Ever been struck by lightning?

This isn't a thread about one of Centurion's boats.

Yesterday I am at the lake and some clouds start to develop and I can see a trememdous amount of lightning coming. The newsapaper headline today was that 52 fires were started yesterday from all of it. We just continued to do our thing on the lake and I was getting anxious that we should leave, but the kids and friends were having a great time, so we stayed. Finally as the wind did start to pick up, we left and never had any lightning come close.

My mother taught me never to be in the water in a lightning storm. I became even more paranoid knowing that I am basically surrounded by a big metal cage (lightning rod). But, come to think of it, I have never heard of a wakeboard tower getting struck by lightning in the water. Has anyone ever heard of it? Could my mother be perpetrating a lie?