At least nobody was taking a shit at the time.
We had severe t-storms this past Sunday, which happened to coinside on a day when I was having some ... uhm, intestinal issues due to consuming a lb of homemade pickled jalapeno peppers over the previous 3 days - I was sweating each trip to the "small room", and not just because of the peppers, but more so because of the nearby lightening strikes.
Back in 2012, we had lightening hit the telephone main service box across our little road, and it caused the buried cable on our property to fly up out of the ground, hitting our home with the mud covered cable and *exploding our telephone box* that sits right against the side of the house - it was literately in more than a dozen burned and blackened pieces.
We had scorching on the vinyl siding, but very fortunately, it's the newer siding that doesn't "burn", but will only "drip" and melt under extreme heat, and all of our fencing/fence staples, including the gate's fastening steel chain with a simple carabiner clip was *welded* in place, fusing all of the links solid.
I now pay strict attention to the warnings I was given as a child, and will not talk on a phone, shower/bathe, or stand near an open window or outside on the covered porch to watch lightening storms - as a child, I thought these warning were extreme and over the top, but as an adult, I've learned that they're serious and ignoring them could prove deadly.