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** FILE ** Mud remains along the Georgetown Waterfront after heavy rains caused flooding Tuesday, Washington, D.C., Thursday, May 1, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Mud remains along the Georgetown Waterfront after heavy rains caused flooding Tuesday, Washington, D.C., Thursday, May 1, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Protesters carry signs and demonstrate in front of the Duke Energy office building in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, May 1, 2014, as shareholders hold their annual meeting. Some Duke Energy investors plan to push the utility's board of directors to investigate issues surrounding a massive coal ash spill that dumped toxic sludge into a 70-mile stretch of a North Carolina river. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NEWSPAPER INTERNET ONLY (REV-SHARE)
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Duke Energy shareholder Donna Lisenby holds two jars of coals ash from the Catawba and French Broad rivers, as she demonstrates with other protesters Thursday, May 1, 2014, before going into the annual shareholders meeting in Charlotte, N.C. Some Duke Energy investors plan to push the utility's board of directors to investigate issues surrounding a massive coal ash spill that dumped toxic sludge into a 70-mile stretch of a North Carolina river. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NEWSPAPER INTERNET ONLY (REV-SHARE)
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Concern citizens, Kendell Hale, dressed as Lady Liberty, and her husband Steve Norris from Asheville, N.C. demonstrate with other protesters in front of the Duke Energy office building, Thursday, May 1, 2014, as shareholders hold their annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C. Some Duke Energy investors plan to push the utility's board of directors to investigate issues surrounding a massive coal ash spill that dumped toxic sludge into a 70-mile stretch of a North Carolina river. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NEWSPAPER INTERNET ONLY (REV-SHARE)
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About 200 protesters carry signs and demonstrate in front of Duke Energy office building Thursday, May 1, 2014, as shareholders held their annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C. Some Duke Energy investors plan to push the utility's board of directors to investigate issues surrounding a massive coal ash spill that dumped toxic sludge into a 70-mile stretch of a North Carolina river. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NEWSPAPER INTERNET ONLY (REV-SHARE)
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This photo provided by Ocean Shores Police Department, a small boat is washed on the beach at Ocean Shores, Wash., on Monday, April 28, 2014. State authorities are checking the small boat to determine if it may have crossed the Pacific from the March 2011 tsunami off Japan. Ecology Department spokeswoman Linda Kent says it was covered with barnacles and seaweed. It was taken to a state Parks maintenance facility where the marine life is being removed and tested for invasive species. (AP Photo/Ocean Shores Police Department)
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This photo provided by Ocean Shores Police Department, a small boat is washed on the beach at Ocean Shores, Wash., on Monday, April 28, 2014. State authorities are checking the small boat to determine if it may have crossed the Pacific from the March 2011 tsunami off Japan. Ecology Department spokeswoman Linda Kent says it was covered with barnacles and seaweed. It was taken to a state Parks maintenance facility where the marine life is being removed and tested for invasive species. (AP Photo/Ocean Shores Police Department)
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Sandra Hedrick looks at her mobile telephone as she sits in storm debris in Vilonia, Ark., Thursday, May 1, 2014. Forecasters say a tornado that hit Little Rock's suburbs and killed 15 people had winds approaching 200 mph. Sunday's storm was rated as a "high-end" EF4 on a scale of tornado strength. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
