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Hurricane Center Chief Set to Retire

Saturday, August 26, 2006 8:02:36 AM
By KELLI KENNEDY

 Max Mayfield , director of the National Hurricane Center, is shown at the center in this Sept. 24, 2005 file photo in Miami. Mayfield said Friday, Aug. 25, 2006, he will retire as director of the National Hurricane Center in January, after overseeing the nation's tropical storm forecasters and guiding millions of Americans through the busiest, most destructive Atlantic hurricane season on record last year.(AP Photo/Andy Newman, file)MIAMI (AP) - When he retires as director of the National Hurricane Center in January, Max Mayfield will have spent 34 years guiding Americans through some of the busiest, most destructive Atlantic hurricane seasons on record.

But one thing still bothers him.

"This poll at the beginning of hurricane season and 60 percent of folks in coastal areas from Texas to Maine still don't have a hurricane plan," he said, referring to a survey released in May of 1,100 residents of coastal states. "And we have got to do a better job at that."


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