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Elmer McDonald makes his way along a flooded street as he returns to his mobile home for the first time to inspect damage caused by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, N.C., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. McDonald and about 1,200 other Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat or plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
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FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2014 file photo, pheasant hunters work an area of grassy cover at the Waterfowl Production Area land near Colman, S.D. Pheasant hunting season opens Saturday Oct. 15, 2016 in South Dakota, a state known far and wide for its bounty of the prized upland game bird. The season draws hunters from around the world, and it rarely disappoints. (Joe Ahlquist /The Argus Leader via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2014, file photo, visitors walk toward an entrance to The Breakers mansion in Newport, R.I. Preservationists, architects and dozens of members of the Vanderbilt family have taken out an ad in a newspaper in hopes of quashing a plan to build a visitors center at The Breakers estate in Newport. The ad, which ran Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Newport This Week, says the plan would "desecrate The Breakers landscape" and "permanently mar this national symbol of Newport's Gilded Age." (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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Residents use their boats to get through flood waters from the North East Cape Fear River in the Riverbend Subdivision off Hwy 53 Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. Flood waters from Hurricane Matthew are starting to crest in Burgaw, N.C. along Hwy 53 but are still heading down river towards Wilmington. (Ken Blevins/The Star-News via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2014 file photo, a wall of dust moves across a freeway in Phoenix. Arizona Department of Transportation engineers are beginning design work on a dust detection and warning system for Interstate 10 between Tucson and Phoenix where dust storms often develop suddenly. (AP Photo/Katie Oyan, File)
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In this photo taken Nov. 28, 2014, construction on a new unloading dock is underway at Tri Marine International's Samoa Tuna Processors Inc., plant under construction in the U.S. territory of American Samoa. In a statement, Tri Marine says it will end production indefinitely at its Samoa Tuna Processors cannery plant. The company’s 800 employees were informed of the plan Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. The company didn’t specify how many will be affected. (AP Photo/Fili Sagapolutele)
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FILE - In this March 9, 2012 file photo, Indiana Sen. Brent Steele, R-Bedford, speaks at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. Steele said he wants to preserve hunting rights for Indiana residents. Voters in Indiana will decide if the constitution should be amended to provide the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife "shall be forever preserved for the public good, subject only to the laws prescribed by the General Assembly and rules prescribed by virtue of the authority of the General Assembly to: promote wildlife conservation and management; and preserve the future of hunting and fishing." (AP Photo/Tom Strickland, file)
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This photo released Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, by Rensselaer Polytechnic shows a rock heated by cosmic crash56 million years ago that set off massive warming. Scientists have found evidence of a comet or asteroid smacking Earth 56 million years ago, just about the time the planet started mysterious massive warming. Could the crash and heating be connected? The issue divides scientists but may be important for understanding present climate change. (Rensselaer Polytechnic via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the Houston Police Department shows Crenshanda Williams of Houston. Williams, a Houston 911 operator accused of hanging up on thousands of emergency calls, was charged Oct. 5, 2016, with two counts of interference with an emergency telephone call. (Houston Police Department via AP)
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FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2014, file photo, Denver Walker, of Somerset Fuels, makes a heating oil delivery to a home in Jenner Crossroads, Pa. On Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, the Energy Department said that household bills from October through March are likely to be higher for all four main heating fuels: natural gas, electricity, heating oil and propane. (John Rucosky/The Tribune-Democrat via AP, File)
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Illustration on Hurricane Matthew by William Brown/Tribune Content Agency
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Wind and surf picks up as Hurricane Nicole approaches the Coopers Island Nature Reserve in St. Georges, Bermuda, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. Wind and rain began battering Bermuda as the British territory braced itself for Hurricane Nicole, which could become a major Category 3 storm before it hits the island on Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Mark Tatem)
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Wayne Gretzky attends a press conference announcing he will be re-joining the NHL hockey club in an off-ice role Wednesday Oct. 12, 2016, in Edmonton, Albera. (Amber Bracken/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Mike Corey wears waders as he goes to check on his units as the floodwaters slowly rise at the Wyndham Circle duplex complex in Greenville, NC on Wednesday,Oct. 12, 2016. The homes were threatened as the Tar River came out of its banks from all the rains from Hurricane Matthew, which passed through the eastern part of the state a few days ago. Some North Carolina rivers, like the Tar, continue to rise from the heavy rains, threatening property and forcing evacuations. (Chris Seward/The News & Observer via AP)
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Homeless campers pack up their belongings at a homeless tent city on Springs Rescue Mission's campus Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Residents were told to leave by 3pm Wednesday, a day after the nonprofit was to told by Colorado Springs officials that the camp violated zoning ordinances. Springs Rescue Mission is one month away from opening its new 150-bed shelter, which remains under construction. (Mark Reis/The Gazette via AP)
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Joe DiPietro, a University of Pittsburgh student. installs the Aquaponics Project, a partnership of Pitt's Innovation Institute and the Door Campaign on Oct. 11, 2016 in Pittsburgh. Starting in November and over the next year, Pitt students will work on the aquaponics lab to make it the most efficient environment they can. (Lake Fong/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, OCT. 15 - In this Aug. 20, 2016 photo, Mirror Lake, the larger lake in the left center, in the Lake Basin of the Eagle Cap Wilderness area is seen in the distance near Joseph, Ore. Eagle Cap peak is at the far right. (Lisa Bratton/Baker City Herald via AP)
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Rescue workers look down a well helping a dog that was trapped on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 in Surgoinsville, Tenn. A construction worker helping to install solar panels in a field beside an abandoned nuclear reactor in Hawkins County helped rescue the dog that got stuck in a 30-foot hole. Matt Mountie called dispatchers and several agencies responded to help. Working together, they were able to pull the dog, nicknamed Timmy, out safely. (Jeff Bobo/The Kingsport Times-News via AP)
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In this Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 photo, Aurora Marte, of Storm Lake, Iowa, loads food into her car during a drive-by pantry sponsored by the Storm Lake school district, in Storm Lake, Iowa. Storm Lake has a low unemployment rate, vibrant downtown and tree-lined neighborhoods, but it’s also facing a surge in hunger that’s familiar to rural communities across the country. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2014 file photo, Wisconsin state Sen. Rick Gudex listens to testify in Madison, Wis. Gudex, a Republican from Fond du Lac, died on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, the Fond du Lac County sheriff’s department said. He was 48. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)
