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Vehicles line up at the a gas station on Thursday, July 27, 2017, on Ocracoke Island on North Carolina's Outer Banks, as visitors leave the island and residents fuel up. An estimated 10,000 tourists were ordered Thursday to evacuate the island after a construction company caused a power outage, leaving people stranded without air conditioning or places to eat. (C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer via AP)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017, file photo, a balloon memorial sits outside the burnt home of a family that died in a fire in Akron, Ohio. Prosecutors said a grand jury on Thursday, July 27, 2017, indicted Stanley Ford in the May 15 fire in Akron that killed seven people. He had pleaded not guilty to charges including aggravated murder after his arrest in that blaze and remains jailed on $7 million bond. (AP Photo/Dake Kang, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2016 file photo, Tracy Morgan arrives at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Morgan said he's a better man since the 2014 roadway accident that left him critically injured and killed his friend, comedian James McNair. His remarks were made during a Q&A session to promote his new TBS comedy series, "The Last O.G." where he plays an ex-con who finds the life and New York neighborhood he left behind is gone. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper removes a ground spike from in front of the fire ball ride at the Ohio State Fair Thursday, July 27, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. The fair opened Thursday but its amusement rides remained closed one day after Tyler Jarrell, 18, was killed and seven other people were injured when the thrill ride broke apart and flung people into the air. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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In this Wednesday, July 26, 2017, photo, soybeans grow in a farm field near Indianola, Iowa. Drought conditions are getting worse in several states, and extreme heat and weeks with little rain have begun to stress corn, soybeans, wheat and livestock in some areas. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday, July 27, 2017, by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says nearly 11 percent of the continental United States is in moderate drought or worse. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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In this Wednesday, July 26, 2017, photo, soybeans grow in a farm field near Indianola, Iowa. Drought conditions are getting worse in several states, and extreme heat and weeks with little rain have begun to stress corn, soybeans, wheat and livestock in some areas. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday, July 27 by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says nearly 11 percent of the continental United States is in moderate drought or worse. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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This picture released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Thursday, July 27, 2017, claims to show the launching of Simorgh satellite-carrying rocket in an undisclosed location, Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
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This picture released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Thursday, July 27, 2017, claims to show the launching of Simorgh satellite-carrying rocket in an undisclosed location, Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
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This picture released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Thursday, July 27, 2017, claims to show the Simorgh satellite-carrying rocket, center, before being launched into space from Imam Khomeini National Space Center in an undisclosed location, Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
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In this Wednesday, July 26, 2017, photo, soybeans grow in a farm field near Indianola, Iowa. Drought conditions are getting worse in several states, and extreme heat and weeks with little rain have begun to stress corn, soybeans, wheat and livestock in some areas. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday, July 27, by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says nearly 11 percent of the continental United States is in moderate drought or worse. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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This picture released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Thursday, July 27, 2017, claims to show the Simorgh satellite-carrying rocket at Imam Khomeini National Space Center in an undisclosed location, Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
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This picture released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Thursday, July 27, 2017, claims to show the launching of Simorgh satellite-carrying rocket in an undisclosed location, Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
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In this image provided by NASA, taken Aug. 3, 2015, phytoplankton is seen off the coast of New York, top and New Jersey, left. A new study projects that global warming’s increased rains will mean more nitrogen flowing into U.S. waterways, which can then trigger more massive blooms of algae, floating green mats, and dead zones with almost no oxygen. This handout NASA satellite photo shows a large bloom of phytoplankton off the New York and New Jersey coast in August 2015. (NASA via AP)
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This picture released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Thursday, July 27, 2017, claims to show the launching of Simorgh satellite-carrying rocket in an undisclosed location, Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
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FILE - This is a Monday July 13, 2015 file photo of Britain's Prince William, as he poses in front of an East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) as he begins his new role, at Cambridge Airport, Cambridge, in England. Prince William is completing his final shift in his job as an air ambulance pilot as he gets ready to take on more extensive royal duties. The heir to the British throne is working the night shift Thursday July 27, 2017 at the East Anglian Air Ambulance, where he has been flying medical crews to emergencies such as traffic accidents for about two years. (Stefan Rousseau, Pool, File via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG 2, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this photo provide by the Bryan, Texas Fire Department, taken on April 29, 2014, shoes belonging to one of the three workers injured after an explosion at the Bryan Texas Utilities Power Plant. The fire killed a 60-year-old worker and injured another two workers. Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. (Bryan, Texas Fire Department via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG 2, 2017 AND THEREAFTER- In this photo taken July 20, 2017, the Testa Produce Inc. plant on the South Side of Chicago. Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. In 2015, about 35 percent of the fatal workplace accidents involved a worker 55 and older, or 1,681 of the 4,836 fatalities reported nationally. William White, 56, was one of them. White fell 25 feet while working at Testa Produce Inc. on Chicago’s South Side. He later died of his injuries. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG 2, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this photo provide by the Bryan, Texas Fire Department, taken April 29, 2014, Bryan Texas firefighters stand outside the Bryan Texas Utilities Power Plant following an explosion and fire. Earle Robinson, 60, and other employees were doing maintenance work at Bryan Texas Utilities Power Plant, about 100 miles north of Houston, when there was a loud explosion. Workers called 911 and pleaded for help. Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. (Bryan, Texas Fire Department via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG 2, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this photo provide by the Bryan, Texas Fire Department, taken April 29, 2014, Bryan Texas firefighters stand outside the Bryan Texas Utilities Power Plant following an explosion and fire. Earle Robinson, 60, and other employees were doing maintenance work at Bryan Texas Utilities Power Plant, about 100 miles north of Houston, when there was a loud explosion. Workers called 911 and pleaded for help. Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. (Bryan, Texas Fire Department via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG 2, 2107 AND THEREAFTER- In this photo taken July 20, 2017, the Testa Produce Inc. plant on the South Side of Chicago. Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. In 2015, about 35 percent of the fatal workplace accidents involved a worker 55 and older, or 1,681 of the 4,836 fatalities reported nationally. William White, 56, was one of them. White fell 25 feet while working at Testa Produce Inc. on Chicago’s South Side. He later died of his injuries. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
