I already had a type 1 whole house surge protector rated for 20 kA. I don’t know if it did any good—maybe the damage with have been even worse without it, maybe not.
I’m thinking about adding lightning rods. Curious what y’all have and what your experiences have been.
Another issue is quality of plug-in surge protectors. The biggest risk is that you get a fake one that is essentially just a power strip no or minimal protective components. Old surge protectors or ones that have absorbed a surge can silently lose their protections when the MOVs fail, so it's important to replace them regularly. I always buy good quality surge protectors from name brands of power equipment, but honestly I don't replace them nearly as often as I should.
Finally, it might be worth checking how good your house's grounding is. You can have the best surge protectors in the world but if they can't actually dump that voltage to ground they aren't going to do much for you.
There are a couple more near it, unscathed, and in my time here, the nearest hit, by the 5 second rule, has been 2 miles away.
5280 ft/mile / 1100 ft/second -- 5 seconds per mile, lightning to thunder.
I would still consider it, but since the ground under the house is mostly quartz rock, I wonder about the grounding.