Do You Unplug Equipment During Thunderstorms?

A little off topic, but here’s a fun site if you like to look at the end results of electricity doing bad things.

https://www.electrical-forensics.com/SurgeSuppressors/SurgeSuppressors.html

Quite a few years ago I lived on the outer banks of N.C. And went through several hurricanes there. Lost one power board in my preamp while I lived there. Sent it back to the manufacturer for repair. The second time the power board went out was because of a power surge to the house, no hurricane involved. I live in an area that is growing quickly and neighborhoods go up quickly. You can be sitting here and the power goes out and five minutes later it comes on with a surge. That was enough that to take that same preamp out again. So this time I found a guy that had some power boards at a reasonable price and I purchased 2. Since that time I keep the preamp unplugged unless it is in use. 

@taoist just reminded me. Used to live near Boston and used DirecTV. Lost a couple of DirecTV receivers, but it wasn’t actually to lightning. It was to wind storms. The wind would cross the surface of the antenna depositing an electron charge. It would eventually build up and ZAP!!  Probably no more of a charge than you get on a dry night when you walk across the carpet and touch something or some one that's grounded.

No lightning, no power surge needed. The solution was installing a coax surge protector. BTW, it was grounded externally. That was not why.

One evening the ex and I, sitting in the TV room, had a bolt hit that side of the house. An arc came out a outlet on the far side of the room, split between us and went in an outlet behind us. Just the proximity to the TV killed it. If it had happened on the other side of the house, in the audio room, I believe it would have killed the system. It was one of the freakiest things I've ever seen.

I always unplug. Seen too many weird occurrences here in Florida (I'm talking about lightning now).