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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Sandy Leaves Millions without Power; 16 Dead (USA Today)
Rains Raise Flood Watch in Parts of Washington
State (Associated Press)
2012 Juvenile Salmon Migration: Spring Chinook
Survival Second Best Since 1999 (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Corps of Engineers Sets Meetings for Columbia
River Cormorant Plan (Longview Daily News, WA)
Getting Beyond the Magic Broadband Bullet Theory
(GigaOM)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Sandy Leaves Millions without Power; 16 Dead
- Superstorm Sandy: A State-By-State Look
- Google Provides Hurricane Sandy Alerts Via Search, Maps
- Sandy's Power Outages Could Be Epic
- Line Workers at the Ready
- Hurricane Sandy Cuts Power for Millions. Why Aren't Utility Lines Underground?
- Northeast U-S Power Outages Black Out Popular Websites
- Tree Knocks Out Power for 3,500 PSE Customers in North Kitsap
- Storm Warning in Edmonds: Utilities Urge Tree Trimming Efforts before Windy Season Hits
- Grant County PUD Selects 3 Finalists for Commission Seat
- Bonneville Power Administration Turns 75 - Part Three: Voices Heard
- California - San Bruno Natural Gas Blast Ruling Goes Against Pacific Gas & Electric
- Texas - Public Utility Commission Doubles Market Cap on Electricity Price: Now $9,000 per Megawatt Hour
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Says Solar Flares Can't Trounce Grids
- If Half of U-S Consumers Don’t Know What a 'Smart Meter' Is, How Are They Supposed to Engage?
- Russian Hydroelectric Project Strengthens Bond with Kyrgyzstan
- 2012 Juvenile Salmon Migration: Spring Chinook Survival Second Best Since 1999
- Corps of Engineers Sets Meetings for Columbia River Cormorant Plan
- It May Look Yucky, But It's Alive with Salmon
- Salmon the Focus of Northwest Rivers Initiative
- Vancouver Island - Goldstream Coho Return Best in a Decade
- "She's All River Now": No More Reservoirs on the Elwha
- Skagit County PUD to Vote on Water Lawsuit Comments
- Oakland Bay Tidelands Ceremony Held
- Catching Some Rays - A Eugene Manufacturer is Ready to Begin Producing Solar Water Heaters for Homes
- British Columbia - Independent Power Producers of Clean Energy B-C Search for Opportunity
- BP: Renewables Growing Fast But Can't Compete Without Help
- Denmark Won't Help Vestas if Wind Turbine Maker Needs Rescue
- Five Scary Solar PR No-No's for Halloween. Boo!
- Avista’s Efficiency Programs Strive to Conserve Cheap Energy Now to Avoid Having Expensive Energy Later
- Winter is Coming - Eight Ways to Prepare Your Home
- Has Saving Energy Become the New Normal in Tokyo?
- Editorial - Geoengineering: Testing the Waters
- City of Olympia’s Budget could shrink “Procession of the Species”
- Getting Beyond the Magic Broadband Bullet Theory
- 52% Think Broadband Most Important Utility - Though East Coast Likely Believes Power More Important
- Once Again, Netflix Shows How to Avoid a Cloud Meltdown
- Greenpeace Summons Clippy to Diss Microsoft's Data Centers
- Ninth Circuit Judge Betty Binns Fletcher, 89
- Rains Raise Flood Watch in Parts of Washington State
- Areal Flood Watch Is In Effect until 5:00 PM Wednesday, October 31
- Bomb Destroys White River Flood Gauge on Eve of Storm
- What If Sandy Hit the West Coast?
- 6.2 Magnitude Quake Recorded Off British Columbia Coast
- Reason to Celebrate as Paper Mill Reopens in Grays Harbor
- Staffing Struggles Lead to More Washington State Ferry Cancellations
WORD OF THE DAY
Mawkish
• \MOCK-ish\ • Adjective - 1: having a weak often unpleasant taste 2: marked by
sickly sentimentality: sad or romantic in a foolish or exaggerated way
Bertie
knew he was a sentimental sap, an easy mark for anyone looking for a
contribution for a wacky charity or fund-raiser. He was totally unprepared for
the company’s sustainability director’s newest endeavor: a mawkish moment of
silence each afternoon at 3:00 to honor the fruit flies that had died that day
in the entomological research at the pesticide company.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HURRICANE SANDY NEWS SHELTER
Sandy Leaves Millions without Power; 16 Dead (USA Today)
Superstorm Sandy: A State-By-State Look (Associated
Press)
Google Provides Hurricane Sandy Alerts Via
Search, Maps (USA Today)
Sandy's Power Outages Could Be Epic (USA Today)
Line Workers at the Ready (NY Times)
Hurricane Sandy Cuts Power for Millions. Why Aren't
Utility Lines Underground? (Christian Science Monitor)
Northeast U-S Power Outages Black Out Popular
Websites (Associated Press)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Tree Knocks Out Power for 3,500 PSE Customers in
North Kitsap (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Storm Warning in Edmonds: Utilities Urge Tree
Trimming Efforts before Windy Season Hits (My Edmonds News, WA)
Grant County PUD Selects 3 Finalists for Commission
Seat (Crescent Bar Chronicle, WA)
Bonneville Power Administration Turns 75 - Part
Three: Voices Heard (Bonneville Power Administration)
California - San Bruno Natural Gas Blast Ruling
Goes Against Pacific Gas & Electric (SF Chronicle)
Texas - Public Utility Commission Doubles Market
Cap on Electricity Price: Now $9,000 per Megawatt Hour (Austin Business
Journal, TX)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Says Solar
Flares Can't Trounce Grids (Courthouse News Service)
If Half of U-S Consumers Don’t Know What a 'Smart
Meter' Is, How Are They Supposed to Engage? (The Energy Collective)
Russian Hydroelectric Project Strengthens Bond with
Kyrgyzstan (Christian Science Monitor)
FISH & WILDLIFE
2012 Juvenile Salmon Migration: Spring Chinook
Survival Second Best Since 1999 (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Corps of Engineers Sets Meetings for Columbia
River Cormorant Plan (Longview Daily News, WA)
It May Look Yucky, But It's Alive with Salmon (Wenatchee
World, WA)
Salmon the Focus of Northwest Rivers Initiative
(Northwest Public Radio)
Vancouver Island - Goldstream Coho Return Best in
a Decade (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
"She's All River Now": No More
Reservoirs on the Elwha (Seattle Times)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Skagit
County PUD to Vote on Water Lawsuit Comments (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount
Vernon, WA)
Oakland
Bay Tidelands Ceremony Held (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Catching
Some Rays - A Eugene Manufacturer is Ready to Begin Producing Solar Water
Heaters for Homes (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
British
Columbia - Independent Power Producers of Clean Energy-B-C Search for
Opportunity (Vancouver Sun, B-C)
http://www.vancouversun.com/Independent+power+producers+Clean+Energy+search+opportunity/7455840/story.html
http://www.vancouversun.com/Independent+power+producers+Clean+Energy+search+opportunity/7455840/story.html
BP:
Renewables Growing Fast But Can't Compete Without Help (Forbes Magazine)
Denmark
Won't Help Vestas if Wind Turbine Maker Needs Rescue (Renewable Energy World)
Five
Scary Solar PR No-No's for Halloween. Boo! (Renewable Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Avista’s Efficiency Programs Strive to Conserve
Cheap Energy Now to Avoid Having Expensive Energy Later (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer)
Winter is Coming - Eight Ways to Prepare Your Home (Christian
Science Monitor)
Has Saving Energy Become the New Normal in Tokyo? (NY
Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Editorial
- Geoengineering: Testing the Waters (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
City
of Olympia’s Budget could shrink “Procession of the Species” - There might not
be money for art studio (Olympian, WA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Getting Beyond the Magic Broadband Bullet Theory (GigaOM)
52% Think Broadband Most Important Utility - Though
East Coast Likely Believes Power More Important (Broadband Reports)
Once Again, Netflix Shows How to Avoid a Cloud
Meltdown (GigaOM)
Greenpeace Summons Clippy to Diss Microsoft's Data
Centers (PC Advisor)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Ninth Circuit Judge Betty Binns Fletcher, 89 (Courthouse
News Service)
GENERAL NEWS
Rains Raise Flood Watch in Parts of Washington State
(Associated Press)
Areal Flood Watch Is In Effect until 5:00 PM
Wednesday, October 31 (National Weather Service, Seattle)
Bomb Destroys White River Flood Gauge on Eve of
Storm (KING-TV, Seattle)
What If Sandy Hit the West Coast? (KEPR-TV,
Tri-Cities, WA)
6.2 Magnitude Quake Recorded Off British Columbia
Coast (Associated Press)
Reason to Celebrate as Paper Mill Reopens in Grays
Harbor (Northwest Public Radio)
Staffing Struggles Lead to More Washington State Ferry
Cancellations (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
A Donated Library Book Hides a Surprise
Woman Arrested for Speaking Too Long at City
Council Meeting
Ronald McDonald Violates Restraining Order after
Entering McDonald’s Restaurant
South
African in Toenail Campaign to Clip Rhino Deaths
SONG OF THE DAY
No
Doubt - Don't Speak
