@MizoChris All true. Fax machines and telephone modems used to be prime points of destruction. The lightning surge is trying to get to the ground in the AC power in most cases. The cable and phone lines are usually in the air when this happens.
I have some good news and some bad news.
The bad news is in 1913 the US Federal income tax was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson.
The good news is he said not to worry too much it's just temporary.