You are a lucky man.Go buy a lottery ticket.Rod humming was static electricity buildup precluding the lightning strike.Have seen line leviate above water and hair stand straight out from static electricity during thunder strorms.Been bit once at Lone Valley ramp on Green tieing boat down when lightning hit across parking lot.Several of us at ramp got a shock like hitting electric fence.On Cumberland River was hunkered down under a bluff during storm and lightning hit tree above us on top of bluff,felt heat from strike and nearly went deaf for a little while.Before strike,hair was standing out and air actually felt tingley . Makes you have some respect for Mother Nature!