Max Mayfield
Max Mayfield
Britt Max Mayfieldis a meteorologist who served as the director of the National Hurricane Center from 2000 to 2007. As director, Mayfield became a trusted voice in preparing for weather-related disasters, particularly those involving tropical storms and hurricanes...
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Homeowners in areas where previous hurricanes have damaged their property need to complete minor repairs before the next hurricane season. What seem like small items, a loose shingle for instance, will be weaknesses if another hurricane comes through, and could result in major damage if not repaired now.
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It's barely a tropical storm and we will likely downgrade that -- in fact I'm sure we'll downgrade that -- to a tropical depression within a couple of hours.
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I just don't see any reason why this will not become a very, very powerful hurricane before it's all over.
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Often when you get hurricanes moving like this in the eastern Gulf, we'll have some isolated tornadoes in the rain bands well away from the center,
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This is a good thing. This gives us more time. It gives people time to say we can see it coming. Don't let our guard down yet.
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These temporary housing areas, well, the mobile homes and trailers in particular are not built to withstand hurricanes or even strong tropical storms.
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We were hoping that it would weaken some before it makes landfall. We're not certain that will happen now.
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We're very concerned. This is a solid Category 2 storm, which can cause damage not just with wind and storm surge, but rainfall as well.
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You bet I'm worried about next year, and several years after that,
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We're still in the peak of the season here, that goes for another month or so. (It) makes me think that not only will we have more storms and hurricanes, but we could have another major hurricane or two,
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When New Orleans was founded, it was 10 or 12 feet higher and it was 100 miles from the coast, ... Now it's the coast.