Many years ago I had the same thing happen - actually came in the phone line, fried my modem and everything connected to the motherboard. More recently I had l

Many years ago I had the same thing happen - actually came in the phone line, fried my modem and everything connected to the motherboard. More recently I had lightning strike a security camera - took out everything connected to the same network switch, plus everything connected to the two network switches one hop away. Also lit up my office with a shower of sparks. Lightning is no joke.