The homes are not close enough for a side flash, HOWEVER, if you are standing next to a tower when the line gets struck there is a very real possibility that you will be struck also. The smaller overhead wire at the top of some lines (typically called a static or ground wire) is there for the protection of the conductors below from a lightning strike. Lastly, the homes would be outside the 'cone' of protection for the power lines. While I am not a transmission engineer, I was a profession electrical engineer with an electric utility for over 40 years.
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Pennsylvania, for 60+ years, most recently, Allentown, now TV. 
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