For the curler, see Rob Fowler (curler)

Rob Fowler (curler)

Rob Fowler is a Canadian curler.Fowler was a member of the Jeff Stoughton from 2006 to 2010. He was a member of the team at the 2009 Tim Hortons Brier which lost in the final to Kevin Martin. Prior to playing with Stoughton, Fowler played for such skips as Allan Lyburn, Kerry Burtnyk and Brent...

Rob Fowler is a meteorologist in the South Carolina

South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

 Lowcountry, and chief meteorologist for WCBD-TV

WCBD-TV

WCBD-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for the Lowcountry area of South Carolina licensed to Charleston. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 50 from a transmitter in Awendaw. The station can also be seen on Time Warner channel 2 as well as Knology and Comcast...

. Fowler is married with three children: Trey,Kylie,and Tate.

Meteorologist with WCBD

Rob Fowler became a meteorologist for WCBD in Charleston, SC in 1987. Before this, he worked for WBAY in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He was hired as Chief meteorologist at WCBD. Fowler has won many national awards for his great work.

Hurricane Hugo

Fowler stayed in Charleston, before, during, and after Hurricane Hugo

Hurricane Hugo

Hurricane Hugo was a classical, destructive and rare Cape Verde-type hurricane which struck the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Croix, Puerto Rico and the USA mainland in South Carolina as a Category 4 hurricane during September of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season...

 in 1989. He also gave a special report on the hours leading up to the hurricane and on the destruction left in its wake.

Shaving the mustache

In May 2007, Rob Fowler announced that he was going to shave off his famous mustache for the American Cancer Society

American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society is the "nationwide community-based voluntary health organization" dedicated, in their own words, "to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and...

, after recovering from cancer himself. The mustache is gone, and Fowler is not planning on growing it back soon.
On December 19, 2008, a group of students from across South Carolina including Wando High School, Clemson University, College of Charleston, and The Citadel Military College formed a protest in front of the News 2 studio, led by Wando High School senior, Joey Nelson, to try to convince Rob Fowler to grow the mustache back.
In October 2009, five Charleston residents, Matt Stanley, Thomas McElwee, Chris Richter, John Tankersley, and Kristin Abbott, started a band called Fowler's Mustache. Regarding the band's name choice, McElwee says "a couple of years ago, Rob Fowler decided to shave his mustache off, which we all agree was a terrible idea. We joke that we're bringing back the best thing that the Lowcountry has been missing out on."

Toys for Tots

Rob has been working with the marines to help give toys to underprivileged children. He works with the Boy Scouts, Papa Johns, and Chick-Fil-A to collect toys. He usually lets his children come with him to deliver toys.