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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
The Olympic Mountains Protect Puget Sound from Westerly
Atmospheric Rivers (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Poison Tests Underway after ‘Criminal Act’ Targets Water
Supply near North Bend (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Environmentalists Threaten to Stop Idaho Steelhead Fishing
(KIVI-TV, Boise, ID)
Avista Utilities Speaks Out on Washington’s Carbon Fee
Initiative (KHQ-TV, Spokane, WA)
Tacoma & Tideflats’ Future Take Center Stage at
Liquefied Natural Gas Hearing, Council Meeting (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Phishing Attempts on Oregon Election Officials Increase
(KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Tacoma & Tideflats’ Future Take Center Stage
at Liquefied Natural Gas Hearing, Council Meeting
2.
Bonneville Power Administration Reps to Talk in
Tri-Cities on Why Your Electric Bill Keeps Rising, & What It Plans to Do
About It
3.
Jefferson PUD Bids Farewell to Man Who Built Up
Electrical Service
4.
Scam Alert: No, PenLight Isn’t Coming to
Disconnect Your Electricity
5.
15 Most Dangerous Jobs in the United States
6.
California: Is Oroville Dam Ready for the Rainy
Season? Main Spillway Fixed, But Work Remains
7.
Warrant: Wisconsin Contractor Mismarked Gas Line
Before Deadly Blast
8.
U-S Wind Industry Installed 612 MW of New
Capacity in the Third Quarter of 2018
9.
Environmentalists Threaten to Stop Idaho
Steelhead Fishing
10.
Editorial: Restore Gillnetting on Columbia River
11.
Op/Ed: Talking Treaty – Putting Columbia River Salmon
Restoration at Risk
12.
These Owls May Live on a Nuclear Reservation,
But They’ve Got a New Home
13.
Wahkiakum County Broadband Committee Ready to
Submit Planning Grant Application
14.
Verizon Won’t Speed Up 5G Buildout Despite FCC
Preempting Local Fees
15.
Major Caveat – Major Study Finds ‘Some Evidence’
of Link Between Cellphone Radiation & Brain Cancer
16.
How to Use an Internet Speed Test to Check Just
How Fast Your Connection Really Is
17.
Alas, the Blockchain Won’t Save Journalism After
All
18.
Three Tons of Oysters Planted in Seattle’s
Elliott Bay to Clean Water
19.
Poison Tests Underway after ‘Criminal Act’
Targets Water Supply near North Bend
20.
Avista Utilities Speaks Out on Washington’s
Carbon Fee Initiative
21.
Two Views on Washington’s Carbon Fee Initiative
1631
22.
Startling New Research Finds Large Buildup of
Heat in the Oceans, Suggesting a Faster Rate of Global Warming
23.
Phishing Attempts on Oregon Election Officials
Increase
24.
Google Walkout: Employees Stage Protest Over
Handling of Sexual Harassment
25.
Suspect Sought after Explosive Set Off in
Bremerton
26.
Authorities Identify Suspect in Weekly Olympia
Bomb Threats
27.
The Trails End – City of Tumwater to Demolish
Abandoned Buildings for New Facility, Park
28.
Ribbon Cutting for Chehalis’ New Interstate 5
Chamber Way Overpass
29.
Studded Tires Will Be Legal Again in Washington
State Starting Thursday
30.
Former Seattle Seahawks Coach Jack Patera, the
Team’s First, Dead at 85
WORD OF THE DAY
Hypaethral \hye-PEETH-rul\ Adjective - *1: having a roofless
central space 2: open to the sky
Anastasia was captivated by her host’s Tulsa home. “I love
the hypaethral feeling of your courtyard, even down to moving your furniture
outside she enthused.” A major faux pas on her part. Seems the fellow lives in
tornado alley, and the roof had been violently removed by a recent twister.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Tacoma & Tideflats’ Future Take Center Stage
at Liquefied Natural Gas Hearing, Council Meeting (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
2.
Bonneville Power Administration Reps to Talk in Tri-Cities
on Why Your Electric Bill Keeps Rising, & What It Plans to Do About It (Tri-City
Herald, Kennewick, WA)
3.
Jefferson PUD Bids Farewell to Man Who Built Up
Electrical Service (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
4.
Scam Alert: No, PenLight Isn’t Coming to
Disconnect Your Electricity (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
5.
15 Most Dangerous Jobs in the United States (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
6.
California: Is Oroville Dam Ready for the Rainy
Season? Main Spillway Fixed, But Work Remains (Sacramento Bee, CA)
7.
Warrant: Wisconsin Contractor Mismarked Gas Line
Before Deadly Blast (Associated Press)
8.
U-S Wind Industry Installed 612 MW of New
Capacity in the Third Quarter of 2018 (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Environmentalists Threaten to Stop Idaho Steelhead
Fishing (KIVI-TV, Boise, ID)
10. Editorial:
Restore Gillnetting on Columbia River (The Daily Astorian, OR)
11. Op/Ed:
Talking Treaty – Putting Columbia River Salmon Restoration at Risk (Troy Media,
Canada)
12. These
Owls May Live on a Nuclear Reservation, But They’ve Got a New Home (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
13. Wahkiakum
County Broadband Committee Ready to Submit Planning Grant Application
(Wahkiakum Eagle, Cathlamet, WA)
14. Verizon
Won’t Speed Up 5G Buildout Despite FCC Preempting Local Fees – Verizon Also
Lowering Capital Investment in 2018 Despite Net Neutrality Repeal. (Ars
Technica)
15. Major
Caveat – Major Study Finds ‘Some Evidence’ of Link Between Cellphone Radiation &
Brain Cancer – Only if you are a male rat, & are exposed to out of use
radio frequencies… (NY Times)
THE WIZARDING WORLD – TECHNOLOGY
16. How
to Use an Internet Speed Test to Check Just How Fast Your Connection Really Is
(USA Today)
17. Alas,
the Blockchain Won’t Save Journalism After All (NY Times)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
18. Three
Tons of Oysters Planted in Seattle’s Elliott Bay to Clean Water (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
19. Poison
Tests Underway after ‘Criminal Act’ Targets Water Supply near North Bend (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
20. Avista
Utilities Speaks Out on Washington’s Carbon Fee Initiative (KHQ-TV, Spokane,
WA)
21. Two
Views on Washington’s Carbon Fee Initiative 1631 (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
22. Startling
New Research Finds Large Buildup of Heat in the Oceans, Suggesting a Faster
Rate of Global Warming (Washington Post)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
23. Phishing
Attempts on Oregon Election Officials Increase (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
24. Google
Walkout: Employees Stage Protest Over Handling of Sexual Harassment (NY Times)
GENERAL NEWS
25. Suspect
Sought after Explosive Set Off in Bremerton (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
26. Authorities
Identify Suspect in Weekly Olympia Bomb Threats (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle,
WA)
27. The
Trails End – City of Tumwater to Demolish Abandoned Buildings for New Facility,
Park (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
28. Ribbon
Cutting for Chehalis’ New Interstate 5 Chamber Way Overpass (KELA Radio,
Centralia, WA)
29. Studded
Tires Will Be Legal Again in Washington State Starting Thursday (NCW Life
Channel, East Wenatchee, WA)
30. Former
Seattle Seahawks Coach Jack Patera, the Team’s First, Dead at 85 (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Rare 3,000-Year-Old Sculpture Sells for $31 Million,
Smashing Record for Assyrian Art
Psychologists Explain Why It Feels So Good to Sing in Your
Car
KFC Gives Parents $11,000 for Naming Baby Girl after Colonel
Sanders
Starbucks Is Doubling Down on Christmas with Its New Holiday
Cups
SONG OF THE DAY
BJ Thomas – Rock & Roll Lullaby
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