Yes, NO TIME 2 SEW. I understand about lightning hitting and affecting someplace or someone else nearby. Thirty five years ago my husband was near a tree which was struck by lightning. He was hit, with the lightning going through his body and out his shoulder. Yes, he's physically fine (well, some days I wonder if he's lost his mind!) However, his cardiologist feels the lightning caused the atrial fibrilation he developed not long after that. So I have been VERY respectful of lightning since then.
I live in Central Florida, the lightning capitol of the United States. We get a LOT of lightning during our almost daily summertime afternoon storms and I am also super careful with electrical equipment. As I get older, getting down on the floor and reaching under desks to unplug anything is miserable! We have a couple of solutions that might interest someone on this list.
Our computers and all the periferals are plugged into power strips that are mounted on the wall just behind the computers, above table height. These strips are easily reached for unplugging everything in case of a thunderstorm.
My studio worktable is two tables pushed together in the middle of the room. There is a floor plug underneath them. I have a super-sized power stick plugged into that floor plug with the cord coming up between the tables. It is easy to reach the outlets on the tabletop from either side, so I can plug multiple lamps, tools, both my sewing machines and other things into it. I think it has about 12 places for plugging in and has a very good surge protector as part of it. I can unplug precious equipment fast in case of lightning in our vicinity.
Please don't take a chance with your equipment. It's too expensive to replace because you thought it'd be okay and didn't take precautions. Unplugging it, even for a short while, is the best way to ensure it's safe.