Personalities and their National Hurricane Center Forecasts?

[Alladin]

For some reason, I just don’t like NHC Director Max Mayfield. When I see him on TV giving a warning about an approaching hurricane, I just don’t trust the guy very much. However, back when Neil Frank and Bob Sheets held that same job, I trusted every word they said. These guys had a real ability to convey their message on TV. I wouldn’t dare doubt a thing they said. If they spoke, I listened and acted on their advice. Even if their prediction was wrong, I still trusted them.

Max Mayfield does not impress me. He just doesn’t come across on TV in a convincing manner. He seems to be very unsure of himself and that raises a lot of doubt in my mind. When he makes a prediction on TV it comes off sounding like more of a guess. I just have never had a good feeling about Max. Of course, I never liked Bob Burpee or Jerry Jarell either. I think a lot of the public feels this way.

[george_r_1961]

For some reason, I just don’t like NHC Director Max Mayfield. When I see him on TV giving a warning about an approaching hurricane, I just don’t trust the guy very much. However, back when Neil Frank and Bob Sheets held that same job, I trusted every word they said. These guys had a real ability to convey their message on TV. I wouldn’t dare doubt a thing they said. If they spoke, I listened and acted on their advice. Even if their prediction was wrong, I still trusted them.

Max Mayfield does not impress me. He just doesn’t come across on TV in a convincing manner. He seems to be very unsure of himself and that raises a lot of doubt in my mind. When he makes a prediction on TV it comes off sounding like more of a guess. I just have never had a good feeling about Max. Of course, I never liked Bob Burpee or Jerry Jarell either. I think a lot of the public feels this way.

Hes a hurricane expert not an actor or entertainer. I think he does a darn good job.

[windycity]

Wow, how could anyone not like Max? Not only is he of noble character, hes also the best in his field. I say lighten up!!!

[caneman]

For some reason, I just don’t like NHC Director Max Mayfield. When I see him on TV giving a warning about an approaching hurricane, I just don’t trust the guy very much. However, back when Neil Frank and Bob Sheets held that same job, I trusted every word they said. These guys had a real ability to convey their message on TV. I wouldn’t dare doubt a thing they said. If they spoke, I listened and acted on their advice. Even if their prediction was wrong, I still trusted them.

Max Mayfield does not impress me. He just doesn’t come across on TV in a convincing manner. He seems to be very unsure of himself and that raises a lot of doubt in my mind. When he makes a prediction on TV it comes off sounding like more of a guess. I just have never had a good feeling about Max. Of course, I never liked Bob Burpee or Jerry Jarell either. I think a lot of the public feels this way.

To each his own. I think he does a great job and appears very trustworthy.

[NYCHurr06]

For some reason, I just don’t like NHC Director Max Mayfield. When I see him on TV giving a warning about an approaching hurricane, I just don’t trust the guy very much. However, back when Neil Frank and Bob Sheets held that same job, I trusted every word they said. These guys had a real ability to convey their message on TV. I wouldn’t dare doubt a thing they said. If they spoke, I listened and acted on their advice. Even if their prediction was wrong, I still trusted them.

Max Mayfield does not impress me. He just doesn’t come across on TV in a convincing manner. He seems to be very unsure of himself and that raises a lot of doubt in my mind. When he makes a prediction on TV it comes off sounding like more of a guess. I just have never had a good feeling about Max. Of course, I never liked Bob Burpee or Jerry Jarell either. I think a lot of the public feels this way.

Honestly, I respect Max Mayfield very much as director of the NHC, but I agree with you that he doesn't sound very convinced when he is on one of the news networks.

[Aquawind]

I think he has done a great job. Things change and the job is demanding. I have seen him at the conferences and he works very hard to meet with the media and communicate his message to the public. The NHC has improved steadily since he has arrived and we know the Activity has been rather dramatic.

[perk]

Max Mayfield is soft spoken, but i think he comes off as a very honest person. When i see him on TV he gets my undivided attention. His job is to inform the public of a potential threat, and i think he gets the point across without scaring people. He's a professional in every sense of the word.

[NYCHurr06]

Max Mayfield is soft spoken, but i think he comes off as a very honest person. When i see him on TV he gets my undivided attention. His job is to inform the public of a potential threat, and i think he gets the point across without scaring people. He's a professional in every sense of the word.

Sometimes though, a la Katrina, it is better for the people to see that they have something to be scared of.

[all_we_know_is_FALLING]

Max Mayfield is soft spoken, but i think he comes off as a very honest person. When i see him on TV he gets my undivided attention. His job is to inform the public of a potential threat, and i think he gets the point across without scaring people. He's a professional in every sense of the word.

Sometimes though, a la Katrina, it is better for the people to see that they have something to be scared of.

During Katrina he was on and was told the people exactly what was expected to happen.
Being calm, cool, and collected is better than being overdramatic and panicky.

[Extremeweatherguy]

In Houston we still get to hear what Neil Frank has to say because he is one of our local mets. It's nice to have his opinions come hurricane season.

[goxweather]

This topic should be pulled. Having met Max a few times, he is very down to Earth, and respectful. Just cause someone has a certain ASSumption, doesn't mean that they should say negative things about a person over a public weather board. This is the board for WEATHER, not for defamation of character.

[NYCHurr06]

This topic should be pulled. Having met Max a few times, he is very down to Earth, and respectful. Just cause someone has a certain ASSumption, doesn't mean that they should say negative things about a person over a public weather board. This is the board for WEATHER, not for defamation of character.

Defamation? He's just saying that he doesn't particularly care for the person because of a, b & c. He isn't saying "I hate him!"

[Beam]

This topic should be pulled. Having met Max a few times, he is very down to Earth, and respectful. Just cause someone has a certain ASSumption, doesn't mean that they should say negative things about a person over a public weather board. This is the board for WEATHER, not for defamation of character.

Defamation? He's just saying that he doesn't particularly care for the person because of a, b & c. He isn't saying "I hate him!"

Agreed. It may not be a popular opinion (it certainly isn't with me), but alas, he has every right to express it. He gave a reasonable explanation for his feelings, and as far as i can tell, didn't break any rules.

That said, however... Max rules you, Alladin. All hail Max.

[Cookiely]

I think Max is better than sliced bread and I LOVE BREAD, but I also think that some people are more comfortable in front of a camera than others.

[SkeetoBite]

I was impressed with the way Mayfield reacted to the stepped up activities of AccuWeather & Santorum and just started doing televised updates on Hurricane forecasts last year.

All the major networks, including those that subscribe to the AccuWeather products were bumping the canned weather data in favor of a live shot with Max Mayfield. This took a lot of wind out of the sails of the critics and gave everyone first hand information.

A very bright move.

I would trust a wild guess from the NHC long before anyone elses suppossed facts.

My $0.02

[Frank2]

For some reason, I just don’t like NHC Director Max Mayfield. When I see him on TV giving a warning about an approaching hurricane, I just don’t trust the guy very much. However, back when Neil Frank and Bob Sheets held that same job, I trusted every word they said. These guys had a real ability to convey their message on TV. I wouldn’t dare doubt a thing they said. If they spoke, I listened and acted on their advice. Even if their prediction was wrong, I still trusted them.

Max Mayfield does not impress me. He just doesn’t come across on TV in a convincing manner. He seems to be very unsure of himself and that raises a lot of doubt in my mind. When he makes a prediction on TV it comes off sounding like more of a guess. I just have never had a good feeling about Max. Of course, I never liked Bob Burpee or Jerry Jarell either. I think a lot of the public feels this way.

As someone else here mentioned, Max Mayfield is a forecaster, not an entertainer, however, neither was Bob Sheets, Bob Burpee, or Jerry Jarrell - Neil Frank, on the other hand, always has been known for his outgoing personality, though, as someone who worked for all of these men, I can tell you that all were good Meteorologists, though all vary when it comes to conveying this to the viewer at home.

Of the group, I'd have to say that Bob Sheets and the late John Hope (he worked both at the NHC and TWC) were the most authoritative on-air (whether at the NHC or TWC), with Neil Frank having the most outgoing personality. Jerry Jarrell, on the other hand, seemed to be especially liked by the media, for his "fireside" personality. Bob Burpee and Max Mayfield are probably the more reserved of the group, especially Bob Burpee, but, again, they are both very good meteorologists.

When I worked for him, Max was still a "satellite meteorologist" with the NHC, and, like the others, has always worked to the best of his ability, sometimes under circumstances that none of us here would dare work under (imagine the pressure last year, when Max had the President, in a sense, looking over his shoulder during both Katrina and Rita).

To say that he or any of the others "cannot be trusted" does not make sense - first of all, weather is not like selling a home or a car, where something hidden can be (and often is) - weather is weather, and, hopefully everyone who works in it does the best he or she can, when trying to give the best forecast possible.

What you might be noticing is the personality difference from one to another - some were more interested in the hurricane itself, while, some are more aware of what it means to have a major hurricane affect a populated area, and, while that doesn't mean that some were more responsible than others, they each have their own "taste", in a sense, when it comes to dealing with an approaching hurricane, and, that is sometimes sensed by the public.

Frank