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A Russian Soyuz TMA-11M space capsule lands about 150 km (93 miles) southeast of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The Soyuz space capsule carrying three astronauts who had spent a half-year aboard the International Space Station landed Wednesday in the steppes of Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)

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Russian space agency rescue team help Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin to get off the capsule of the Russian Soyuz TMA-11 module shortly after the landing, about 150 km (93 miles) southeast of the Kazakh town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The Soyuz space capsule carrying three astronauts who had spent a half-year aboard the International Space Station landed Wednesday in the steppes of Kazakhstan. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)

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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 19 - In this photo taken on Monday, May 12, 2014, Amber Kangas and Randy Ray, Sauk Rapids, Minn., talk about their adventure to Mount Everest. The couple were near the south base camp of Mount Everest in Nepal when an avalanche killed more than a dozen guides near another base camp on April 18, 2014. (AP Photo/St. Cloud Times, Jason Wachter)

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California firefighters arrive to assist local fire personnel in a battle against a wild fire Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in San Diego. Wildfires destroyed a home and forced the evacuation of several others Tuesday in California as a high-pressure system brought unseasonable heat and gusty winds to a parched state that should be in the middle of its rainy season. (AP Photo)

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Billowing smoke rises from flames as firefighters begin the trek up the hills to battle a wild fire, Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in San Diego. Wildfires destroyed a home and forced the evacuation of several others Tuesday in California as a high-pressure system brought unseasonable heat and gusty winds to a parched state that should be in the middle of its rainy season. (AP Photo)

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Firefighters watch from a ridge as a helicopter drops retardant on a out-of- control wild fire Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in San Diego. (AP Photo)

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A helicopter attacks a wildfire burning in the north county of San Diego Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in San Diego. A high-pressure system brought unseasonable heat and gusty winds to the parched state. (AP Photo)

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Flames grow as a wild fire burns out-of-control in the north county area of San Diego Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in San Diego. Wildfires destroyed a home and forced the evacuation of several others Tuesday in California as a high-pressure system brought unseasonable heat and gusty winds to a parched state that should be in the middle of its rainy season. (AP Photo)

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This photo provided by the Texas Highway Patrol Amarillo shows damage from a wildfire near Fritch, Texas on Monday, May 12, 2014. No injuries were reported in the fire, but hundreds of people from a 4-square-mile area around Lake Meredith, between the towns of Sanford and Fritch, evacuated their homes Sunday afternoon. (AP Photo/Texas Highway Patrol Amarillo, Tim Lite)

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Firefighters look on as a helicopter drops water on a wildfire in the Rancho Santa Fe neighborhood Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in San Diego. Wildfires pushed by gusty winds chewed through canyons parched by California's drought, prompting evacuation orders for more than 20,000 homes on the outskirts of San Diego and another 1,200 homes and businesses in Santa Barbara County 250 miles to the north. (AP Photo)