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Chicago Bears first round draft pick Kyle Fuller, center, a cornerback from Virginia Tech, is flanked by head coach Marc Trestman, left, and general manager Phil Emery, as they listen to a question after Fuller was introduced during an NFL football news conference Friday, May 9, 2014, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Becca Foote, of Orrick, Mo., surveys the damage caused by a severe storm that passed through Orrick, northeast of Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday, May 10, 2014. Heavy storms spawning at least one tornado hit northwest Missouri, damaging homes and power lines. No injuries were immediately reported. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Mark Morris)
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This photo from Friday, May 2, 2014, shows a display of two stuffed lesser prairie chickens at the Kansas Statehouse, in Topeka, Kan. Gov. Sam Brownback announced Saturday, May 10, 2014 that he signed a bill late Friday responding to the federal government's listing of the bird as threatened by declaring that only the state can regulate them and their habitats. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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A tree blocks traffic after a storm in Evansville, Ind., Friday, May 9, 2014. (AP Photo/The Evansville Courier & Press, Denny Simmons)
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Tim Hoschek, Burlington, talks about the work that is to be done to help the habitat on Huron Island from his family cabin Thursday May 1, 2014 on the Mississippi River across from Huron Island south of Oakville, Iowa. Hoschek has been hunting and fishing the area since his uncle got the property in 1964 and is happy to see the interest in restoring some of the island. A massive project aimed at restoring the quality and quantity of habitat for fishing and hunting around the Huron Island complex about 20 miles north of Burlington on the Mississippi River is set to begin in this fall. (AP Photo/The Hawk Eye, John Gaines)
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This May 1, 2014 photo shows Huron Island Thursday May 1, 2014 on the Mississippi River south of Oakville, Iowa. A massive project aimed at restoring the quality and quantity of habitat for fishing and hunting around the Huron Island complex about 20 miles north of Burlington on the Mississippi River is set to begin in this fall. (AP Photo/The Hawk Eye, John Gaines)
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FILE - A dust storm approaches Spearman, Texas, in this April 14, 1935, file photo provided by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration from the Historic Nation Weather Service Collection. Due to the drought conditions that have been a constant presence since 2011, some parts of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado are drier now than they were during the infamous dry spell of the 1930s. (AP Photo/NOAA Historic National Weather Service Collection, File)
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FILE - In this April 18, 1935 file photo provided by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration from the George E. Marsh Album, a dust storm approaches Stratford, Texas. Due to the drought conditions that have been a constant presence since 2011, some parts of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado are drier now than they were during the infamous dry spell of the 1930s. (AP Photo/NOAA George E. Marsh Album, File)
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FILE - In this April 29, 2014 file photo, high winds create a dust storm across the Texas panhandle blanketing Amarillo, Texas in a cloud of red dirt. Due to the drought conditions that have been a constant presence since 2011, some parts of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado are drier now than they were during the infamous dry spell of the 1930s. (AP Photo/Amarillo Globe-News, Michael Schumacher, File)
