FINAL PREDICTION: Outgoing hurricane chief warns about ’big one’

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007 Catastrophe Property

Frustrated with people and politicians who refuse to listen or learn, National Hurricane Center chief Max Mayfield ended his 34-year government career Wednesday in search of a new platform for getting his unwelcome message: Hurricane Katrina was nothing compared with The Big One yet to come. Mayfield, 58, leaves his high-profile job with the National Weather Service more convinced than ever that U.S. residents of the Southeast are risking unprecedented tragedy by continuing to build vulnerable homes in the tropical storm zone and failing to plan escape routes.

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