If one is to lend credence to the reports of the wx experts in lightning using NASA lightning strike data, the storms in the area were not emitting much lightning activity. In fact the closest strike at the time the airplane was in CB area was located some 70 miles away. This being the case, then a strike can all but be discounted, and if true then, it begs the question – what caused the electrical failure alerts?
Once again, I believe the ACARS, which if can be trusted to be fact, are the only few bits of information that have surfaced, and provide a brief insight into what may have occured. Can the dots be connected? They indicate the initial problems which immediately faced the crew.