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Forecast for November 25, 2014
Hydrologic
Outlook - Heavy Rain in the Olympics This Week Could Cause Some Rivers to Flood
(National Weather Service, Seattle)
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Wanapum
Reservoir Raising Could Happen as Soon as This Weekend (Columbia Basin Herald,
Moses Lake, WA)
Mason PUD 3 Adopts $63.7 Million 2015 Budget –
Higher Wholesale Energy Prices Affect Local Rates (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Pacific
Northwest Public Utilities, Bonneville Power Administration Top Five-Year
Energy Savings Target (Bonneville Power Administration)
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Weighs Government
Pollution of Klamath River Tributary (Courthouse News Service)
Heavy
Precipitation, Flooding, & a Cascade Meltdown - Yes, a typical Thanksgiving
in the Pacific Northwest (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Wanapum Reservoir Raising Could Happen as Soon as This Weekend
- Mason PUD 3 Adopts $63.7 Million 2015 Budget – Higher Wholesale Energy Prices Affect Local Rates
- Nattering Nuclear Nabobs of Negativism - Why Do They Listen to Alvarez?
- Editorial: Avista Offer of Spokane Site a Big Break for Science Center
- Alaska: Gunshots Hit Golden Valley Electric Association’s Ester Dome Microwave Tower
- Pacific Gas & Electric Hit for $10.8 Million over Carmel Blast
- FERC Approves Fourth Settlement in 2011 Southwest Blackout Case
- FERC Approves Merger between Exelon & Pepco Holdings
- NERC Report Says Prolonged Cold Weather Events May Cause Increase in Generator Unavailability
- Once Nearly Extinct, Idaho Sockeye Regaining Fitness Advantage
- Record Number of Coho Salmon Returning to Cowlitz River
- Where Fish Go to Die
- Prison Inmates Enlisted to Restore Threatened Species
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Weighs Government Pollution of Klamath River Tributary
- John Briscoe, a Water-Resource Expert Who Championed Dams, Dies at 66
- Montana: Electrical Co-Ops Want Affordable Renewable Energy
- Conservative Group Targets GOP Members in Ads against Wind Energy Credit
- Pacific Northwest Public Utilities, Bonneville Power Administration Top Five-Year Energy Savings Target
- The Connected Water Heater: The Next Energy Saver in the Home?
- Vermont Goes Energy Efficient for This Season’s Snowmaking
- Third Washington State City, Kennewick, Gets Court OK to Ban Marijuana Sales
- Clarkston Bans Marijuana Sales in City Limits
- Activists Make Push for Legalization of Marijuana in Idaho
- Americans Would Rather Adapt to Extreme Weather than Curb Climate Change
- Editorial: Net Neutrality is Essential
- Why Mark Cuban Opposes Net Neutrality: ‘I Want There to be Fast Lanes’
- Consumer Reports: How You Can Avoid Wi-Fi Dead Spots at Home
- Google Fiber Pricing Unveiled for Austin
- Twitter’s CFO Suffers a Social Media Faux Pas
- Crisis Communications: What Leaders Need to Know
- News Sites Top List of Slowest-Loading Web Pages
- Could You Do Your Job Without a Smartphone or a Tablet? Or the Web?
- EPA: Lawmakers Target Management Woes in Behind-The-Scenes Probes
- Heavy Precipitation, Flooding, & a Cascade Meltdown - Yes, a typical Thanksgiving in the Pacific Northwest
- East Coast Storm to Snarl Thanksgiving Plans on Year’s Busiest Travel Day
- North Cascades, Chinook, Cayuse Passes Closed
- Ferguson Fallout: Protesters Confront Police in Seattle, Force Brief Closure of I-5
Pelagic
• \puh-LAJ-jick\ • Adjective - Of, relating to, or living or occurring in the
open sea: oceanic.
Pelagic
journey
Noah
on the open sea
Seasick
beasts; oh my!
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Wanapum
Reservoir Raising Could Happen as Soon as This Weekend (Columbia Basin Herald,
Moses Lake, WA)
Mason PUD 3 Adopts $63.7 Million 2015 Budget –
Higher Wholesale Energy Prices Affect Local Rates (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Nattering
Nuclear Nabobs of Negativism - Why Do They Listen to Alvarez? (Northwest Clean
Energy)
Editorial:
Avista Offer of Spokane Site a Big Break for Science Center (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Alaska:
Gunshots Hit Golden Valley Electric Association’s Ester Dome Microwave Tower
(Anchorage News Miner, AK)
Pacific
Gas & Electric Hit for $10.8 Million over Carmel Blast (San Jose Mercury
News, CA)
FERC Approves Fourth Settlement in 2011 Southwest
Blackout Case (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
FERC
Approves Merger between Exelon & Pepco Holdings (American Public Power
Association)
NERC
Report Says Prolonged Cold Weather Events May Cause Increase in Generator Unavailability
(American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Once Nearly Extinct, Idaho Sockeye Regaining
Fitness Advantage (Bonneville Power Administration)
Record Number of Coho Salmon Returning to Cowlitz
River (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Where
Fish Go to Die - Native American tribes do important work during salmon spawning
season (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)
Prison Inmates
Enlisted to Restore Threatened Species (Northwest Public Radio)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Weighs Government
Pollution of Klamath River Tributary (Courthouse News Service)
John Briscoe, a Water-Resource Expert Who
Championed Dams, Dies at 66 (Washington Post)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Montana:
Electrical Co-Ops Want Affordable Renewable Energy (Hungry Horse News, Columbia
Falls, MT)
Conservative
Group Targets GOP Members in Ads against Wind Energy Credit (The Hill, Washington,
DC)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Pacific
Northwest Public Utilities, Bonneville Power Administration Top Five-Year
Energy Savings Target (Bonneville Power Administration)
The
Connected Water Heater: The Next Energy Saver in the Home? (GigaOM)
Vermont
Goes Energy Efficient for This Season’s Snowmaking (Mashable)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Third
Washington State City, Kennewick, Gets Court OK to Ban Marijuana Sales (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Clarkston
Bans Marijuana Sales in City Limits (KXLY-TV,
Spokane, WA)
Activists
Make Push for Legalization of Marijuana in Idaho (Idaho
Statesman, Boise)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Americans
Would Rather Adapt to Extreme Weather than Curb Climate Change (Christian
Science Monitor)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Editorial:
Net Neutrality is Essential (Yakima Herald-Republic, WA)
Why
Mark Cuban Opposes Net Neutrality: ‘I Want There to be Fast Lanes’ (Washington
Post)
Consumer
Reports: How You Can Avoid Wi-Fi Dead Spots at Home (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
Google
Fiber Pricing Unveiled for Austin (Broadband
Reports)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter’s
CFO Suffers a Social Media Faux Pas (NY Times)
Crisis
Communications: What Leaders Need to Know (Forbes Magazine)
News
Sites Top List of Slowest-Loading Web Pages - Ads may not appear before users
move on (AdWeek)
Could
You Do Your Job Without a Smartphone or a Tablet? Or the Web? (GigaOM)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
EPA:
Lawmakers Target Management Woes in Behind-The-Scenes Probes (EE News)
GENERAL NEWS
Heavy
Precipitation, Flooding, & a Cascade Meltdown - Yes, a typical Thanksgiving
in the Pacific Northwest (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
East
Coast Storm to Snarl Thanksgiving Plans on Year’s Busiest Travel Day (Mashable)
North
Cascades, Chinook, Cayuse Passes Closed (Associated
Press)
Ferguson
Fallout: Protesters Confront Police in Seattle, Force Brief Closure of I-5 (KOMO-TV,
Seattle, WA)
DIVERSIONS
There’s
a Mysterious Field of Electrical Energy Outside Google’s Office in London
Tourist
Fined $25,000 For Carving Initial on Rome’s Coliseum
‘Casablanca’
Piano Sells for $3.4 Million - Wizard of Oz Lion Costume Sells for $3 Million
In
Seattle, Tofu Turkeys Get Thanksgiving Pardons
SONG OF THE DAY
Bert
Lahr - If I Were King of the Forest (Wizard of Oz)
Diana
Krall - As Times Goes By
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