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Fred Beaty, left, wipes away tears as his brother Gary Beaty looks at the home near Crossville, Tenn. where a deadly tornado on Wednesday killed their sister-in-law, Melissa Evans and sent their brother Ricky Beaty to the hospital, Thursday, March 1, 2012. National Weather Service survey teams were set Thursday to evaluate damage from powerful storms that swept across the state, killing three people and damaging dozens of homes. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
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Brooke Hill, right, of Carrier Mills, Ill., looks around some of the damage caused by a tornado on Wednesday, as she and friend Cera Wise help clean up the what's left of a house, in Harrisburg, Ill., Thursday, March 1, 2012. Damaged communities tried to take advantage of the brief break in the weather, mindful of one meteorologist's warning that by Friday, both regions would again be "right in the bull's eye." (AP Photo/The Southern Illinoisan, Paul Newton)
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Residents assist in the cleanup after a tornado touched down, Thursday, March 1, 2012 in Harveyville, Kan. (AP Photo/Topeka Capital-Journal, Thad Allton)
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Volunteers and state officials work to cleaning up debris Thurday March 1, 2012 that was deposited in the area by Wednesday's flooding in the Winfield Community near Fairmont in Marion County W. Va. According to officials on sence there were at least two out buildings a fifth wheeler camper, a car and a truck buried in the debris. W.Va Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin issued a state of emergency proclamation for Marion County, W.Va. (AP Photo/Times West Virginian, Tammy Shriver)
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Brooke Hill helps a friend salvage and clean up what they can from her home Thursday, March 1, 2012, in Harrisburg, Ill. A pre-dawn twister flattened entire blocks of homes Wednesday as violent storms ravaged the Midwest and South. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Volunteer firefighters place a tarp on the roof of a home after an apparent tornado damaged a few homes in the area just south of Slocomb, Ala., on Thursday afternoon, March 1, 2012. (AP Photo/The Dothan Eagle, Jay Hare)
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This NOAA satellite image taken March 2, 2012, at 12:45 a.m. EST shows variable cloud cover over the Midwest as a storm system organizes over the Central and Southern Plains and a cold front drops into the Upper Midwest. (Associated Press/Weather Underground)
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Actress Reese Witherspoon is a global ambassador for Avon's efforts to help victims of domestic violence, a commitment that brought her to the Washington area on behalf of women's shelters. (Associated Press)
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Damage from an apparent tornado is pictured early on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Harveyville, Kan. (AP Photo/Matthew Fowler, Gazette)
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The stricken Costa Allegra cruise ship is seen at sea near the Seychelles on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, in a photo taken by the Indian navy. (AP Photo/Indian navy via the Seychelles Office of the President)
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The Costa Allegra cruise ship is docked at Genoa, Italy, in this undated photo. (AP Photo/Tano Pecoraro)
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Carnival revelers wave to passing floats near the start of the Krewe of Endymion parade, which was postponed for an hour because of heavy rain, in New Orleans on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)
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Chad Ellinger and his son Trip, 2, and daughter Morgan, 6, push snow from their driveway in Augusta County, Va., on Sunday Feb. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Norm Shafer)
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Steuart-Kret Homes is building 12 single-family homes on 1-acre sites at Meriwether Farm in Glenelg. The Valencia model, with 3,937 square feet, is priced from $826,900.
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**FILE** Victoria Dunlap (right) of the Washington Mystics goes to the basket against the Seattle Storm's Le'coe Willingham during the Storm's 73-63 home win on July 3, 2011. (Associated Press)
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On Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officials examine the damage caused by a blast at the house where suspected bomber Saeid Moradi was staying in Bangkok. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Snow covers the rooftops of the houses overlooking the harbor of the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, as the grounded Costa Concordia cruise liner lies stricken in background. (AP Photo/Paolo Fanciulli)
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In this Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, file photo, Artist Whitney Houston performs onstage at the 37th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Houston died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, she was 48. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
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Winchester Homes is building 134 town homes at Stratshire Crossing in Aldie. The homes have approximately 2,100 to 2,600 finished square feet, with base prices from $316,900 to $384,900.
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A snowplow is loaded with salt at the Virginia Department of Transportation's Van Dorn headquarters in Alexandria on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, in anticipation of a wintry mix in the evening. The weather predictions call for possibly a dusting of snow in the Washington area, with up to 2 inches in outlying areas. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
