Operational under 50 years. What happened, what needed to happen for that to be successful and what did not happen in the wake of making that switch to the flint river . Hi a lot of upgrades that needed to happen at the plant. Tens of millions of dollars. The plant had not been operational in this way in nearly half a century. A lot of upgrades to systems that needed to be done. There was staff that needed to be adequately trained. Before they actually made the switch, there was not enough. They did not have the adequate training necessary. They could not fathom that they were going to make them turn on the plant in such a short time. One of the workers at the plant, or his his sister, what was he saying at the time before the switch by the government officials . We spoke with matt mcfarland. He had worked at the plant for about 20 years before this happened. Loved his job. Very passionate about it. In the lead up to the switch, matt was responsible for doing a lot. Some of what he was
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And Missile Development is a grave threat to peace and security in our world and it is unacceptable that others financially support this criminal rogue regime. Maria very latest this morning as reports suggest that north korea may test a Hydrogen Bomb in the Pacific Ocean to prove its power. Thats coming up. The news weighed on markets overnight. Take a look there. Averages down across the board, hang seng and hong kong down almost 1 . Japan nikkei average down a quarter of a percent. Markets here in the u. S. Looking like this. Futures indicating a lower opening for the broader averages, nasdaq down 10, fractional moves here nonetheless in negative column. Hurricane maria continues to ravage the caribbean this morning. Now near turks and caicos, more on the path and devastation left behind coming up. A race to the finish, senator Luther Strange squares off against roy moore as the two battle for highlycontested seat. President trump will travel to the state to campaign for strange. Vi