It definitely made me freeze in place for a second. It struck a branch off a huge tree, the trunk was about 5 foot diameter. It flung bark and wedges of wood 50+ feet. some of the chucks were like fresh split fire wood in size, and bark everywhere. It ended up killing the tree, sombitch was so big it cost 15k to have it taken down. It would have been 20k if they hauled the wood away. If that tree fell, it was a house killer and it was very close to the house.
Ends up it was a cotton wood and I cant freaking give it away, lol.
Dang, the strike at my place was much closer to my house than yours but I dint have any other issues other than cleaning up the splinters and bark all over the lawn (and eventually removing the tree). Oh, and changing my shorts, lol. I cant lie and say it didn't scare the shit out of me. It may have been the most sudden and loud / bright (it was night) thing I ever experienced.