Today, Meterologist Jennifer Valdez and I were assigned to cover tonight's Powerball drawing (which at this hour, I still haven't yet won). We had a swell time, but got kinda stressed out when it came time to do our "look how crazy the lines are in this local convenience store" live shots.

Here's the thing: the lines were crazy. But, they were never crazy during the 5-7 times they went to our live remote. It was just Jennifer frontin' by a quiet lotto machine.

I've prepared a photo-illustration:



This is the kind of luck I have when it comes to these type of live shots.

When people are supposed to be buying lottery tickets (survival supplies, fireworks, and Thanksgiving turkeys) there's no one there as the camera goes live.

Of course, the it also works the opposite way: when it comes time to show the Mardi Gras (St. Patrick's Day, and New Year's Eve) celebration, everything is somewhat calm, but when the camera goes live...up come the shirts, beers, and middle fingers.

/sigh

It was still fun, and someday it'll be a fond memory when I look back at my life before the zombie apocalypse winning the multi-state lottery drawing.