The Quality of Journalism

A Headline at www.cnn.com stated: Weakened Dam Stable but 'Extremely Volatile"

What? Am I losing my mind or does that headline not have any actual meaning? Isn't stable directly contradictory to volatile?

Definitions:
Stable - Resistant to change of position or condition; not easily moved or disturbed; Not subject to sudden or extreme change or fluctuation; Maintaining equilibrium; Enduring or permanent.
-- or -- A building for the shelter and feeding of domestic animals, especially horses and cattle

Volatile - Tending to vary often or widely; Inconstant; fickle; Ephemeral; fleeting.
-- or -- Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures.

Perhaps the simple explanation is that the dam is in fact also "a building for the shelter of domestic animals" that is "evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures."