21 Quotes by Jack Beven

There's no part of Florida that's truly hurricane-invulnerable.

People should say this is our best estimate based on the available data.

Some strengthening is forecast ... and Maria could be near hurricane strength by Sunday.

It was incredibly out of the ordinary. This season was such an extreme event that it's a little difficult to believe it could repeat itself on a regular basis. But it's too early to tell what the next season will bring.

It is still quite large. We will have hurricane-force and tropical storm-force winds covering a large area.

It's not officially over until we write the last advisory, which will be in the next day or two. Should we get another out of season storm, we will use the 2006 named list.

It's a lot less common to have a weather pattern that drives a storm straight into the coast in that part of Florida.

It's moving slowly and the slower-moving the storm, the more unpredictable it always is.

It just sort of weakened and fizzled out,