And on the subject of lighting strikes.
They can get you out the side of a cloud as well which I considered quite unsporting when when got me.
Just think of real IFR as a series of underpants changes as your experence increases. Then when you can go a year without having a bum twitcher you are officially a grumpy auld cynical bastard like the rest of the auld timers presuming everyone and everything is out to kill you.