Stephen O. Andersen protecting the stratospheric ozone layer. At EPA he rose to Deputy Director for Stratospheric Ozone Protection and then transferred to the Climate Protection Partnerships Division, where he was Director of Strategic Climate Projects until his retirement from government in 2009. The timing of Andersen’s arrival at EPA was fortuitous. 1987 proved to be a watershed moment in the effort to stop ozone depletion, which increased risks of skin cancer and threatened to wipe out crops and ecosystems, among many adverse impacts. The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was agreed on 16 September 1987 and created a
Montreal flood of 1987 of God". In 1988, all the cities on the Island of Montreal, regrouped into the Montreal Urban Community, set up a common "Emergencies Coordination Bureau" ("Bureau des mesures d'urgence"). In 1997, the bureau was renamed "Centre de sécurité civile". Following the Municipal reorganization in Quebec in 2002, most of the cities were regrouped into the greater Montreal and the center became the "Centre de sécurité civile de Montréal". Montreal flood of 1987 The Montreal flood of 1987 happened on July 14 of that year when a series of strong thunderstorms crossed the island of Montreal, Canada, between the noon hour