share his story, he runs in the direction of them while so many of us would run the opposite direction. jim read is here to talk to us about a few different things including the warnings the public gets. we have so many questions of how much a heads up the people in joplin had, we understand about 17 minutes. i saw in a news release today that two of their sirens are down, damaged by the storm. how good are the warning systems right now in the country. >> that's a great question. i'm happy to say the warning system both through the national weather service and private is excellent. the warning in tuesday ka los t7 minutes. jenna: is it a game of telephone, how does that get passed on? >> for the public the warnings are issued by the national weather service and more than likely comes from your local