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Lives. >> my goodness mary you've heard tough stuff. let's put a question to richard. a viewer writes in because we've been talking about the weather in these area these intense thunderstorms. could lightning have brought this plane down. richard? >> very unlikely. very unlikely. and the aircraft is designed with lightning receivers on board, conductors on board. i've been on a plane that's been hit by lightning a couple of times. what happens is you sometimes feel a jolt maybe a small smell on the aircraft but the lightning travels through the plane and out the back of it. yes it could short ...

With you, you said traffic was a little light. is that still the case? >> reporter: yeah it sort of comes and go, we have seen all kinds of people come in here today. you have seen this sort of pros who really know their thing when it comes to powerball. you have seen casual players, one gal who came in and said have you sold out of all the lottery tickets for today. they all have one thing, actually, a couple things in common. one of them is that they will all apparently give this money away to charity, very good money, all of them. the other thing is the incredibly, insanely steep odds. 175 ...