jack hayes, 28 years in the u.s. air force. >> caller: yes, first of all, i'd like to thank you for the early warnings that we did get by wednesday or thursday. i knew enough to get my fuel ahead for my generator, i always have a year supply of food in the house, we have walk in coolers in the cellar, but is there any way that when a storm is is predictioned like this, they could put telephone numbers. i don't have a computer, i don't know how to use one, i'm a disabled naval veteran. and i had to call the airlines to try to get some type of information on the intensity of the storm, what we were supposed to receive for rainfall, and there was no way to call anyone. web site has a everybody. we need telephone numbers on the screen. we don't all have computers. thank you. >> guest: so your question is on the screen of the television. and if you could let us know what part of the nation you are from, i didn't catch that in your remarks. >> host: upstate new york. >> guest: upstate new york. i can reach out to the forec

its director is jack hayes. some background on the service. it takes -- it dates back to 87, when ulysses grant authorized the establishment of the national weather service. dr. hayes, that you for being with us. what is the mission at the national weather service? guest: every year, 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 11 tropical storms that become hurricanes, 5000 floods. our job is to detect these extreme weather events in time to alert americans so they can take action to protect life and property. host: how long have you been with the national weather service? guest: since the year 2000. i retired from the air force in 1998, did two years in the private sector, and then joined noaa in summer 2000. host: let's look at what happened with her caurricane ire as it went up the east coast. as we see from these crabs, it is pretty much right on, because it affected the. you expected to hit. guest: our job is to other americans that as far in advance as we can. preparing for a hurricane is not something you do in an hour or two. our job is to to board u

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jack hayes will talk about the structure of weather forecasting and climatology. plus your e-mail, phone calls, and tweets. washington journal is like friday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> now, a conference on counter- terrorism that looks at u.s. security since the 911 attacks. we will hear from joe lieberman. his remarks are 30 minutes. >> thank you, very much, gary. thank you for that welcome. i remember a gathering here a few years ago when henry kissinger was the keynote speaker, and the moderator said henry kissinger is a man who needs a knowledge reduction, so -- needs no introduction, so i give you dr. kissinger, and kissinger got up and said the it was probably true that he did not need an introduction, but he liked a good introduction, so i appreciate that introduction. [laughter] good afternoon. let me thank the national consortium for terrorism and responses to terrorism and the university of maryland. in less than two weeks, the united states will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on our homeland in our history. this a