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Local residents lined up outside the Charleston Fire Department Sunday morning, Jan. 12, 2014 to pick up bottled water in Charleston, W.Va. This is one of many locations handling distribution of bottled water as the ban on using tap water for drinking and washing continues following the chemical spill Thursday in the Elk River that has contaminated the public water supply in nine counties. (AP Photo Michael Switzer)
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Water buffaloes are made available to local residents in South Charleston, W.V. to fill coolers and other containers at the GeStamp Stamping Plant-South Charleston Sunday morning, Jan. 12, 2014. The ban on using water for drinking, washing and cleaning remains in effect following the chemical spill Thursday in the Elk River that has contaminated the public water supply in nine counties. (AP Photo Michael Switzer)
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South Charleston Public Works employees assist local residents in South Charleston, W.V. in obtaining bottled water at the GeStamp Stamping Plant-South Charleston (W.Va.) distribution location Sunday morning, Jan. 12, 2014. This location will remain open 24-hours a day until the ban on using tap water for drinking and washing is lifted. The ban has been in effect following the chemical spill Thursday in the Elk River that has contaminated the public water supply in nine counties.. (AP Photo Michael Switzer)
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South Charleston Public Works employees assist local residents in South Charleston, W.V. in obtaining bottled water at the GeStamp Stamping Plant-South Charleston (W.Va.) distribution location Sunday morning, Jan. 12, 2014. This location will remain open 24-hours a day until the ban on using tap water for drinking and washing is lifted. The ban has been in effect following the chemical spill Thursday in the Elk River that has contaminated the public water supply in nine counties.. (AP Photo Michael Switzer)
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The GeStamp Stamping Plant-South Charleston (W.Va.) is one of several distribution locations open Sunday morning, Jan. 12, 2014 so local residents can pick up bottled water and fill containers after a chemical spill Thursday in the Elk River that has contaminated the public water supply in nine counties. Frustration is mounting for many of the 300,000 West Virginia residents who've gone three days without clean tap water..This location will remain open 24-hours a day until the ban on using tap water for drinking and washing is lifted. (AP Photo Michael Switzer)
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Local residents in South Charleston (W.Va) brought empty containers, coolers and other items to distribution centers Sunday morning, Jan. 12, 2014 to fill with water after a chemical spill Thursday in the Elk River that has contaminated the public water supply in nine counties. Frustration is mounting for many of the 300,000 West Virginia residents who've gone three days without clean tap water.. The ban on using tap water for drinking and washing is still in effect following the chemical spill on Thursday, January 9, 2014. (AP Photo Michael Switzer)
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Employees of the South Charleston Public Works Department assisted the residents in obtaining cases of water and filling the containers they brought with them Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 after a chemical spill Thursday in the Elk River that has contaminated the public water supply in nine counties. Frustration is mounting for many of the 300,000 West Virginia residents who've gone three days without clean tap water.The West Virginia National Guard was sent to help distribute bottled water. (AP Photo Michael Switzer)
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Local residents in Charleston, W.V. continue to arrive at distribution centers to load up on bottled water Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 after a chemical spill Thursday in the Elk River that has contaminated the public water supply in nine counties. Frustration is mounting for many of the 300,000 West Virginia residents who've gone three days without clean tap water. (AP Photo/Michael Switzer)
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Colorado Avalanche's Nathan MacKinnon, right, and Minnesota Wild's Jonas Brodin, of Sweden, gets tangled up along the boards in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov, right, of Russia, stands by as Minnesota Wild's Dany Heatley crashes into the goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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Minnesota Wild's Charlie Coyle (3) looks for the rebound as Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov, of Russia, defects a shot into the air in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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Colorado Avalanche's Ryan Wilson, left, leaves Minnesota Wild's Dany Heatley on the ice as he skates away after a collision in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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Minnesota Wild's Matt Cooke shoots a puck past Colorado Avalanche's Erik Johnson, which goalie Semyon Varlamov stopped in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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In this Dec. 17, 2013 photo, fourth-generation owner Jeff Wilcox works on a quiet day at his family's business, Wilcox Marine Supply, in Stonington, Conn. Wilcox is shutting the 135-year-old family marine supply business in early 2014, a casualty in the battle over federal fishing limits. (AP Photo/ The Day, Tim Cook) MANDATORY CREDIT
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A man on the second floor looks up Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at the balcony that collapsed at the historic John C. Bell building around midnight Saturday in the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, killing a young man and injuring two women, police said. Police say a 22-year-old man who suffered severe head and neck injuries in the fall was pronounced dead at a hospital early Sunday morning. The two women are in their 20s and suffered broken bones in their backs. They are listed in stable condition at two city hospitals. The man and two women, who were attending a birthday party, had stepped out onto the balcony to smoke cigarettes when the collapse occurred, authorities said. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
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An investigator takes a photo Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 of a balcony that collapsed around midnight Saturday in the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, killing a young man and injuring two women, police said. Police say a 22-year-old man who suffered severe head and neck injuries in the fall was pronounced dead at a hospital early Sunday morning. The two women are in their 20s and suffered broken bones in their backs. They are listed in stable condition at two city hospitals. The man and two women, who were attending a birthday party, had stepped out onto the balcony to smoke cigarettes when the collapse occurred, authorities said. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
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Firefighters gather outside the historic John C. Bell building where a balcony collapsed around midnight Saturday in the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, killing a young man and injuring two women, police said. Police say a 22-year-old man who suffered severe head and neck injuries in the fall was pronounced dead at a hospital early Sunday morning. The two women are in their 20s and suffered broken bones in their backs. They are listed in stable condition at two city hospitals. The man and two women, who were attending a birthday party, had stepped out onto the balcony to smoke cigarettes when the collapse occurred, authorities said. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
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The fire escape landing that collapsed around midnight Saturday is seen in the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Authorities say three people were injured, one critically, when a fire escape landing collapsed and fell four stories. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
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Firefighters look up at a fourth-floor balcony Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 that collapsed at the historic John C. Bell building around midnight Saturday in the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, killing a young man and injuring two women, police said. Police say a 22-year-old man who suffered severe head and neck injuries in the fall was pronounced dead at a hospital early Sunday morning. The two women are in their 20s and suffered broken bones in their backs. They are listed in stable condition at two city hospitals. The man and two women, who were attending a birthday party, had stepped out onto the balcony to smoke cigarettes when the collapse occurred, authorities said. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
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Firefighters look at a fourth-floor balcony Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 that collapsed at the historic John C. Bell building around midnight Saturday in the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, killing a young man and injuring two women, police said. Police say a 22-year-old man who suffered severe head and neck injuries in the fall was pronounced dead at a hospital early Sunday morning. The two women are in their 20s and suffered broken bones in their backs. They are listed in stable condition at two city hospitals. The man and two women, who were attending a birthday party, had stepped out onto the balcony to smoke cigarettes when the collapse occurred, authorities said. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
