32 Quotes by Max Mayfield

devastation along the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Katrina is like nothing I have witnessed before.

This is really scary. We're seeing 12-foot seas along the Louisiana coast already.

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.

It just takes that one hurricane over your area that makes for a very bad year.

These temporary housing areas, well, the mobile homes and trailers in particular are not built to withstand hurricanes or even strong tropical storms.

I just don't see any reason why this will not become a very, very powerful hurricane before it's all over.

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.

I could never sleep if I felt like I didn't do everything that I could to impress upon people the gravity of the situation, ... New Orleans is never going to be the same.

Today's coastal development along with hurricane amnesia places modern man on a collision course with catastrophe if the lessons of history are ignored.