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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Rainfall & Slide Danger - Special Weather
Statement Issued by NWS Seattle
California
Lacks Strategy on Alternative Energy, Report Says - Using more renewable
sources could mean high bills for electrical customers & damage to the
environment (Los Angeles Times, CA)
California Energy Price Manipulation Continues on
Two Fronts (Santa Monica Mirror, CA)
Project
to Recharge Aquifers with Columbia River Water (Northwest
Public Radio)
Oregon - Clatsop County Commissioners Organizing
Rally in Salem to Support of Gillnetters (Coast River Business Journal,
Astoria, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- California Energy Price Manipulation Continues on Two Fronts
- New Jersey’s Largest Utility Sees Sandy Costs Up to $300 Million
- Spate of Harsh Weather in New England Shifts Sentiment on Trees
- California - Coroner Identifies Pacific Gas & Electric Worker Who Died in West Sacramento Crash
- Are Westgate Residents More in the Dark?
- Students’ Options Sprout from Science Technology Engineering & Math Curriculum
- Public Power Utilities Declare Ratepayer Concerns as Number One Issue in 2013, Tantalus Says
- Yucca Mountain is Dead. Long Live Yucca Mountain!
- Oregon - Clatsop County Commissioners Organizing Rally in Salem to Support of Gillnetters
- Columbia River Gill Net Plan Vote Is Set Friday in Portland
- Fast-Growing Salmon May Never Wind Up on Your Plate
- Project to Recharge Aquifers with Columbia River Water
- High Court Says Government Can Be Liable for Flooding from Government-Owned Dams
- California Lacks Strategy on Alternative Energy, Report Says - Using more renewable sources could mean high bills for electrical customers & damage to the environment
- Outlook for Offshore Wind: Dark & Stormy
- Denmark Moves to Cool Its Red-Hot Solar Energy Market
- City of Seattle’s LED Streetlight Improvements Enhance Public Safety
- New Plastic Lighting Saves Energy. Goodbye, Fluorescent Lights?
- Tree Power - How Many Pounds of Carbon Dioxide Does a Forest Absorb In a Typical Year
- Nurseryman Plants Clones of Long-Dead Redwoods, Sequoias in Oregon
- Weekend’s Dump Truck’s Mishaps Shows Vulnerability of East Jefferson Telecommunications
- Payment in Lieu of Taxes - Bremerton City Council Swallows Hard over ‘Temporary’ Utility Fees
- City of Olympia May Ban Homeless from Its Hall
- Rainfall & Slide Danger - Special Weather Statement Issued by NWS Seattle
- Stormy Night on Tap As Next Weather System Blows Through
- Elma Robbery Suspects from Shelton
- One Killed, One Injured in Olympia Tavern Stabbing
- Mason County Adopts 2013 Budget
- Are You Ready for Washington’s New Carbon Monoxide Detector Law?
WORD OF THE DAY
Scumble
• \SKUM-bull\ • Verb - 1a: to make (as color or a painting) less brilliant by
covering with a thin coat of opaque or semi opaque color applied with a nearly
dry brush b: to apply (a color) in this manner 2: to soften the lines or colors
of (a drawing) by rubbing lightly
“Class,
today we’ll be practicing shading in our pencil drawings using blending stumps,”
chirped the short, bright-eyed art instructor to her dullard elective students.
“Your efforts to effectively scumble your drawings to get the best effect will
have an impact on your final grade.”
(Yawn…need
more coffee to wipe away the cobwebs)
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
California Energy Price Manipulation Continues on
Two Fronts (Santa Monica Mirror, CA)
New Jersey’s Largest Utility Sees Sandy Costs Up to
$300 Million (Associated Press)
Spate of Harsh Weather in New England Shifts Sentiment
on Trees (NY Times)
California - Coroner Identifies Pacific Gas &
Electric Worker Who Died in West Sacramento Crash (Sacramento Bee, CA)
Are Westgate Residents More in the Dark? (My
Edmonds News, WA)
Students’ Options Sprout from Science Technology
Engineering & Math Curriculum (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Public Power Utilities Declare Ratepayer Concerns
as Number One Issue in 2013, Tantalus Says (Electric Energy Online)
Yucca Mountain is Dead. Long Live Yucca Mountain!
(The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon - Clatsop County Commissioners Organizing
Rally in Salem to Support of Gillnetters (Coast River Business Journal,
Astoria, OR)
Columbia River Gill Net Plan Vote Is Set Friday
in Portland (Salem Statesman-Review, OR)
Fast-Growing Salmon May Never Wind Up on Your
Plate (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Project
to Recharge Aquifers with Columbia River Water (Northwest
Public Radio)
High
Court Says Government Can Be Liable for Flooding from Government-Owned Dams (Associated
Press)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
California
Lacks Strategy on Alternative Energy, Report Says - Using more renewable sources
could mean high bills for electrical customers & damage to the environment (Los
Angeles Times, CA)
Outlook
for Offshore Wind: Dark & Stormy (NY Times)
Denmark
Moves to Cool Its Red-Hot Solar Energy Market (Forbes
Magazine)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
City of Seattle’s LED Streetlight Improvements
Enhance Public Safety (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
New Plastic Lighting Saves Energy. Goodbye,
Fluorescent Lights? (Christian Science Monitor)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Tree
Power - How Many Pounds of Carbon Dioxide Does a Forest Absorb In a Typical
Year (NY Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Nurseryman
Plants Clones of Long-Dead Redwoods, Sequoias in Oregon (Associated Press)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Weekend’s Dump Truck’s Mishaps Shows Vulnerability
of East Jefferson Telecommunications (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Payment in Lieu of Taxes - Bremerton City Council Swallows
Hard over ‘Temporary’ Utility Fees (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA)
City of Olympia May Ban Homeless from Its Hall (Olympian, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Rainfall & Slide Danger - Special Weather
Statement Issued by NWS Seattle
Stormy Night on Tap As Next Weather System Blows
Through (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
Elma Robbery Suspects from Shelton (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
One Killed, One Injured in Olympia Tavern Stabbing (Olympian, WA)
Mason County Adopts 2013 Budget (Mason Web-TV,
Shelton, WA)
Are You Ready for Washington’s New Carbon Monoxide
Detector Law? (KING-TV, Seattle)
DIVERSIONS
Teen Bragging Online About Pulling Off Bank Robbery
Must’ve Thought No One Watches YouTube
Whisky Saves Man’s Eyesight after Being Blinded by
Vodka
It Takes 20 Seconds Before People Get Annoyed About
Waiting for the Elevator
Bremerton Man Accused of Slipping Meth to Wife,
Hoping to Addict Her
SONG OF THE DAY
Manfred
Mann’s Earth Band - Blinded by the Light (“…wrapped up like a deuce, another
runner in the night…”
Blinded
By the Light - Bruce Springsteen
