Sometimes they'd return within a half-hour of the storm passing. Other times it would take hours. The lesson here is that besides the increased possibility of being struck by lightning because you're holding a 7-foot graphite lightning rod in your hands, the fish aren't going to be hitting. I've caught plenty of fish during downpours, before thunderstorms, and after thunderstorms, but never during a thunderstorm. It's not worth the risk.
Wind is a different thing.
Most people will hit the shore where the wind is blowing in from, but I prefer the other side. The windblown shorelines have a few things going for them. First, warmer water is blown to that side. Second, waves stir up the bottom and cause the bait-fish to feed. Waves also add oxygen and cut the amount of light that can penetrate the surface.