camp in Florida which could see him allocated to one of six teams - Amsterdam Admirals, Berlin Thunder, Cologne Centurions, Frankfurt Galaxy, Hamburg Sea Devils or Rhein Fire.
More than a few work in the aerospace industry or have pyrotechnics licenses, and all have an undisguised passion for watching rockets thunder out of sight.
Durant has emerged as one of the top two or three players in the NBA at the age of 23, leading the Thunder to the NBA Finals.
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Druidry's followers are not restricted to one god or creator, but worship the spirit they believe inhabits the earth and forces of nature such as thunder.
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Against the Thunder, the difference hasn't been the gap between LeBron James and Kevin Durant, or between Dwyane Wade and Russell Westbrook.
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Schutt, 23, who works nearby at Video Thunder, says he doesn't vote in presidential elections because he doesn't like or trust the candidates.
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