No aircraft experience, but at home, on a 100' north facing cliff, with CBs on a northerly wind.
My W XP computer crashed for the first time, with the modem burned out, in January 2007, when St. Elmo's Fire was seen on the houses and telephone poles in the village.
Neighbours had sparks coming from their keyboards to their fingers, and also lost their computers. A few minutes later lightning struck a house about 1/2 mile downwind.
I have suspicions about the vulnerability of light aircraft electronics in such a situation.