32 Quotes by Max Mayfield

We were hoping that it would weaken some before it makes landfall. We're not certain that will happen now.

We've brought the winds down a little bit here, but it's going over a warm eddy in the Gulf of Mexico tonight, ... We actually think it has a chance to strengthen again tonight and in the early morning hours.

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.

You bet I'm worried about next year, and several years after that,

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.

We like to tell people, 'flee the water and hide from the wind,'

Don't just focus on the eye of the hurricane,

The timing is certainly working in our favor, ... that potential for large loss of life.

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,