BLAST..as a long time canoe tripper i would say you did
all the right things..heavy lighting drives me to shore
where i get into low bushes and sit on my life jacket..
if its just rain with distant lighting or just thunder
i paddle close to shore..there is a "cone of safety" that
extends out from a wooded shore about 30 feet..seeing
blasted tall pine trees is not uncommon and i have a
hunk of wood that was exploded out of a cedar tree near
one of my camps..i spent an hour or so tossing buckets
of water on the glowing remains..the canoe web sites are
full of "almost got it" storys--most zaps get people in
a tent during a storm when the roots carry the strike
around..