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Yesterday. one at texas a&m. it's standard operating proceed your to have a compound to kn neutralize it. >> i can't comment on that. i don't know the process you are talking about. [ inaudible question ] >> described as extraordinary measures. >> okay. understand. so, on friday we, before the storm hit, we started taking measures to shut down our plant. the plant was safely shut down. we put in place multiple layers of protection to try to provide refrigeration for the materials that need to be kept in storage. obviously the primary layer of protection was the power supply. when the storm hit...

Standard operating procedure at facilities like this to neutralize a chemical. why did arkema not have the chemical? >> i can't comment on that. i don't know the chemistry you're describing. pardon? [ inaudible question ] >> yes, we do. >> please describe the extraordinary measures. [ inaudible ] >> understand. so on friday, before the storm hit we started taking measures to shut down our plant. it was safely shut down and we put in place multiple layers of protection to try to provide refrigeration for the materials that needed to be kept in storage. >> can you describe those? >> absolutely. ...

Absolutely. so obviously our primary way of protection with our power supply, when the storm hits, we offered primary power, we brought in emergency generators to provide backup power to provide refrigeration for those products, as the floodwaters rose, those generators were compromised, and we lost the use of those generators because of the floodwaters. we actually had a third system in place, which was liquid nitrogen, we have a liquid nitrogen system on-site to provide refrigeration to these storage containers. because of the flooding in -- floodwaters, some of the equipment necessary to op...

Commodities. we have a tremendous amount of supplies in the state and the state is pilling our resources already to be able to put those out. it's occurring all over the state of texas. through our partners at the army corps of engineers, we're working to restore power. we're providing emergency generators for critical infrastructures to support things such as 911 centers or other critical infrastructure within the state of texas. finally, we're also providing emergency communications. we're trying to help the state reroute 911 centers, but also making sure we're enter operable between the fed...

Resources to get those out. it's occurring all over the sit of texas. through our partners at the army corps of engineers we are working to restore power. so we are providing emergency generators for critical infrastructure to support things scruch as 911 centers or other critical infrastructure within the state of texas. finally, we're also providing emergency communications. we're trying to help the state reroute 911 centers but also making sure that we are interoperable between the federal state and local responders out there on the ground. security is also a main concern. the state, as you...