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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Blackout Threats Haunt California Again as Dry Winds Persist
(Bloomberg News)
Tri-Citians Need a Say on the Columbia River Treaty
Affecting Their Lives, Argues Newhouse (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Puget Sound Energy Proposes New Transmission Link to Improve
Bainbridge Power Reliability (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton – Paywall Advisory)
Gig Harbor, Other Cities Feel Steamrolled by FCC Rules on
Accepting 5G Cellular Technology (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Why Growing Antibiotic Resistance in the Salish Sea’s Marine
Mammals Is Bad News for Humans (Crosscut Seattle)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Tri-Citians Need a Say on the Columbia River
Treaty Affecting Their Lives, Argues Newhouse
2.
Puget Sound Energy Proposes New Transmission
Link to Improve Bainbridge Power Reliability
3.
Seattle City Light Continues Lynnwood Link Wire
Relocations on I-5
4.
Kittitas PUD Announces Rate Increases, Has
Multiple Projects in the Works to Upgrade Power Delivery to Customers
5.
Idaho Rate Decrease Tied to Coal Plant Exit
6.
Jefferson PUD to Begin Renovation of Its Main
Office
7.
Blackout Threats Haunt California Again as Dry
Winds Persist
8.
Pacific Gas & Electric Warns of Ten Years of
Power Shut-Offs. California Officials Don’t Like It
9.
Pacific Gas & Electric ‘Failed on So Many
Levels’ in Executing Mass Power Shutoff, CPUC Tells Utility Execs
10.
Why Growing Antibiotic Resistance in the Salish
Sea’s Marine Mammals Is Bad News for Humans
11.
NW River Partners Op/Ed: Plight of the Orcas –
Five major reasons the Southern Resident orcas are in trouble...and what we can
do to help them.
12.
Expert: Removing Dams Won’t Fix Columbia River’s
Problems
13.
British Columbia: The Sockeye Salmon Finally Has
a Passage to Okanagan Lake
14.
Canadian Company Pleads Guilty to Importing
Rejected Fish
15.
Power Is Trading Below Zero in Middle America
Amid Strong Winds
16.
Gig Harbor, Other Cities Feel Steamrolled by FCC
Rules on Accepting 5G Cellular Technology
17.
Portland-Area Municipal Broadband Study Group
Kicks Off
18.
Are Electric Cars as ‘Green’ as You Think?
19.
Olympia: How to Make Ambitious Climate Goals a
Reality? ‘Upend the Status Quo,’ Student Activist Says
20.
Four Puget Sound Counties May Do What the State
Couldn’t: Pass a Clean-Fuel Standard
21.
Should Green Homes Have Gas Stoves & Wood
Fireplaces?
22.
WSU Study of Connection Between Marijuana
Legalization, Crime Turns Up Surprises
23.
When the Student Newspaper Is the Only Daily
Paper in Town
24.
Mitt Romney Admits to Running Secret Twitter
Account Under the Alias ‘Pierre Delecto’
25.
This Is Why You Won’t Be Saying Goodbye to Email
Anytime Soon
26.
Secrets of Street Photography
27.
6,000 Pounds of Dog Poop a Day: Kirkland Locked
in Dirty War
28.
Flood Watch Issued for Mason County
29.
Tornado Turned Waterspout Damages Homes Near
Shelton, Weather Service Says
30.
‘Pineapple Express’ Brings Rain, Flooding,
Possible Landslides to Puget Sound Region
31.
Man, 61, Is Hurt After Head-On Collision on
State Route 3
32.
Circuit of the Northwest to Start Construction
on Motorsports Park Next Year
33.
Can Circuit of the Northwest Race Track Succeed
in Busy Puget Sound Sports Market?
34.
Move Over, Honeycrisp: New Apple, Cosmic Crisp,
to Debut at Grocery Stores
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
Vermicular • \verr-MICK-yuh-lerr\ • adjective - 1:
resembling a worm in form or motion 2: of, relating to, or caused by worms
Noodles are funny
Vermicular in their shape
Slurp them with gusto
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Tri-Citians Need a Say on the Columbia River
Treaty Affecting Their Lives, Argues Newhouse (Tri-City Herald, WA)
2.
Puget Sound Energy Proposes New Transmission
Link to Improve Bainbridge Power Reliability (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton – Paywall
Advisory)
3.
Seattle City Light Continues Lynnwood Link Wire
Relocations on I-5 (Seattle City Light, WA)
4.
Kittitas PUD announces rate increases, has
multiple projects in the works to upgrade power delivery to customers (Ellensburg
Daily Record, WA)
5.
Idaho Rate Decrease Tied to Coal Plant Exit (Daily
Energy Insider)
6.
Jefferson PUD to Begin Renovation of Its Main
Office (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
DARKNESS AT THE EDGE OF TOWN
7.
Blackout Threats Haunt California Again as Dry
Winds Persist (Bloomberg News)
8.
Pacific Gas & Electric Warns of Ten Years of
Power Shut-Offs. California Officials Don’t Like It (Los Angeles Times, CA)
9.
Pacific Gas & Electric ‘Failed on So Many
Levels’ in Executing Mass Power Shutoff, CPUC Tells Utility Execs (Utility
Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
11. NW
River Partners Op/Ed: Plight of the Orcas – Five
major reasons the Southern Resident orcas are in trouble...and what we can do
to help them. (Seattle Patch, WA)
12. Expert:
Removing Dams Won’t Fix Columbia River’s Problems (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle,
WA)
13. British
Columbia: The Sockeye Salmon Finally Has a Passage to Okanagan Lake (Kelowna
Now, BC)
14. Canadian
Company Pleads Guilty to Importing Rejected Fish (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
15. Power
Is Trading Below Zero in Middle America Amid Strong Winds (Bloomberg News)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
16. Gig
Harbor, Other Cities Feel Steamrolled by FCC Rules on Accepting 5G Cellular
Technology (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
17. Portland-Area
Municipal Broadband Study Group Kicks Off (Portland Business Journal, OR)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
18. Are
Electric Cars as ‘Green’ as You Think? (British Broadcasting Corporation)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
19. Olympia:
How to Make Ambitious Climate Goals a Reality? ‘Upend the Status Quo,’ Student
Activist Says “…Nearly 60 percent of Puget Sound Energy’s (2017) energy…came
from coal & natural gas…” (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
20. Four
Puget Sound Counties May Do What the State Couldn’t: Pass a Clean-Fuel Standard
(Crosscut Seattle)
21. Should
Green Homes Have Gas Stoves & Wood Fireplaces? (Tree Hugger)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
22. WSU
Study of Connection Between Marijuana Legalization, Crime Turns Up Surprises (Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
23. When
the Student Newspaper Is the Only Daily Paper in Town – As more than 2,000
newspapers across the country have closed or merged, student journalists from
Michigan to Arizona have stepped in to fill the void. (NY Times)
24. Mitt
Romney Admits to Running Secret Twitter Account Under the Alias ‘Pierre Delecto’
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
25. This
Is Why You Won’t Be Saying Goodbye to Email Anytime Soon (Fast Company)
26. Secrets
of Street Photography (Medium)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
27. 6,000
Pounds of Dog Poop a Day: Kirkland Locked in Dirty War (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
GENERAL NEWS
28. Flood
Watch Issued for Mason County (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
29. Tornado
Turned Waterspout Damages Homes Near Shelton, Weather Service Says (KOMO TV,
Seattle, WA)
30. ‘Pineapple
Express’ Brings Rain, Flooding, Possible Landslides to Puget Sound Region (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
31. Man,
61, Is Hurt After Head-On Collision on State Route 3 (Olympian, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
34. Move
Over, Honeycrisp: New Apple, Cosmic Crisp, to Debut at Grocery Stores (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Phone Cases Made of Artificial Human Skin Are 100% Pure Nope
Strangers Bless Bellingham Bride with Wedding Donations
After Wrong-Number Text
A Girls Soccer Team Was Penalized for Their ‘Equal Pay’
Shirts. Now Their Message Is Being Celebrated
Spanish Shepherds Guide Hundreds of Sheep Across Madrid
SONG OF THE DAY
Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)
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