On 06/04/2021 19:42, Rod Speed wrote:


I'd have expected a major strike to have cause a fire,

That’s actually quite rare except when it strikes a tree.

or structural damage first.

That’s even rarer.

Nearest I have been to one was to a house whose garden backed on to
ours, less than 100 metres away. I was standing by our back door at the
time and the effectively simultaneous flash and bang certainly made me
jump. That took out some of the chimney brickwork and a good proportion
of the tiles on one side of the roof. (I recognise that these are not
particularly securely attached).