I was tracking this storm on lightningmaps.org and the entire storm at one point reached over 500 strikes a minute
I'm lucky enough to have a superb view over the sea and watching it roll in was something to behold, not as impressive as a similar storm we had last year but still impressive. Closets strike was around 2 miles away, saw the streak of lightening in front of the house and it must have gone over the house and hit something that way as the crackle came from the front then an almighty, house shaking, bang from behind us!
Oh I do love a good storm