Yeah, that lightening and hard wired connections, a lightening strike is always looking for good ground . . right through your computer . . Not good, been there done that.
Big advantage to wifi, lightening can't jump it and ruin your equipment.
I've seen that more than once, lol. Back in the day of dial up, my brothers phone blew across the room and put a hole in his wall. The modem in his PC was just a black charred glob.
