Flashes of lightning high in the sky I can live with. But close-by lightning is not acceptable to me. I am very aware it is electricity. That's one reason I live in southeast Alaska. :)

That must have been some storm, Beaubear. Stay safe. I've been through a number of storms like that in southern Michigan and a few in the foothills of the Blue Ridge in Virginia. Never more, quoth the Raven.