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The rising Grand River approaches homes on Abrigador Trail in Comstock Park, Mich. Thursday, March 20, 2014. A flood watch is in effect for the Grand River around Grand Rapids due to ice jams along the waterway. The National Weather Service reports jams are confirmed in at least two areas, with chunks of ice about 8 inches thick in places. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT
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A measuring stick shows an unofficial height of the rising Grand River as it approaches homes on Abrigador Trail in Comstock Park, Mich., Thursday, March 20, 2014. A flood watch is in effect for the Grand River around Grand Rapids due to ice jams along the waterway. The National Weather Service reports jams are confirmed in at least two areas, with chunks of ice about 8 inches thick in places. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT
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The U.S. Coast Guard ice cutter Neah Bay breaks up ice on the River Raisin in the turning basin at the Port of Monroe Thursday, March 20, 2014, in Monroe, Mich. In the background is DTE Energy of Monroe. (AP Photo/The Monroe News, Tom Hawley)
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The U.S. Coast Guard ice cutter Neah Bay breaks ice up on the River Raisin in the turning basin, Thursday, March 20, 2014, at the Port of Monroe in Monroe, Mich. (AP Photo/The Monroe News, Tom Hawley)
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Georgia quarterback Hutson Mason (14) throws a pass during a Georgia spring football practice on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/Athens Banner-Herald, AJ Reynolds)
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In this photo taken Feb. 26, 2014, is a tug pulling an Alyeska Pipeline SERVS (Ship Escort and Response Vessel System) barge through the port of Valdez in an oil response drill in Valdez, Alaska. The company conducts two major spill drills a year after the Exxon Valdez ran aground in March 1989, spilling nearly 11 million gallons of crude in Prince William Sound. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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In this photo taken Feb. 26, 2014, is the terminus of the 800-mile trans-Alaska oil pipeline in Valdez, Alaska. The Exxon Valdez loaded up at the terminus and then ran aground near Bligh Reef in March 1989, spilling nearly 11 million gallons of crude in Prince William Sound. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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In this photo taken Feb. 26, 2014, are vessels in the small boat harbor in Valdez, Alaska. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in March 1989, spilling nearly 11 million gallons of crude in Prince William Sound, many fisheries were hurt by the disaster and many fishermen lost boats or homes. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2009 file photo, the tug Pathfinder is surrounded by a spill containment boom, in Prince William Sound, Alaska. It is the left of the two boats at the bottom right of photo. The Pathfinder, a 136-foot tug scouting for ice along Prince William Sound's oil shipping lanes near Valdez, Alaska, grounded on Bligh Reef. Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound. Marine scientists are tailing a possible suspect: humpback whales. Humpbacks are thriving in the waters fouled 21 years ago by the Exxon Valdez oil spill. At the time, the herring population crashed, but should have rebounded by now. Nearly 25 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska, some damage heals, some effects linger in Prince William Sound. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester, File) FRONTIERSMAN OUT
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FILE - In this Sept. 14, 1998 file photo, Bruce Wright, a biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service Oil Spill Restoration Office, looks at a pink salmon as it swims up a stream at Sleepy Bay on LaTouche Island in Prince Williams Sound, Alaska. State officials say pink salmon have not yet recovered from the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill 10 years ago. Nearly 25 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska, some damage heals, some effects linger in Prince William Sound. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)
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Emily Boyd, 8, of Columbia, S.C. walks along the fence near the Washington Monument which is set to reopen in May, Washington, D.C., Thursday, March 20, 2014. The monument has been closed since 2011 for earthquake damage repairs. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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The Lund family from Wisconsin poses together in front of the Washington Monument, which is set to reopen in May, Washington, D.C., Thursday, March 20, 2014. The monument has been closed since 2011 for earthquake damage repairs. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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FILE - This March 3, 2014 file photo provided by the North Dakota Health Department is an abandoned building in Noonan, ND, where officials reported the illegal dumping of hundreds of radioactive oil filter socks, the tubular nets that strain liquids during the oil production process. North Dakota will pay for the cleanup of radioactive waste, according to documents obtained Thursday, March, 20, 2014 by The Associated Press shows. (AP Photo/North Dakota Health Department, File)
