SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for January 22, 2016
Flood Warning for Skokomish River
Atmospheric River Update (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Soaking Rain Topples Trees, Triggers Mudslides across Puget
Sound Area (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Washington State Lawmakers Take Up Partial Closure of
Montana Coal Plant (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Appeals court: Clean Power Plan can proceed pending review
(Associated Press)
Nevada Regulators May Consider ‘Grandfathering’ Solar Users
(Associated Press)
Should Lake Oswego Offer Its Own Broadband Network?
(Portland Tribune, OR)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Washington State Lawmakers Take Up Partial Closure of Montana Coal Plant
- Bonneville Power Administration Puts Modernized Celilo Converter Station into Service
- Idaho; Fall River Electric Announces Plan to Consolidate
- Oregon: Umatilla & Morrow Counties Connect on Power Line
- Montana: Clean Power Plan Discussed in Great Falls
- Umatilla Electric Selects Its Next General Manager, Robert Echenrode
- Tacoma Could Be Home to World’s Largest Methanol Refinery
- Oklahoma: Lineman Electrocuted near Stillwater
- Watershed Restoration Brings Fish Back
- Washington State, Tribes Urged to Come to Agreement Regarding Salmon Seasons
- Sea Star Wasting Disease among Worst Recorded Wildlife Die-Offs Say Scientists
- Herrera Beutler Raises Concerns over Cowlitz Tribe’s Proposed Wastewater System
- Nevada Regulators May Consider ‘Grandfathering’ Solar Users
- Why Solar Energy Is Fleeing Nevada
- Why Solar & Wind Are Thriving Despite Cheap Fossil Fuels
- Op/Ed: Puget Sound Energy Says Home Energy Reports Make Difference
- Philips Calls Off Sale of Controlling Stake in LED Business
- Oregon Marijuana: Water, Water Everywhere….
- California: With State Deadline Looming, Cities & Counties Rush to Ban Pot Cultivation
- Appeals Court: Clean Power Plan Can Proceed Pending Review
- Oregon: Dueling Climate Bills Will Duke It Out in Legislature
- British Columbia Energy Minister Bill Bennett Mulling More Electric Car Incentives
- Moooove Over: The U-S Navy Will Power an Entire Fleet with Biofuel Made from Beef Fat
- High-Flying Solar Balloons Could Produce Clean Electricity Night & Day
- Should Lake Oswego Offer Its Own Broadband Network?
- Cable Acquisitions by Charter Communications Face Rising Opposition
- The U-S House Hounded By Phone Trackers
- Facebook Launches Real-Time Sports Platform
- Texts, Internet, Social Networks Are ‘Gift of God’ If Used Wisely: Pope Francis
- The Price to Keep Google’s Search Bar on the Iphone? $1 Billion, With a ‘B’
- Here Are the Eight Most Annoying Types of Ads That Google Blocked in 2015
- KUBE 93 Signs Off, Flips Formats & Moves to Tacoma
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Latest Tim Eyman Initiative, I-1366, Blocked by King County Judge
- Soaking Rain Topples Trees, Triggers Mudslides across Puget Sound Area
- Flooding Closes Roads in Skokomish River Valley
- Over 5,100 Flights across Two Days Already Cancelled Due to Winter Storm
- NASA Thinks We’ve Hit Peak El Niño
- Woman Critically Injured in Renton Theater Shooting
- Mason, Thurston Join to Aid Homeless Veterans
- Mammoth Fossil Remains Found near Sequim
Animus • \ANN-uh-muss\ • Noun - 1: basic attitude or
governing spirit: disposition, intention 2: a usually prejudiced & often
spiteful or malevolent ill will 3: an inner masculine part of the female
personality in the analytic psychology of C. G. Jung
My animus for thick, spongy restaurant pancakes has no
bounds. The pancake, cooked thin and almost crepe-like, should be able to stand
on its own (so to speak), with just the right amount of butter and syrup. It
should not be a vehicle for carrying such flavor enhancements into your
alimentary tract.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Washington State Lawmakers Take Up Partial Closure of
Montana Coal Plant (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Bonneville Power Administration Puts Modernized Celilo
Converter Station into Service (Bonneville Power Administration)
Idaho; Fall River Electric Announces Plan to Consolidate (The
Standard Journal, Rexburg, ID)
Oregon: Umatilla & Morrow Counties Connect on Power Line
(My Columbia Basin Online)
Montana: Clean Power Plan Discussed in Great Falls (Great
Falls Tribune, MT)
Umatilla Electric Selects Its Next General Manager, Robert
Echenrode (Hermiston Herald, OR)
Tacoma Could Be Home to World’s Largest Methanol Refinery (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Oklahoma: Lineman Electrocuted near Stillwater – Work
accident on Jan. 14 claims life of contractor employee (Stillwater News-Press,
OK)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Watershed Restoration Brings Fish Back (Bonneville Power Administration)
Washington State, Tribes Urged to Come to Agreement
Regarding Salmon Seasons (Peninsula
Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Sea Star Wasting Disease among Worst Recorded Wildlife Die-Offs
Say Scientists (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Herrera Beutler Raises Concerns over Cowlitz Tribe’s Proposed
Wastewater System (Longview Daily
News, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Nevada Regulators May Consider ‘Grandfathering’ Solar Users
(Associated Press)
Why Solar Energy Is Fleeing Nevada (Slate Magazine)
Why Solar & Wind Are Thriving Despite Cheap Fossil Fuels
(National Geographic)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Op/Ed: Puget Sound Energy Says Home Energy Reports Make
Difference (Olympian Olympia, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Philips Calls Off Sale of Controlling Stake in LED Business (NY Times)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon Marijuana: Water, Water Everywhere…. (Canna Law Blog)
California: With State Deadline Looming, Cities &
Counties Rush to Ban Pot Cultivation (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Appeals Court: Clean Power Plan Can Proceed Pending Review (Associated
Press)
Oregon: Dueling Climate Bills Will Duke It Out in Legislature
(Oregonian, Portland)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
British Columbia Energy Minister Bill Bennett Mulling More
Electric Car Incentives (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation – Check it out, all those chargers & none of the “electric
cars” are plugged in)
Moooove Over: The U-S Navy Will Power an Entire Fleet with
Biofuel Made from Beef Fat (Gizmodo)
High-Flying Solar Balloons Could Produce Clean Electricity
Night & Day (Tree Hugger)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Should Lake Oswego Offer Its Own Broadband Network?
(Portland Tribune, OR)
Cable Acquisitions by Charter Communications Face Rising
Opposition (NY Times)
The U-S House Hounded By Phone Trackers (British Broadcasting Corporation)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Facebook Launches Real-Time Sports Platform (Reuters)
Texts, Internet, Social Networks Are ‘Gift of God’ If Used
Wisely: Pope Francis (Reuters)
The Price to Keep Google’s Search Bar on the Iphone? $1
Billion, With a ‘B’ (New York Business Journal)
Here Are the Eight Most Annoying Types of Ads That Google
Blocked in 2015 (AdWeek)
KUBE 93 Signs Off, Flips Formats & Moves to Tacoma
(Seattle Times, WA)
http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/kube-93-signs-off-flips-formats-and-moves-to-tacoma/
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Latest Tim Eyman Initiative, I-1366, Blocked by King County
Judge (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Soaking Rain Topples Trees, Triggers Mudslides across Puget
Sound Area (KCPQ-TV, Seattle, WA)
Flooding Closes Roads in Skokomish River Valley (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Over 5,100 Flights across Two Days Already Cancelled Due to Winter
Storm (Consumerist)
NASA Thinks We’ve Hit Peak El Niño (Gizmodo)
Woman Critically Injured in Renton Theater Shooting (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Mason, Thurston Join to Aid Homeless Veterans (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Mammoth Fossil Remains Found near Sequim (KONP-Radio, Port
Angeles, WA)
DIVERSIONS
Group Suggests the Earth’s Moon Needs a Name
With 22.3M Digits, New Prime Number Sets Record
TSA: You Cannot Pack Your Klingon Bat’leth in Your Carry-On
All You Need Is the Love between This Monkey & His New
Adopted Puppy
SONG OF THE DAY
Steely Dan – Rikki Don’t Lose That Number
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