Asimov wrote:
"An acquaintance had a direct hit on his tower and even his tv`s remote
control head."

Did he hear a voice boom from the clouds saying: "Dammit! Missed
again!"?

A good tower ground should mitigate lightning`s fiversion through a TV
remote control. But, I`ve seen stories of "ball lightning" chasing about
inside a house.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI