Richard will define climate change and then downscale those changes to how they will affect Michigan and specifically gardeners. Then the presentation will turn to weather safety. Rich will discuss weather information resources and environmental clues that anyone outdoors should use to stay safe from Michigan’s hazardous weather.
Rich Pollman graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor’s Degree in Meteorology in 1992. Rich worked as a forecaster for the National Weather Service (NWS) in Southeast MI from 1992 to 1998. In 1998 he was promoted to senior forecaster at the NWS Office in Morristown TN. Then in 2001 he was promoted to Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the NWS Office in Detroit. Rich has been the Warning Coordination Meteorologist for Southeast Michigan since 2001 serving government agencies, media, schools, and other weather enterprise partners. Rich has also been a member of the Michigan Committee for Severe Weather Awareness since 2001 and now serves as the Chair of the organization.