From left to right, Col. Connie McNabb, chief of the Texas Joint Staff, Air Force Brig. Gen. John Nichols, commander of the Texas Air National Guard, Maj. Gen. Jose Mayorga, the adjutant general of the Texas National Guard, Army Brig. Gen. Joyce Stevens, commander of the Texas Army National Guard, listen intently to the National Weather Bureau predictions for Tropical Storm Alex in the Joint Emergency Operations Center at Camp Mabry, June 29, 2010.