A ..
There were several, and the Main was one of the major ones, and I've forgotten the
names, several of others that we estimated everyday to work into our mainstream
forecasts. On two of those tributaries, we were getting these German readings, not
everyday, but whoever was picking them up picked them up whenever they could.
They were a big help. There just wasn't any chance for any research or anything.
Q ..
Okay. This is a good convenient point to stop for tonight because I've gotten to the
end of your Rhine Flood Prediction Service work and the end of World War II in
Europe. We can tape your going back to your career in Washington next time, if
that's all right with you.
A ..
Okay.
Q ..
All right.
A ..
When I was with the Weather Bureau in charge of the River and Flood Service, at
that time, the Weather Bureau put out a daily Washington Weather map. After I got
there, probably after Pearl Harbor, they slapped security on, so I was one of about
five people that got copies of that weather map. The President got one, and
Congress got one, and I got one. There were only five of them distributed because
of security. I don't know why, but that always amazed me. I don't know whether
I saved one of them or not.
Q ..
Hard to believe, isn't it? That they would consider the weather map to be a security
issue.
A ..
I don't know how long they did it. Also, my wife and I took weekly turns manning
a station, reporting airplanes all night long. They did a lot of stuff like that.
Q ..
You were in the Air Warning Service or whatever they called them?
A ..
She was a nurses aide, too, while I was in France. She took a tour of duty up in the
Newton D. Baker Hospital. Is that in West Virginia or Pennsylvania? Do you
know?
Q ..
I think it's in West Virginia.
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