Max Mayfield Quotes

"This hurricane has the potential to cause extreme damage and large loss of lives if they don't take action very soon."

"The advice for folks in Florida is not to put away all those hurricane supplies yet."

"I don't have any doubt that it will become a major hurricane, and that means a Category 3 or above,"

"I'm convinced more people died from Hurricane Camille last year than when it hit in 1969. Experience is not always the best teacher."

"I would expect to see extensive damage to a pretty large section of the country ... It's been a long time since we've had a hurricane on this track."

"The older you get, the less you want to leave your environment. We've got to find better ways to take care of these people and people in nursing homes and hospitals."

"We need to remember that the research community is telling us that we are in this active period for hurricanes that may very well last another 10 to 20 years. And that's not good news for this region."

"It's not always about the numbers. It just takes one hurricane over your community to make it a bad season."

"I don't think any [computer] model can tell you with any confidence right now whether the levees will be topped or not but that is obviously a very, very grave concern."

"I don't think any model can tell you with any confidence right now whether the levees will be topped or not, but that is obviously a very, very grave concern."

"I don't think any model can tell you with any confidence right now whether the levees will be topped or not but that is obviously a very, very grave concern."

"We've been preaching this for decades, and you know, the government can only do so much. I don't know how we motivate people."

"Our memories are very, very short. The government absolutely can't do this alone. If we're going to get people to take that individual responsibility, there's got to be a team effort."

"If it stays over the Yucatan for any significant length of time and much of the circulation is over land ... that would obviously be terrible news for Mexico, but for the United States' interests, it means that we'll have a weaker hurricane coming out into the Gulf of Mexico and it will be slower in getting here,"

"It seems like this year all but three or maybe four of them have impacted land."

"If it stays over the Yucatan for any significant length of time and much of the circulation is over land ... that would obviously be terrible news for Mexico, but for the United States' interests, it means that we'll have a weaker hurricane coming out into the Gulf of Mexico and it will be slower in getting here."

"Within all the record-breaking statistics of the past hurricane season, there are epic human impacts ... suffering on a very large scale."

"We have six months to prepare for the 2006 hurricane season. It's reality. We've got to deal with that."

"This is going to be a long night for Miami-Dade and Broward counties."

"This is going to be a long night for Miami-Dade and Broward counties,"