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MIAMI (AP) - Max Mayfield, who oversaw the nation's tropical storm forecasters and guided millions of Americans last year through the busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record, said Friday he will retire as director of the National Hurricane Center.
Mayfield, 57, told his staff he will retire in January but had no single reason for leaving the center, which he has led since May 2000.
"I'm tired. I've been here 34 years and I've given it all I've got," said Mayfield, comparing it to the way the movie character Forrest Gump felt after running around the country.
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