ICLR workshop to look at benefits of being on the ground for tornado warnings

The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction will be holding a workshop featuring a professional storm-chaser later this month, focusing on the benefits of being on the ground during the tornado storm warning process.

The Jan. 19 presentation will feature Greg Johnson, one of North America’s top professional storm-chasers and severe weather experts. Johnson will focus on the benefits of being on the ground, which leads to more accurate warnings during severe weather.

Johnson is also an accomplished photographer, speaker, author and workshop leader. Having graduated from Canada’s renowned Acadia University, and after founding and building a leading successful communications, marketing and advertising firm from the ground up, Johnson has now devoted himself full-time to pursuing his passion for capturing nature’s most beautiful and deadly displays of severe weather.

With more than a decade of experience, Johnson enjoys chasing classic prairie thunder and lightning storms, tornados, hurricanes, blizzards, and plans to continue traveling the world year-round to satisfy his appetite for capturing extreme weather.

Using sophisticated weather-tracking technology, his ability to read severe weather patterns and a team of dedicated sidekicks, he has put over 200,000 kms on his Tornado Truck, intercepting and documenting hundreds of storms across the United States and Canada since 2011 alone.

His recent experiences include documenting and compassionately sharing the aftermath of the massive twisters that devastated Joplin, Missouri, and Moore and El Reno, Oklahoma. Additionally, his skills are now being retained by the outdoor festival industry in order to assist organizers in ensuring their large crowds are kept safe from sudden and severe weather risks.

The workshop will be held Jan. 19 at ICLR’s Toronto office at 20 Richmond Street East, Suite 210 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

The event will also be available to attend via WebEx at  https://iclr.webex.com/iclr/onstage/g.php?MTID=ec95cef8acd995528248fec394b518930

Password: greg

Conference Call numbers: Local – 416-343-2657 or Toll free – 1-866-440-8938

Conference ID: 1712397#

RSVP: Tracy Waddington (twaddington@iclr.org)