. >> stena ventura is an architect and she says it is her privilege to literally care for christ and she says copper lightning rods have been placed on the statue to sin lightning to the ground.>> they are on the tip of the finger an is a crown on top of the head and this is a system to prevent lightning. >> lightning strikes in 2013 and 2014 did major damage to the statue breaking off part of the middle finger and thumb and preparing the statue is quite the undertaking as architects must go through a rigorous approval process because the stone used in the original is now hard to find and can sometimes be the wrong color. but it is worth it to get the come, cbs news rio de janeiro.>>> chris spears joins us now we know about the power of lightning here. >> we do, we get 500,000 cloud to ground strikes each year in our state and that can be really dangerous 89 the highest airport and downtown, we started in the 50s and the dia low was 50 from a record high of 48 second 2004, 99 the record high back mostly in the 70s and 80s across the state and cooling down nicely, a perfect evening to