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An air tester near the site where one of two smoke stacks at former Sappi paper mill property was imploded on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in Muskegon, Mich. City officials were concerned that the "Power House Stack No. 1" was a public safety risk after large cracks developed in the stack. Public safety officials set up a 1,000-foot perimeter around the site to keep onlookers safe from asbestos-laden dust from the towering stack's debris. (Joel Bissell/Muskegon Chronicle via AP)
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One of two smoke stacks at former Sappi paper mill property, standing over 200-feet-tall will be imploded on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 7 a.m. in Muskegon, Mich. City officials were concerned that the "Power House Stack No. 1" was a public safety risk after large cracks developed in the stack. Public safety officials set up a 1,000-foot perimeter around the site to keep onlookers safe from asbestos-laden dust from the towering stack's debris. (Joel Bissell/Muskegon Chronicle via AP)
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One of two smoke stacks at former Sappi paper mill property, standing over 200-feet-tall crumbles to the ground after it was imploded on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in Muskegon, Mich. City officials were concerned that the "Power House Stack No. 1" was a public safety risk after large cracks developed in the stack. Public safety officials set up a 1,000-foot perimeter around the site to keep onlookers safe from asbestos-laden dust from the towering stack's debris. (Joel Bissell/Muskegon Chronicle via AP)
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One of two smoke stacks at former Sappi paper mill property, standing over 200-feet-tall crumbles to the ground after it was imploded on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in Muskegon, Mich. City officials were concerned that the "Power House Stack No. 1" was a public safety risk after large cracks developed in the stack. Public safety officials set up a 1,000-foot perimeter around the site to keep onlookers safe from asbestos-laden dust from the towering stack's debris. (Joel Bissell/Muskegon Chronicle via AP)
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One of two smoke stacks at former Sappi paper mill property, standing over 200-feet-tall crumbles to the ground after it was imploded on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in Muskegon, Mich. City officials were concerned that the "Power House Stack No. 1" was a public safety risk after large cracks developed in the stack. Public safety officials set up a 1,000-foot perimeter around the site to keep onlookers safe from asbestos-laden dust from the towering stack's debris. (Joel Bissell/Muskegon Chronicle via AP)
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FILE - This 2014 file photo provided by Gary Lentzkow, shows his son Matthew Lentzkow in La Porte City, Iowa. The parents of Matthew, a handcuffed detainee killed in a 2014 highway accident after escaping from an Iowa State Patrol car, have dropped their lawsuit against the state. Attorney Joe Cacciatore said Tuesday, July 18, 2017, that Lentzkow's parents believe they achieved the goal of learning about the incident and want to move on. (AP Photo/Gary Lentzkow, File)
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Karen Burt walks along Kings Road from her home as flooding continued Monday, July 17, 2017, in Fox Lake, Ill., along the Chain O' Lakes. Flood conditions are expected to remain in areas of northern Illinois through Thursday as residents brace themselves for more rain. (Gilbert R Boucher II/Daily Herald via AP)
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Flooding continued Monday, July 17, 2017, in Fox Lake, Ill., along the Chain O' Lakes. Flood conditions are expected to remain in areas of northern Illinois through Thursday as residents brace themselves for more rain. (Gilbert R Boucher II/Daily Herald via AP)
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A truck at Ben Watts Marina explains that the Chain O'Lakes is closed to boaters as flooding continued Monday, July 17, 2017 in Fox Lake, Ill., along the Chain O' Lakes. Flood conditions are expected to remain in areas of northern Illinois through Thursday as residents brace themselves for more rain. (Gilbert R Boucher II/Daily Herald via AP)
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A boat floats into yards as flooding continued Monday, July 17, 2017, in Fox Lake, Ill., along the Chain O' Lakes. Flood conditions are expected to remain in areas of northern Illinois through Thursday as residents brace themselves for more rain. (Gilbert R Boucher II/Daily Herald via AP)
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Bob Paganucci explains how his home is surrounded by about four feet of water as he cannot get to his home on Park Avenue as flooding continued Monday, July 17, 2017 in Fox Lake, Ill., along the Chain O' Lakes. Flood conditions are expected to remain in areas of northern Illinois through Thursday as residents brace themselves for more rain. (Gilbert R Boucher II)/Daily Herald via AP)
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Flooding continued Monday, July 17, 2017, in Fox Lake, Ill., along the Chain O' Lakes. Flood conditions are expected to remain in areas of northern Illinois through Thursday as residents brace themselves for more rain. (Gilbert R Boucher II/Daily Herald via AP)
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This image made from a Saturday, July 15, 2017, video provided by Nancy Coto shows a flash flooding at the Cold Springs' swimming hole in the Tonto National Forest, near Payson, Ariz. The flash flood in an Arizona river canyon began its deadly descent a surge of churning water, black with cinders from a recent wildfire and choked with tumbling tree trunks and limbs. Coto, 17, said she was stuck for four hours on a slab of rock with her boyfriend and his family before they were able to walk out. (Courtesy of Nancy Coto via AP)
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In this image made from a Saturday, July 15, 2017, video provided by Nancy Coto, Lily Wendt, a sister of Coto's boyfriend, standing by the Wendts' dog Bandit, watches a flash flooding at the Cold Springs' swimming hole in the Tonto National Forest, near Payson, Ariz. The flash flood in an Arizona river canyon began its deadly descent a surge of churning water, black with cinders from a recent wildfire and choked with tumbling tree trunks and limbs. Coto, 17, said she was stuck for four hours on a slab of rock with her boyfriend and his family before they were able to walk out. (Courtesy of Nancy Coto via AP)
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Storm clouds loom over Tonto National Forest, Ariz., where rescuers are still searching for a missing 27-year-old man washed away by floodwaters, Monday, July 17, 2017. Sheriff's officials said thunderstorms and heavy rain could endanger rescuers searching upstream. A torrent of water came Saturday as people were cooling off in a creek when a rainstorm upstream unleashed floodwaters that killed nearly a dozen people. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
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Gila County Sheriff's Office Detective David Hornung updates the media at the First Crossing recreation area during the ongoing search and rescue operation for a victim in a flash flood along the banks of the East Verde River Monday, July 17, 2017, in Payson, Ariz. The bodies of several children and adults have been found after Saturday's flash flooding poured over a popular swimming area in the Tonto National Forest. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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This March 18, 2017 photo shows an area of Ellison Creek, a popular area in Tonto National Forest near Payson, Ariz. On Saturday, July 15, 2017, a flash flood through the area swept nearly a dozen people to their deaths. The flood was the result of a thunderstorm that dumped heavy rainfall just upstream, unleashing 6-foot-high floodwaters, dark with ash from a summer wildfire. (AP Photo/Clarice Silber)
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Dead trees, other debris and mud come to a stop near the First Crossing recreation area during the search and rescue operation for a victim in a flash flood along the banks of the East Verde River Monday, July 17, 2017, in Payson, Ariz. The bodies of several children and adults have been found after Saturday's flash flooding poured over a popular swimming area in the Tonto National Forest. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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First responders gather at the Water Wheel recreation area where victims were caught in a flash flood along the banks of the East Verde River Monday, July 17, 2017, in Payson, Ariz. The bodies of several children and adults have been found after Saturday's flash flooding poured over a popular swimming area in the Tonto National Forest. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Gila County Sheriff J. Adam Shepherd speaks to The Associated Press on the three-day search for a missing 27-year-old man in Tonto National Forest, Ariz., on Monday, July 17, 2017. The man was swept downriver with more than a dozen others when floodwaters inundated the area on Saturday. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
