My mother is from NJ, she talked about antennas on roof tops glowing from the electricity in the air.
Some number of years ago I and a friend were standing near a 200 foot long chain link fence. There was some lightning going on and then on of the flash/bangs that make your skin crawl cause you know that was close. A second later we heard a buzzing sound coming up the fence line from the direction the flash/bang happened. It traveled all along the fence line. The pitch changed like a train whistle tone changes when it comes toward you then passes. That was near the ocean in CA.
After we moved to CO my daughter and I were looking out the second story window at an impressive lightning show. Flash/bang "whoop that was close" then I noticed some sparkling lights as i looked out the window. I turned around to see a birthday card on my daughter's wall that had lights that light up when you push a switch and the LEDs were twinkling.
Same strike took out the video capture card (chip on card had a burnt / blown out spot) I had hooked up to web cam on my roof and the sender in our weather station anemometer. A few minutes later we hear the fire Dept comming and they stopped at a house on the other side of the green belt. The strike hit the side of their house.
