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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Power Plant Engine Tumbles Off Truck into Port
Westward Oil Tanker (Longview Daily News, WA)
Mini Nuclear Power Plants in Washington State’s
Future? “…’It gives us an opportunity to educate consumers in our state about
nuclear power,’ said Debbie Harris of the Franklin County Public Utility
District…’ (Crosscut Seattle)
Bleak King Salmon Run Predicted for Alaska’s
World-Famous Kenai River this Summer (Alaska Dispatch)
Comcast to Double Existing Speeds Again for Some
Users (Broadband Reports)
Flu Continues to Pummel Inland Northwest Hard (KXLY
TV, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Power Plant Engine Tumbles Off Truck into Port Westward Oil Tanker
- Mini Nuclear Power Plants in Washington State’s Future?
- Mason PUD 3 Working to Prevent Future Line Clearance Issues
- Chelan PUD Refunds Utility Taxes to Cities in Chelan County
- Some Tacoma Neighborhoods in the Dark as Wire Thefts Skyrocket
- Idaho: Cassia Residents Gear Up for Gateway West Transmission Line Battle
- Mason PUD 3 Emergency Outage January 22 for Wivell Rd & Badger Lane - 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
- Blackfeet Political Gridlock: No Electricity & No Heat for Many
- Power Outage Cut into Seahawks Broadcast in Spokane Area
- Super Bowl Organizers Seek to Avoid another Power Debacle
- Eastern U-S Cold Snap Draining Fuel Supplies, Prices Spiking
- AARP Report: Why New York Consumers are Losing the Utility Rate Hike Game
- United Kingdom: Criminal Gangs ‘Hotwire Power Supply’ to Help Cut Bills
- German Energy Official Sounds a Warning
- Bleak King Salmon Run Predicted for Alaska’s World-Famous Kenai River this Summer
- Chinese Ban on Shellfish Still Hurting Washington Economy
- Removing Barred Owls Easier Than Thought
- Alaska: EPA’s Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment Has Everyone Buzzing
- Group Pushes for Portland Water Bureau Reform
- Mushrooms Cleaning Streams in Corvallis Creek
- Expanded Trade Dispute Would Harm U-S Solar Industry
- Manage Your Electric Bill Even With New Electronic Gadgets
- “The Internet of Things” Means Your Smart Refrigerator Could Launch Cyber Attacks
- NOAA: Earth Had Its Fourth-Warmest Year on Record in 2013
- Washington State Senator Ranker Wants to Replace State Agencies’ Leaf-Blowers with Brooms, Rakes
- ‘Charge Rage’: Too Many Electric Cars, Not Enough Workplace Chargers
- Is California’s Hydrogen Vehicle Mandate a Good Idea?
- Comcast to Double Existing Speeds Again for Some Users
- Intel Gives Up On TV Set-Top Box Effort, Sells Offshoot to Verizon
- The 25 Worst Passwords of 2013: ‘Password’ Gets Dethroned
- Facebook Teen Decline Is Real But Leveling Off
- Facebook Is About to Lose 80% of Its Users, Study Says
- How to Enthrall an Audience When You Speak - Relying on PowerPoint projected behind you won’t help you hook your listeners
- Bill Strips Governor of Power to Appoint Public Disclosure Commission Members
- Flu Continues to Pummel Inland Northwest Hard
- Driver of Massively Overweight Truck Receives Massive Ticket
- Washington Issues New Radon Risk Maps
- The Oregonian to Shrink Newspaper’s Size
- Pot Meeting Dominated by Tokeland - Planning Commission yet to decide marijuana regulations
- Eugene Woman May Join Mission to Mars
- Heaviest Snowfall of Season Blankets Northeast U-S; Many Flights Canceled
- If a Big Storm Rolls in on Super Bowl Sunday, The Game Time Would Move
WORD OF THE DAY
Melancholia
• \mell-un-COLL-lee-yuh\ • Noun - A mental condition & especially a
manic-depressive condition characterized by extreme depression, bodily
complaints, & often hallucinations & delusions; broadly: a feeling of
sadness & depression.
“I’m
bored, and I don’t know why,” murmured Percival through a deep and heartfelt
sigh to no one in particular. “It has the subtle hint of ennui, but leans more
towards melancholia.”
SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Power Plant Engine Tumbles Off Truck into Port
Westward Oil Tanker (Longview Daily News, WA)
Mini Nuclear Power Plants in Washington State’s Future?
“…’It gives us an opportunity to educate consumers in our state about nuclear
power,’ said Debbie Harris of the Franklin County Public Utility District…’
(Crosscut Seattle)
Mason PUD 3 Working to Prevent Future Line
Clearance Issues (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Chelan PUD Refunds Utility Taxes to Cities in
Chelan County (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Some Tacoma Neighborhoods in the Dark as Wire
Thefts Skyrocket (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Idaho: Cassia Residents Gear Up for Gateway West Transmission
Line Battle (Twin Falls Times News)
Mason PUD 3 Emergency Outage January 22 for
Wivell Rd & Badger Lane - 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (Mason County PUD 3, Shelton,
WA)
Blackfeet Political Gridlock: No Electricity
& No Heat for Many (Indian Country Today)
Power Outage Cut into Seahawks Broadcast in Spokane
Area (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Super Bowl Organizers Seek to Avoid another Power
Debacle (Fuel Fix)
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/01/21/new-jersey-takes-steps-to-avoid-another-super-bowl-power-debacle/
Eastern U-S Cold Snap Draining Fuel Supplies,
Prices Spiking (Associated Press)
AARP Report: Why New York Consumers are Losing
the Utility Rate Hike Game (Electric Energy Online)
United Kingdom: Criminal Gangs ‘Hotwire Power
Supply’ to Help Cut Bills (British Broadcasting Corporation)
German Energy Official Sounds a Warning (NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Bleak King Salmon Run Predicted for Alaska’s World-Famous
Kenai River this Summer (Alaska Dispatch)
Chinese Ban on Shellfish Still Hurting Washington
Economy (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Removing Barred Owls Easier Than Thought (Associated
Press)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Alaska:
EPA’s Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment Has Everyone Buzzing (The Energy
Collective)
Group
Pushes for Portland Water Bureau Reform (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
Mushrooms
Cleaning Streams in Corvallis Creek (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Expanded
Trade Dispute Would Harm U-S Solar Industry (Renewable
Energy World)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Manage
Your Electric Bill Even With New Electronic Gadgets (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/24499121/manage-your-electric-bill-even-with-new-electronic-gadgets
“The Internet of Things” Means Your Smart
Refrigerator Could Launch Cyber Attacks (Consumerist)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
NOAA:
Earth Had Its Fourth-Warmest Year on Record in 2013 (Northwest Cable News
Network)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Washington
State Senator Ranker Wants to Replace State Agencies’ Leaf-Blowers with Brooms,
Rakes (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Paywall Advisory)
‘Charge
Rage’: Too Many Electric Cars, Not Enough Workplace Chargers (San Jose Mercury
News, CA)
Is
California’s Hydrogen Vehicle Mandate a Good Idea? (Forbes Magazine)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Comcast to Double Existing Speeds Again for Some
Users (Broadband Reports)
Intel Gives Up On TV Set-Top Box Effort, Sells
Offshoot to Verizon (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
The 25 Worst Passwords of 2013: ‘Password’ Gets
Dethroned (PC World)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Teen Decline Is Real But Leveling Off
(Mashable)
Facebook Is About to Lose 80% of Its Users, Study
Says - Social media is like a disease that spreads, & then dies (TIME
Magazine)
How
to Enthrall an Audience When You Speak - Relying on PowerPoint projected behind
you won’t help you hook your listeners (USA Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Bill Strips Governor of Power to Appoint Public
Disclosure Commission Members (Everett Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Flu Continues to Pummel Inland Northwest Hard (KXLY
TV, Spokane, WA)
Driver of Massively Overweight Truck Receives
Massive Ticket (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Washington Issues New Radon Risk Maps (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
The Oregonian to Shrink Newspaper’s Size (KGW-TV, Portland,
OR)
Pot Meeting Dominated by Tokeland - Planning
Commission yet to decide marijuana regulations (Chinooik Observer, Long Beach,
WA)
Eugene Woman May Join Mission to Mars (KGW-TV,
Portland, OR)
Heaviest Snowfall of Season Blankets Northeast U-S;
Many Flights Canceled (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
If a Big Storm Rolls in on Super Bowl Sunday, The
Game Time Would Move (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
This
Cat Needs a New Home after Living in a Home Depot for 13 Years
30
Historic Winter Olympics Photos We’ll Never Forget
(Post
NFC Championship) Ritzville Man Known as
‘The Seahulk’
Teen
Fired After Wearing Broncos Jersey to Work
SONG OF THE DAY
Sly & the Family Stone - Stand!
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