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Silas Battie walks around the east New Orleans neighborhood after a tornado touchdown, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. At least three tornados touchdown causing damage top buildings. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Linda Pierre, left, and April Williams look around the east New Orleans neighborhood after a tornado touchdown, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. At least three tornados touchdown causing damage to buildings. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Oklahoma guard Jordan Woodard attempts to block a shot by Texas Tech guard Keenan Evans during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, in Lubbock, Texas. (Mark Rogers/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP)
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FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2013 file photo, a fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment in Casselton, N.D. The National Transportation Safety Board is set to release the cause of the 2013 oil train derailment in eastern North Dakota. The accident happened when a train carrying soybeans derailed in front of an oil tanker train near the small town of Casselton. It caused a series of explosions and the evacuation of about 1,400 residents, but no one was hurt. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy, File)
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This photo provided by Airbnb shows a still image from the company's Super Bowl 51 spot. Airbnb is following up its Super Bowl ad calling for acceptance with a campaign to provide short-term housing over the next five years for 100,000 people in need. An announcement on the rental service's website says it plans to start with refugees, disaster survivors and relief workers, but wants "to accommodate many more types of displaced people over time." (Airbnb via AP)
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FILE - In this May 3, 1993, file photo, a survivor of an apartment complex fire is wheeled to an ambulance by Los Angeles Fire Department personnel near downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck will announce details of arrests made in connection with the 1993 fire that killed 10 people, including seven children. Officials said that several arrests were made recently and the people remain jailed. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac,File)
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FILE - In this May 3, 1993, file photo, May Isabela Diego holds her infant son Pedro in the aftermath of a fire in an apartment complex in the Westlake section of Los Angeles. Diego had to drop her two children out of a window as fire threatened their safety. Police have arrested several people for the 1993 fire that killed 10 people, including seven children. (AP Photo/Michael Tweed, File)
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A jogger navigates through a steady snowfall on the Capitol campus in Olympia, Wash., Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, in advance of a more vigorous system which has spawned a winter storm warning across the region for overnight and into Monday. (Steve Bloom/The Olympian via AP)
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Children sled down a city street closed to traffic during a winter storm moving through the area, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, in Seattle. Seattle finally got its dose of winter weather, with an overnight storm that left snow totals of an inch to more than a foot across western Washington, causing widespread school closures Monday. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Snow covers streets and trees as pedestrians make their way through a winter storm, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, in Seattle. Seattle finally got its dose of winter weather, with an overnight storm that left snow totals of an inch to more than a foot across western Washington, causing widespread school closures Monday. More than 75,000 Puget Sound Energy and Seattle City Light customers were without power. A winter storm warning remains in effect for the greater Puget Sound Metro area. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Penny Austin, 5, tries to catch snowflakes on her tongue during a winter storm moving through the area, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, in Seattle. Seattle finally got its dose of winter weather, with an overnight storm that left snow totals of an inch to more than a foot across western Washington, causing widespread school closures Monday. More than 75,000 Puget Sound Energy and Seattle City Light customers were without power. A winter storm warning remains in effect for the greater Puget Sound Metro area. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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FILE- In this May 3, 1993 file photo, a young man weeps after seeing a dead child in front of an apartment house in the Westlake district that was devastated by fire in Los Angeles. Police have arrested several people for the 1993 apartment building fire that killed 10 people, including seven children, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. ( J.Albert Diaz/Los Angeles Times via AP)
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A dark-eyed junco finds room on an otherwise snow-covered branch during a winter storm moving through the area, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, in Seattle. Seattle finally got its dose of winter weather, with an overnight storm that left snow totals of an inch to more than a foot across western Washington, causing widespread school closures Monday. More than 75,000 Puget Sound Energy and Seattle City Light customers were without power. A winter storm warning remains in effect for the greater Puget Sound Metro area. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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About 40 firefighters from Anaheim, Orange, Garden Grove and Fullerton responded to a fire at the Anaheim White House on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. (Nick Agro/Orange County Register via AP)
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About 40 firefighters from Anaheim, Orange, Garden Grove and Fullerton responded to a fire at the Anaheim White House on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. (Nick Agro/Orange County Register via AP)
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FILE - In this July 27, 2015, file photo, a passenger commuter train, left, passes one of two mile-long oil trains parked adjacent to the King County Airport in Seattle. More crude oil than ever is expected to move through Washington state, particularly since the Canadian government approved the Kinder Morgan pipeline project that will triple the number of tankers and barges plying local waters. Washington already has some of the toughest oil spill prevention and preparedness rules in the country but lawmakers say there are big gaps and that the rules need to be strengthened to keep up with the changing landscape. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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FILE - In this July 27, 2015, file photo, cars from one of two mile-long oil trains parked near the King County Airport are seen in Seattle. More crude oil than ever is expected to move through Washington state, particularly since the Canadian government approved the Kinder Morgan pipeline project that will triple the number of tankers and barges plying local waters. Washington already has some of the toughest oil spill prevention and preparedness rules in the country but lawmakers say there are big gaps and that the rules need to be strengthened to keep up with the changing landscape. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2014, file photo, a northbound oil train sits idled on tracks, stopped by protesters blocking the track ahead, in Everett, Wash. More crude oil than ever is expected to move through Washington state, particularly since the Canadian government approved the Kinder Morgan pipeline project that will triple the number of tankers and barges plying local waters. Washington already has some of the toughest oil spill prevention and preparedness rules in the country but lawmakers say there are big gaps and that the rules need to be strengthened to keep up with the changing landscape. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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FILE - In this July 27, 2015, file photo, traffic passes one of two mile-long oil trains parked near the King County Airport in Seattle. More crude oil than ever is expected to move through Washington state, particularly since the Canadian government approved the Kinder Morgan pipeline project that will triple the number of tankers and barges plying local waters. Washington already has some of the toughest oil spill prevention and preparedness rules in the country but lawmakers say there are big gaps and that the rules need to be strengthened to keep up with the changing landscape. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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New York Islanders' Anders Lee (27) celebrates after scoring a goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
