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...That's not exactly what America, especially coastal America, wants to hear as it heads into the serious phase of the hurricane season. But the storm surrounding the forecasters and Proenza, who this year replaced the avuncular Max Mayfield as the Hurricane Center's chief, doesn't look likely to lose strength any time soon. At the heart of the dispute is an aging weather satellite, known as QuickScat, named for the scatterometer that measures wind speed and direction. Proenza has argued for months that QuickScat, which was launched in 1999 and is well past its lifespan, needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Storm Rages in Miami Hurricane Center | 7/6/2007 | See Source »

...notion that an atmosphere of silence, shame and secrecy is morally superior to one of candor and informed opinion is ridiculous. Forced repression of the facts of human sexuality has devastated far more lives than AIDS ever will. Kevin Mayfield Conshohocken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 15, 1986 | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

...fully prepared." U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, in video footage recorded the day before Hurricane Katrina hit and released last week, after a briefing of state and federal officials in which Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center, warned of Katrina's disaster potential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 3/5/2006 | See Source »

...Testifying before a U.S. Senate sub-committee, Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami, said, "The increased activity since 1995 is due to natural fluctuations and cycles of hurricane activity" and is "not enhanced substantially by global warming." You should have quoted him in a story about whether carbon dioxide emissions and the greenhouse effect are making hurricanes worse. John Meyer Golden, Colorado...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/24/2005 | See Source »

...know the results will probably be serious. Why are we not proactive when it comes to the planet? Our negligence could have a fatal impact not only on ourselves, but also on billions of innocents. Matthew Hutchison West Hollywood, California, U.S. Testifying before a U.S. senate sub-committee, Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami, said, "The increased activity since 1995 is due to natural fluctuations and cycles of hurricane activity" and is "not enhanced substantially by global warming." You should have quoted him in a story about whether carbon dioxide emissions and the greenhouse effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are We Making Hurricanes Worse? | 10/19/2005 | See Source »

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