221 ordspråk av Max Mayfield
Max Mayfield
No one has put any pressure on me, from the White House or anywhere else.
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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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One thing that will come out of this hurricane season is that people who had a plan did better than people who did not have a plan.
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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.
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Our mission statement is to save lives, ... And frankly, that's what I focus on.
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Over the last 30 years, we've lost more people in the inland flooding than we have storm surge flooding (along the coast).
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People are calling to be rescued from the rising waters, ... You can't get people (rescuers) out there right now.
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People need to be ready to act
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People need to start paying very close attention and making their preparations now,
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People need to take it very seriously.
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People need to understand that the greatest potential for large loss of life is from the storm surge flooding near the coastline,
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People really need to know that this hurricane is not done by any means.
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Right now the biggest concern is the Keys.
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Some areas of New Orleans that were flooded had nothing to do with breaks in levees. Neither did any of those on the Mississippi coast.
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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.
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