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Twenty-five dead pilot whales discovered along the shore of Kice Island on the southwest Florida coastline on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 await National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researchers, who will perform necropsies on Friday. At least 33 pilot whales have been found dead in the area since Sunday. (AP Photo/Naples Daily News, Carolina Hidalgo)

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Twenty-five dead pilot whales discovered along the shore of Kice Island on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 await National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researchers, who will perform necropsies on Friday. At least 33 pilot whales have been found dead in the area since Sunday. (AP Photo/Naples Daily News, Carolina Hidalgo)

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In this Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) some of the of 25 dead pilot whales that were found on shore near Marco Island, Fla., are shown. The whales were found two days after eight other pilot whales died near Lover's Key State Park, about 40 miles north. Biologists say pilot whales are prone to mass strandings because they form close-knit pods that won't leave a sick whale behind. (AP Photo/NOAA)

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Irving Finkel, curator in charge of cuneiform clay tablets at the British Museum, poses with the 4000 year old clay tablet containing the story of the Ark and the flood during the launch of his book 'The Ark Before Noah' at the British Museum in London, Friday Jan. 24, 2014. The book tells how he decoded the story of the Flood and offers a new understanding of the Old Testament's central narratives and how the flood story entered into it. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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Irving Finkel, curator in charge of cuneiform clay tablets at the British Museum, speaks to the media during the launch of his book 'The Ark Before Noah' at the British Museum in London, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. The book tells how he decoded the story of the Flood and offers a new understanding of the Old Testament's central narratives and how the flood story entered into it. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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The 4000 year old clay tablet containing the story of the Ark and the flood stands on display at the British Museum in London during the launch of the book 'The Ark Before Noah' by Irving Finkel, curator in charge of cuneiform clay tablets at the British Museum, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. The book tells how he decoded the story of the Flood and offers a new understanding of the Old Testament's central narratives and how the flood story entered into it. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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Irving Finkel, curator in charge of cuneiform clay tablets at the British Museum, poses with the 4000 year old clay tablet containing the story of the Ark and the flood during the launch of his book 'The Ark Before Noah' at the British Museum in London, Friday Jan. 24, 2014. The book tells how he decoded the story of the Flood and offers a new understanding of the Old Testament's central narratives and how the flood story entered into it. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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An Oct. 2013 photo shows the Sturgis Williams Middle School building that was damaged during the winter storm Atlas. Officials are beginning reconstruction of the middle school in Sturgis that was heavily damaged when its roof collapsed under the weight of 3 feet of snow during an early October blizzard. The school board tawarded a $102,600 contract to a local company to do interior demolition work. The job is to wrap up by the end of March. (AP Photo/Black Hills Pioneer, File)

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A North Hudson County Fire Department firefighter walks in front of an iced covered vehicle near a building where a a six-alarm fire was put out by officials, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, in Union City, N.J. The fire began in one residential apartment building on 19th Street around 11:30 p.m. Thursday and quickly spread to two adjacent buildings. Approximately 50 residents, some wearing nothing more than robes and pajamas, were evacuated to a school that the Red Cross set up as a temporary shelter. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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A North Hudson Fire Department firefighter is seen through ice-covered tree branches as he uses a hose to battle a six-alarm fire, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, in Union City, N.J. The fire began in one residential apartment building on 19th Street around 11:30 p.m. Thursday and quickly spread to two adjacent buildings. Approximately 50 residents, some wearing nothing more than robes and pajamas, were evacuated to a school that the Red Cross set up as a temporary shelter. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)