SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for June 5, 2015
The Weather Story: The warmest temperatures of the year so far are expected in parts of Western Washington this weekend.
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Warmest Weather of the Year (so far) Coming This Weekend (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Heat-wave-coming-to-Seattle-this-weekend-6307247.php
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Heat-wave-coming-to-Seattle-this-weekend-6307247.php
Hack Exposes Personal Data of Four Million Federal Workers (C/NET News)
Army Corps Won’t Rubber Stamp $210 Million Vancouver Oil Terminal (Portland Business Journal, OR)
Yahoo to Shut Down Maps, Some Other Services (Reuters)
‘Fake Willy’ Goes Belly Up near Port of Astoria (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Army Corps Won’t Rubber Stamp $210 Million Vancouver Oil Terminal
- FERC Approves Iberdrola-UIL Merger
- Minnesota: Charred Hot Dogs Help Kids Learn about Electrical Safety
- ‘Fake Willy’ Goes Belly Up near Port of Astoria
- Tribal Members Speak Out Against Klamath Water Settlement
- Murray, Kilmer Reintroduce Wild Olympics Wilderness Bill – Familiar Opponents Begin to Take Aim at Legislation
- Chugach Electric Association to Install Hybrid Storage for Renewables Integration
- Pakistan: Free, Clean Electricity: Small Watermills for Country’s Big Energy Crisis
- ComEd-Nest-Xfinity Demand Response Program Paves Way for New Utility Business Models
- Three Federal Marijuana-Related Bills Advance, One Stalls
- The World Hasn’t Stopped or Even Slowed Its Warming Recently – Federal Data Analysis
- California Senate Passes Sweeping 12-Bill Climate & Renewables Package
- Proposed Clean Power Plan Would Accelerate Renewable Additions & Coal Plant Retirements
- Fight against Climate Change Brings Former Portland Mayor to D-C
- Apple & Google Set Their Sights on Their Next Battleground: Your Home
- Hack Exposes Personal Data of Four Million Federal Workers
- Microsoft Leaks Info on New Wi-Fi Service
- Yahoo to Shut Down Maps, Some Other Services
- Facebook Rolls Out ‘Lite’ Version
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- U-S Senate: McConnell – ‘Highly Likely’ Senate Won’t Appoint New Circuit, SCOTUS Judges
- Why a Simple 30-Year-Old Chart is an Ingenious Teaching Tool Today
- Warmest Weather of the Year (so far) Coming This Weekend
- When Forecasts Disagree, Whom Do You Trust?
- U-S Gains 280,000 Jobs in May as Hiring Gets Back on Track
- Shelton CHOICE Students Open Shelton Creek Trail
- Fake Posts, Alleged Voting Fraud & Suspected Hacking Mire Final Day of Outside’s ‘Best Town Ever’ Contest
- Well Done, Port Angeles! Chattanooga Tallied the Most Votes . . . But We Won, Too!
Warison • \WAIR-uh-sun\ • Noun – A bugle call to attack
The warison for the garrison was sounding mighty weak
The guards were playing poker, the soldiers fast asleep
The enemy was fast, but did not notice what was cast
The ground around the castle was coated with (gosh, I can’t finish this thing in time)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Army Corps Won’t Rubber Stamp $210 Million Vancouver Oil Terminal (Portland Business Journal, OR)
FERC Approves Iberdrola-UIL Merger – UIL is in the business of ownership of operating regulated utilities in Connecticut & Massachusetts (Breaking Energy)
Minnesota: Charred Hot Dogs Help Kids Learn about Electrical Safety (Grand Rapids Herald-Review, MN)
FISH & WILDLIFE
‘Fake Willy’ Goes Belly Up near Port of Astoria (KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Tribal Members Speak Out Against Klamath Water Settlement (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Murray, Kilmer Reintroduce Wild Olympics Wilderness Bill – Familiar Opponents Begin to Take Aim at Legislation (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Chugach Electric Association to Install Hybrid Storage for Renewables Integration (Utility Dive)
Pakistan: Free, Clean Electricity: Small Watermills for Country’s Big Energy Crisis (The Express-Tribune)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
ComEd-Nest-Xfinity Demand Response Program Paves Way for New Utility Business Models (Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Three Federal Marijuana-Related Bills Advance, One Stalls (Marijuana Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
The World Hasn’t Stopped or Even Slowed Its Warming Recently – Federal Data Analysis (Associated Press)
California Senate Passes Sweeping 12-Bill Climate & Renewables Package (Utility Dive)
Proposed Clean Power Plan Would Accelerate Renewable Additions & Coal Plant Retirements (U-S Energy Information Administration)
Fight against Climate Change Brings Former Portland Mayor to D-C (National Journal – Now about that Portland energy mix….)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Apple & Google Set Their Sights on Their Next Battleground: Your Home (Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Hack Exposes Personal Data of Four Million Federal Workers (C/NET News)
Microsoft Leaks Info on New Wi-Fi Service (Broadband Reports)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
Yahoo to Shut Down Maps, Some Other Services (Reuters)
Facebook Rolls Out ‘Lite’ Version (USA Today)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
U-S Senate: McConnell – ‘Highly Likely’ Senate Won’t Appoint New Circuit, SCOTUS Judges (The Hill, Washington, DC)
Why a Simple 30-Year-Old Chart is an Ingenious Teaching Tool Today (Washington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
Warmest Weather of the Year (so far) Coming This Weekend (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Heat-wave-coming-to-Seattle-this-weekend-6307247.php
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Heat-wave-coming-to-Seattle-this-weekend-6307247.php
When Forecasts Disagree, Whom Do You Trust? (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
U-S Gains 280,000 Jobs in May as Hiring Gets Back on Track (Associated Press)
Shelton CHOICE Students Open Shelton Creek Trail (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Fake Posts, Alleged Voting Fraud & Suspected Hacking Mire Final Day of Outside’s ‘Best Town Ever’ Contest (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Well Done, Port Angeles! Chattanooga Tallied the Most Votes . . . But We Won, Too! (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Getting to the Point with Pencils
Michigan Teen Plans 55-Mile Walk with Brother on Back
National Doughnut Day
British Columbia Student’s Grad Dress Made from Old Homework Auctioned for Girls’ Education
SONG OF THE DAY
Otis Redding – (What a) Wonderful World
Sam Cooke – (What a) Wonderful World
Herman’s Hermits – (What a) Wonderful World
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