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News Digest Word Cloud for August 13, 2014
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Heavy August Rains
Wreak Havoc across Puget Sound Region (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Okanogan County Wildfires Intensify Need for Second
Transmission Line (Electric Co-op Today)
Seattle City Light Users to Avoid Jolt from
Surcharge (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Klamath Salmon Advocates Ask More Water for Fish
(Associated Press)
Southwest
U-S Braces as Lake Mead Water Levels Drop (Associated Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Okanogan County Wildfires Intensify Need for Second Transmission Line
- Seattle City Light Users to Avoid Jolt from Surcharge
- Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Approve $5 Increase in Residential Rate
- Grand Coulee: Bonneville Power Administration Partners on Overhaul of World's Largest Turbines
- Avista to Fix Post Falls Dam’s South Channel
- Public Power Push: Millersburg Council OKs Possible Utility Vote
- Going Local: How Municipalization EmPOWERs Communities
- Bonneville Power Administration Representative to Address Port Townsend Group Tuesday
- Mason PUD 3 Commission Report - July 22, 2014 Business Meeting
- Canada: Smart Meter Over-Billing Complaints Investigated By Hydro-Québec
- Oklahoma: Farmer Claims Electrical Line Issue Prevents Him from Selling Organic
- National Electrical Safety Code - Celebrating 100 Years of Safety & Interoperability
- Klamath Salmon Advocates Ask More Water for Fish
- U-S Senators: Lax Canadian Mine Regulation Endangers Our Salmon
- Canada: Sockeye Salmon Promises Fulfilled, So Far, At Mouth of Fraser River
- Aspen Trees Disappearing from West
- Southwest U-S Braces as Lake Mead Water Levels Drop
- With some BPA Funding: Joseph Canyon Continues Nez Perce Tribe's Oregon Wallowa County Connection
- British Columbia: Wind Blows Favorably for Independent Power Producers
- Rules Prevent Solar Panels in Many States with Abundant Sunlight
- Despite Uptick in Activity, Wind Industry Faces Uncertainty in Congress
- Achtung, Ontario! Renewables Are a Money Pit
- Is Waste Wood the Future of Power?
- How Facebook Orchestrates Its Network Traffic to Save Energy
- Calls for Global Network of Buoys to Monitor Ocean Acidification
- Electric-Vehicle Charging Stations Sprouting All over California
- Google Funds an Undersea Cable to Connect the U-S to Asia at 60 Tbps
- Users Bear Power Costs of New Comcast Open Wi-Fi Hotspots
- FCC to Verizon: ‘All the Kids Do It’ Is No Excuse for Throttling Unlimited Data
- Comcast Spends $110k on Award Dinner for FCC Commissioner - Doesn’t See Why Anyone Thinks That’s a Problem
- I-Robot - Twitter Finds 23 Million Users Aren't People
- Google Tweaks Gmail to Make ‘Global E-Mail’ Less Spammy
- The Creator of Godwin’s Law on the Inevitability of Online Nazi Analogies & the ‘Right To Be Forgotten
- Proposed Carlsborg Pot Growing Facility under Fire; Opposition Planned at Permit Meeting Today
- Marijuana News: Colorado Sees Record Seizures in Pot Mailed Out of State
- Denver's Smell-O-Scope Targets Marijuana's Skunky Scent
- Why Marijuana Won’t Become another Big Tobacco
- Heavy August Rains Wreak Havoc across Puget Sound Region
- Dramatic Dust Storm Precedes Thunderstorms in Pacific Northwest
- Lightning Strikes Spark Two Fires in Olympic National Park Amid Red-Flag Warning
- President Obama Signs Washington State disaster Declaration
- Federal Disaster Declaration Covers Counties, Tribes, Not Individuals
- City of Shelton Police Chief Candidates
Foolscap
• \FOOLZ-kap\ • Noun - 1: a cap or hood usually with bells worn by jesters 2: a
conical cap for slow or lazy students 3: a size of paper formerly standard in
Great Britain; broadly: a piece of writing paper
Ha!
A fool’s cap made out of foolscap!
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Okanogan County Wildfires Intensify Need for Second
Transmission Line (Electric Co-op Today)
Seattle City Light Users to Avoid Jolt from
Surcharge (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Cowlitz PUD Commissioners Approve $5 Increase in
Residential Rate (Longview Daily News, WA)
Grand Coulee: Bonneville Power Administration Partners
on Overhaul of World's Largest Turbines (Bonneville
Power Administration)
Avista to Fix Post
Falls Dam’s South Channel (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Public Power Push: Millersburg Council OKs Possible
Utility Vote (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Going Local: How Municipalization EmPOWERs
Communities (American Public Power Association)
Bonneville Power Administration Representative to
Address Port Townsend Group Tuesday (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Mason PUD 3
Commission Report - July 22, 2014 Business Meeting (Mason County PUD 3,
Shelton, WA)
Canada: Smart Meter Over-Billing Complaints
Investigated By Hydro-Québec (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
Oklahoma: Farmer Claims Electrical Line Issue
Prevents Him from Selling Organic (KOCO-TV, Oklahoma City)
National
Electrical Safety Code - Celebrating 100 Years of Safety & Interoperability
(IEEE - Infographic)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Klamath Salmon Advocates Ask More Water for Fish (Associated
Press)
U-S Senators: Lax Canadian Mine Regulation
Endangers Our Salmon (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Canada: Sockeye Salmon Promises Fulfilled, So
Far, At Mouth of Fraser River (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
Aspen Trees Disappearing from West (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Southwest
U-S Braces as Lake Mead Water Levels Drop (Associated
Press)
With
some BPA Funding: Joseph Canyon Continues Nez Perce Tribe's Oregon Wallowa
County Connection (Oregonian, Portland)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
British
Columbia: Wind Blows Favorably for Independent Power Producers (Vancouver Sun,
BC)
Rules
Prevent Solar Panels in Many States with Abundant Sunlight (Los Angeles Times,
CA)
Despite
Uptick in Activity, Wind Industry Faces Uncertainty in Congress (E&E
Publishing)
Achtung,
Ontario! Renewables Are a Money Pit (Financial Post, Canada)
Is
Waste Wood the Future of Power? (Electric
Co-op Today)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
How
Facebook Orchestrates Its Network Traffic to Save Energy (GigaOM)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Calls
for Global Network of Buoys to Monitor Ocean Acidification (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Electric-Vehicle
Charging Stations Sprouting All over California (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Google Funds an Undersea Cable to Connect the U-S
to Asia at 60 Tbps (Gizmodo)
Users Bear Power Costs of New Comcast Open Wi-Fi
Hotspots (Broadband Reports)
FCC to Verizon: ‘All the Kids Do It’ Is No Excuse for
Throttling Unlimited Data (Washington Post)
Comcast Spends $110k on Award Dinner for FCC
Commissioner - Doesn’t See Why Anyone Thinks That’s a Problem (Consumerist)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
I-Robot - Twitter Finds 23 Million Users Aren't
People (AdWeek)
Google Tweaks Gmail to Make ‘Global E-Mail’ Less
Spammy (Washington Post)
The Creator of Godwin’s Law on the Inevitability of
Online Nazi Analogies & the ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ (Washington Post)
UNDER THE LEAFY CANOPY
Proposed Carlsborg Pot
Growing Facility under Fire; Opposition Planned at Permit Meeting Today (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Marijuana News: Colorado
Sees Record Seizures in Pot Mailed Out of State (Oregonian, Portland)
Denver's
Smell-O-Scope Targets Marijuana's Skunky Scent (National Public Radio)
Why Marijuana Won’t
Become another Big Tobacco (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Heavy August Rains
Wreak Havoc across Puget Sound Region (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Dramatic Dust Storm
Precedes Thunderstorms in Pacific Northwest (Associated Press)
Lightning Strikes
Spark Two Fires in Olympic National Park Amid Red-Flag Warning (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
President Obama
Signs Washington State disaster Declaration (Northwest Cable News Network)
Federal Disaster Declaration
Covers Counties, Tribes, Not Individuals (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
City of Shelton
Police Chief Candidates (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Passings:
Lauren Bacall, a Screen Goddess of the Shadows
Lauren
Bacall: To Have & Have Not "The Whistle Scene"
Unicycling
Darth Vader Upgrades to Flaming Bagpipes - Keep Portland Weird
The
Extraordinary Evolution of Scissors
SONG OF THE DAY
Bertie
Higgins - Key Largo
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