Not sure if this video will put you at ease Leon?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm3rHONOr9o
or the resulting photo....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/willz0r/5289990107/
Seems awfully close. The video camera still works and she got a pic to boot!
P.S. just did a quick google and in
this article it states:
"Larger Electro-Magnetic Pluses are created by Mother Nature each time a lightening bolt is created. Lightening bolts are much higher in power, but still low in frequency, limiting their range of effects to a few hundred feet or yards, around the point of impact. "
Cheers
Bartman