You might at first be tempted to think this was a sign from the heavens that Mandon should not be in the army, but apparently not, because after Mandon was discharged and sent home, he was struck yet again in 2013. RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — There’s a chance at walking away with the estimated $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot on Wednesday. There have been records of a single man being struck by lightning 29 times in a single year. It is very likely to be struck 3 times over a long period of time. A bolt of lightning surging through your body can reach up to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, which is roughly five times hotter than the sun’s surface. However, it is very possible to be stuck by lightning multiple times in a period of a day. Watch video here Its a 1 in 292 million chance and your odds of matching every number in that drawing are considerably less than other things, like being struck by lightning. This statistic is nonetheless, an average of the odds of being struck by lightning in the United States. 4.15 in 100,000,000, 000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000 — The odds of somebody being struck by lightning seven times . According to the National Severe Storms Laboratory, the odds of being struck by lightning in your lifetime are estimated to be 1 in 13,000. • Lightning can kill people (3,696 deaths were recorded in the U.S. between 1959 and 2003) or cause cardiac arrest. Dickey Baker points me toward an unmarked trail about 100 yards away. Lightning is a major cause of storm related deaths in the U.S. A lightning strike can result in a cardiac arrest (heart stopping) at the time of the injury, although some victims may appear to have a delayed death a few days later if they are resuscitated but have suffered irreversible brain damage. Scientists have worked out that there is a one in nine million chance of being struck twice by lightning, but do not have the odds for being hit six times. Alexander Mandon was serving in the Colombian army the first three times he was struck by lightning, but he was thereafter discharged. To put it in perspective, the odds of getting struck by lightning seven times are 4.15 in 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That the odds of being struck by lightning are approximately 1 in a million is perhaps one of the most well-known statistics out there. The odds of being struck in your lifetime is 1 in 3,000.