My grandfather was struck by lightning a long, long time ago (and lived), so that keeps me with a healthy paranoia!
Also, a month or two ago a lightning strike in the middle of the night caught some little girls bed on fire!!! The little girl woke up, woke her sister up, and then walked to her parents room to let her mom know that her bed was on fire. The little girl did a great job of handling things but my goodness did that ever make me wary of being too close to the window. ESPECIALLY here in Florida - lightning capitol of the world!