Talk:Heat Manipulation/@comment-25725105-20150511184340

What about concussive force? The reason why there's a loud clap when you see lightning is that the extremely high temperature of plasma immediately entering an extremely low temperature in comparison--room temperature, for instance--causes the air to become violently displaced. This violent displacement is not only a sonic shockwave but also a physical one, as the air is pushed outward in all directions. Raising the temperature within a space suddenly can cause a similar reaction without the need of a high-end temperature that plasma would output.

Also, I'm not sure how Spark Beam Emission is part of Heat Manipulation--perhaps with a metal alloy, but not simply by heating the air.