I think it has probably reached its maximum intensity now.

If it came ashore with the intensity it has now and went to the New Orleans area, it would be the strongest we've had in recorded history there,

Our event is probably at its maximum now.

We need to build a little bit of a buffer knowing that the storm probably won't be exactly where we forecast it to be -- it might be a little bit on one side or another.

I try to use the Australian idiom to its maximum advantage.

The real important issue here is that when it got to the metropolitan area, it was weaker, ... They were fortunate in that they were on the west side and the winds may not have been quite strong enough to top the levees.