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FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, file photo, morning traffic makes it's way toward downtown Los Angeles along the Hollywood Freeway past an electronic sign warning of severe drought. As of Wednesday, April 30, 2014, Pensacola, Florida, got more rain in one stormy day than drought-struck Los Angeles has had in more than two years. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
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Two cars are covered in sediment as floodwaters recede along Strong Street in Pensacola, Fla., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. ensacola, Florida, got more rain on Wednesday than drought-struck Los Angeles has had in more than two years. (AP Photo/G.M. Andrews)
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The Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers speaks during a briefing for media on the reopening of the U.S. Capitol Dome Rotunda after completion of the safety netting installation as the Dome Restoration Project begins at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Five layers of safety netting is being installed to protect against falling debris from the Rotunda during a restoration project on the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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An "X" marks the spot where the exact center of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda is as the Dome Restoration Project begins at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Five layers of safety netting is being installed to protect against falling debris from the Rotunda during a restoration project on the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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FILE - In this July 29, 2005 file photo, emergency personnel and vehicles work an accident in Avon, Conn. Lawyers for victims of the wreck, which killed four people and injured 19, argued before the state Supreme Court Wednesday, April 30, 2014, to have claims against the state Department of Transportation adjudicated before a jury. The victims have said there weren't adequate safety precautions, like a runaway truck ramp for the steep road. The department denies the road was defective and claims government immunity. (AP Photo/Bob Child, File)
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FILE - In this July 29, 2005 file photo, emergency personnel and vehicles work an accident in Avon, Conn. Lawyers for victims of the wreck, which killed four people and injured 19, argued before the state Supreme Court Wednesday, April 30, 2014, to have claims against the state Department of Transportation adjudicated before a jury. The victims have said there weren't adequate safety precautions, like a runaway truck ramp for the steep road. The department denies the road was defective and claims government immunity. (AP Photo/Bob Child, File)
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Michael Cummings, a survivor of a crash that killed four people and injured 19 in 2005, talks with the media outside the Connecticut Supreme Court, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Hartford, Conn. Cummings' lawyer urged the high court Wednesday not to dismiss Cummings' lawsuit, which alleges state officials knew for years that Route 44 over Avon Mountain was dangerous but did not install adequate safety measures. (AP Photo)
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News photographers and videographers photograph the netting hanging over the U.S. Capitol Dome Rotunda as the Dome Restoration Project begins at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Five layers of safety netting is being installed to protect against falling debris from the Rotunda during a restoration project on the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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News photographers and videographers photograph the netting hanging over the U.S. Capitol Dome Rotunda as the Dome Restoration Project begins at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Five layers of safety netting is being installed to protect against falling debris from the Rotunda during a restoration project on the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Scaffolding covers artwork in the U.S. Capitol Dome Rotunda which is set to reopen to the public after completion of the safety netting installation as the Dome Restoration Project begins at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Five layers of safety netting is being installed to protect against falling debris from the Rotunda during a restoration project on the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A statue of President George Washington can be seen through scaffolding in the U.S. Capitol Dome Rotunda which is set to reopen to the public after completion of the safety netting installation as the Dome Restoration Project begins at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Five layers of safety netting is being installed to protect against falling debris from the Rotunda during a restoration project on the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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The statue of George Washington is seen surround by scaffolding after safety netting was installed around the inside the Capitol Rotunda, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Five layers of safety netting where used as part of a $60 million restoration project of the Capitol dome and is the first major renovation since 1960. (AP Photo)
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Safety netting is seen installed around the inside the Capitol Rotunda, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Five layers of safety netting where used as part of a $60 million restoration project of the Capitol dome and is the first major renovation since 1960. (AP Photo)
