dr. jack hayes who is the director of the national weather service. our phone lines are open. out west, -- these of the phone numbers. nine national centers for environmental protection. host: break those numbers down. guest:122 forecast offices. these are well trained meteorologist who understand the local a fax that typography, the density, the population. they form populates -- partnerships. you have to have those partnerships and you have to have the understand to convert the knowledge te s. or into forecastin so that would be our forecast officers. we have 13 forecast centers that are aligned with river basins across the united states. i do not think i am saying much to you or to the public about the threat that floods have had. having a river forecast center in your local region has helped us with the floods that we saw in north dakota, but the lower mississippi, >> guest: certainly last weekend with hurricane irene and the devastation that it did in vermont. our national centers are specialized in very precised or focus science. our strong prediction center specialized

dr. jack hayes who is the director of the national weather service. our phone lines are open. out west, -- these of the phone numbers. nine national centers for environmental protection. host: break those numbers down. guest:122 forecast offices. these are well trained meteorologist who understand the local a fax that typography, the density, the population. they form populates -- partnerships. you have to have those partnerships and you have to have the understand to convert the knowledge that we have into s.tion or into forecastin so that would be our forecast officers. we have 13 forecast centers that are aligned with river basins across the united states. i do not think i am saying much to you or to the public about the threat that floods have had. having a river forecast center in your local region has helped us with the floods that we saw in north dakota, but the lower mississippi, the ohio river valley, and certainly last weekend with hurricane irene and the devastation it did in vermont. we have specialized, precise science. our storm prediction center focuses on hurri