In an explosion...

[simms]

What gets to you first? Say you're sitting in a subway.

Obviously you'd see an explosion first. Then the glass windows would blow out. Is that due to the force of the explosive, or the sound of the explosion?

 

[FoBoT]

the shock wave travels faster than sound, generally

 

[Tiamat]

The pressure of the explosion causes the blow outs.

 

[Forsythe]

Originally posted by: simms
What gets to you first? Say you're sitting in a subway.

Obviously you'd see an explosion first. Then the glass windows would blow out. Is that due to the force of the explosive, or the sound of the explosion?

I doubt you'd see the exlposion, it would all happen almost at the same time. And yes, it's the shock waves through air that shatter the windows.

 

[MX2]