Funny you bring this up, because I was just "struck" by lightning in my own house! Actually it appears the lines were struck, sending a jolt through the lines to my laptop, which was unfortunately sitting IN my lap at the time! ! ! The laptop immediately shut down and has and will permanently remain shut down (i.e. it's toast) and my Blackberry, which was in my pocket at the time, now has lines in the screen. It is two months old! All I felt was a little static, thank goodness. Likely the new surge suppressing power chord I had recently bought saved my butt!

Also recently I was landing in St. Thomas and looking out at this little storm cloud all by itself thinking, "Now that's the type of cloud that could sneak up on you and..." and as soon as I thought it, ZAP!!! A big bolt of lightning struck the water. No boat, no buoy, no tree, or other conductor- just air-to-water strike on an otherwise clear day.