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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Electric Jolt Causes Minor Damage at Grand Coulee
Dam Powerhouse (Wenatchee World, WA)
Blustery Weekend in Store - Special Statement from National
Weather Service in Seattle (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Wind
Power Installations Down 96 Percent in the Third Quarter from 2012, But Orders
Looking Up (Denver Business Journal, CO)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/earth_to_power/2013/10/wind-industry-installations-down-96.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/earth_to_power/2013/10/wind-industry-installations-down-96.html
Puget
Sound Still in “Critical Condition” (Northwest Public Radio)
Editorial: Keep Bonneville Power Administration
Independent despite Hiring Problems (Tri-City
Herald, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Electric Jolt Causes Minor Damage at Grand Coulee Dam Powerhouse
- Editorial: Keep Bonneville Power Administration Independent despite Hiring Problems
- Op/Ed: Hydropower Plays an Important Role in the Pacific Northwest
- Car Strikes Pole; Knocks Out Power to 800 in Montesano
- Substations Require More Attention for Optimal Safety, Experts Say
- Uncertain Future for Nuclear Energy in Japan as Last Nuclear Reactor is Switched Off
- West Coast Sea Stars Mysteriously Dying Off
- Puget Sound Orcas Circle State Ferry Carrying Tribal Artifacts
- Major Oyster Reef Rebuilding Begins on Texas Coast
- Puget Sound Still in “Critical Condition”
- Wind Power Installations Down 96 Percent in the Third Quarter from 2012, But Orders Looking Up
- Federal Bill Would Boost Renewables to 25 Percent by 2025, Has No Chance in Hell of Passing
- Local Power Project & Learning Tool Underway
- Ford Recalls 2,600 Focus Electric Cars for Potential Power Loss
- It’s Time to Do The Right Things “Not Because They Are Easy But Because They Are Hard”
- Comcast, CenturyLink Try to Derail Seattle’s 1 Gbps Mayor
- Local Internet Expert Says Obamacare Sites Ignored the Basics
- Angry Over U-S Surveillance, Tech Giants Bolster Defenses
- Energy-Efficient Data Centers: Tap Local, Sustainable Resources
- Those Floating Barges? They’re Luxurious Modular Google Showrooms
- Marketers Are Putting Their Money & Confidence in Social Media
- Dell Laptop Buyers Make a Stink over Cat Smell
- Wind & Rain Coming
- Blustery Weekend in Store - Special Statement from National Weather Service in Seattle
- Update: Trooper Uninjured in Three-Vehicle Crash on 101 near Shelton
- Puget Sound Grocery Workers Approve Contract, Avoid Strike
- Food Stamp Cuts to Hurt Over a Million People in Washington State
- Homeless Got One-Way Bus Tickets to Portland
- This Is the Successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, & It Is Gorgeous
WORD OF THE DAY
Pugnacious
• \pug-NAY-shuss\ • Adjective - Showing a readiness or desire to fight or
argue: having a quarrelsome or combative nature.
The
small, white ball of fluff looked like nothing less than a bundle of Angora
scarves piled on the front seat of the voluminous SUV wedged into the compact
spot in the ‘Target” parking lot. That is, until a pedestrian walked past the
looming passenger side panel, when the Pomeranian pup erupted against the
vehicle’s window; a pugnacious, pint-sized whirling sphere of teeth, claws and
high pitched barking. The elderly Newfoundland canine lounging on the back seat
only yawned, carefully circled three times and dropped back into his doggy
dreams…chasing large rabbits across luxurious, green pastures.
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Electric Jolt Causes Minor Damage at Grand Coulee
Dam Powerhouse (Wenatchee World, WA)
Editorial: Keep Bonneville Power Administration Independent
despite Hiring Problems (Tri-City Herald, WA)
Op/Ed: Hydropower Plays an Important Role in the
Pacific Northwest (Noodls)
Car Strikes Pole; Knocks Out Power to 800 in Montesano
(KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Substations Require More Attention for Optimal
Safety, Experts Say (American Public Power Association)
Uncertain Future for Nuclear Energy in Japan as
Last Nuclear Reactor is Switched Off (The Energy Collective)
FISH & WILDLIFE
West Coast Sea Stars Mysteriously Dying Off (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Puget Sound Orcas Circle State Ferry Carrying
Tribal Artifacts (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Major Oyster Reef Rebuilding Begins on Texas Coast
(Associated Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Puget
Sound Still in “Critical Condition” (Northwest Public Radio)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wind
Power Installations Down 96 Percent in the Third Quarter from 2012, But Orders
Looking Up (Denver Business Journal, CO)
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/earth_to_power/2013/10/wind-industry-installations-down-96.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/earth_to_power/2013/10/wind-industry-installations-down-96.html
Federal
Bill Would Boost Renewables to 25 Percent by 2025, Has No Chance in Hell of Passing
(Grist Online)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Local
Power Project & Learning Tool Underway (Key Peninsula News, Vaughn, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Ford
Recalls 2,600 Focus Electric Cars for Potential Power Loss (Reuters)
It’s
Time to Do The Right Things “Not Because They Are Easy But Because They Are
Hard” (Penn Energy)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast, CenturyLink Try to Derail Seattle’s 1 Gbps
Mayor (Broadband Reports)
Local Internet Expert Says Obamacare Sites Ignored the
Basics (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA)
Angry Over U-S Surveillance, Tech Giants Bolster
Defenses (NY Times)
Energy-Efficient Data Centers: Tap Local,
Sustainable Resources (Search Cloud Provider)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Those Floating Barges? They’re Luxurious Modular Google
Showrooms (GigaOM)
Marketers Are Putting Their Money & Confidence
in Social Media (Mashable)
Dell Laptop Buyers Make a Stink over Cat Smell (USA
Today)
GENERAL NEWS
Wind & Rain Coming (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Blustery Weekend in Store - Special Statement from
National Weather Service in Seattle (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Update: Trooper Uninjured in Three-Vehicle Crash on
101 near Shelton (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Puget Sound Grocery Workers Approve Contract, Avoid
Strike (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Food Stamp Cuts to Hurt Over a Million People in Washington
State (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Homeless Got One-Way Bus Tickets to Portland (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
This Is the Successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, &
It Is Gorgeous (Washington Post)
DIVERSIONS
We’ve
Finally Figured Out Why Hot Water Freezes Faster Than Cold
Sports
Illustrated Photoshops Dawgs to Look Like Ducks
Hallmark
Ornament Stirs Controversy “…Now We Don Our FUN Apparel…”
12
Reasons You Need to Stop Raiding the Employee Fridge
SONG OF THE DAY
Pat
Benatar - Fire & Ice
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