ICLR seminar to look at hurricanes in Canadian context

The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction will be hosting a workshop on hurricanes in the Canadian context, including an outlook for this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, as part of its ongoing monthly education series.

The June 14 presentation will include information on tropical cyclones and provide understanding how they behave in Canada from Bob Robichaud, from the Canadian Hurricane Centre, part of Environment Canada.

It will also provide a review of the 2012 hurricane season, and a forecast of what Canadians can expect for the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season.

Robichaud received his B.Sc. Degree in Meteorology from Lyndon State College, Vermont in 1995.

After a few years as a weather forecaster in the private sector, he joined Environment Canada in 1998 as an aviation forecaster in Gander, Nl. where he eventually became Aviation Weather Program Manager for Atlantic Canada.

In 2003, he managed the National Aviation Weather Services contract with NAV CANADA. Robichaud has also written a book on aviation weather for Eastern Canada.

In 2004, he moved to Halifax to fill the new Warning Preparedness Meteorologist role in Atlantic Canada, where his primary focus is working closely with emergency management officials on a variety of different weather related issues including training, exercising and support during actual weather events.

The workshop will be held at ICLR’s location in downtown Toronto.

RSVP: Tracy Waddington (twaddington@iclr.org)