SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather Forecast for June 24, 2016
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Sockeye Surging over Bonneville Dam; Far Exceeding
Pre-Season Forecast (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Cantwell, Canadian Ambassador Meet to Discuss Columbia River
Treaty Ahead of North American Summit (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
California Regulators Voice Support for Cap & Trade
Program (Reuters)
Pacific Gas & Electric Monthly Gas Bills Set to Jump
about Eleven Percent (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Experts Ponder National Guard’s Role in Protecting Utilities
(E&E Publishing)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Nuke-Plant Probe into Whistleblower Complaints Absolves Management
- Pacific Gas & Electric Monthly Gas Bills Set to Jump about Eleven Percent
- Reactive Power – Feds End ‘Unjust’ Exemption for Wind Energy
- Seattle’s Public-Utilities Director to Step Down
- Three Transmission Projects That Illustrate the Importance of Modernizing the Grid – Big power line expansions in ERCOT, SPP & MISO
- Sockeye Surging over Bonneville Dam; Far Exceeding Pre-Season Forecast
- Columbia Basin Salmon/Hydro Managers Gear Up for Another Hot Summer: Will Sockeye Get Slammed Again?
- The Orca Are Starving
- More Profit, Less Fish: Study Shows Canada Failing at Ocean Stewardship
- Cantwell, Canadian Ambassador Meet to Discuss Columbia River Treaty Ahead of North American Summit
- More Water for Eastern Washington, But Not When It’s Needed Most
- Chelan PUD Reminds Public That Warm Weather Can Increase Chances for Algae Blooms
- North Carolina Lawmakers Push Measure to Restrict Wind Farms
- The Big Picture: State-By-State Marijuana Ballot Initiative Update
- California Regulators Voice Support for Cap & Trade Program
- The Country’s First Public Solar Road Will Roll out on Route 66
- Experts Ponder National Guard’s Role in Protecting Utilities
- Capped Users Rejoice: Netflix to Soon Let Users Download Videos
- How to Boost Your Wi-Fi for $50
- Seahawks Quarterback Russell Wilson Getting Paid to Do Facebook Live
- Wells Fargo Must Remove Signs Built to “Photo Bomb” New Minnesota Vikings Stadium
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Britain Votes to Leave European Union: Cameron to Resign; Markets Rocked
- Climbers Survive Two-Day Storm near Top of Mount Rainier
- 2.9 Quake Rattles South Sound Region Friday Morning
- Costco’s Transition to Visa Cards Riddled with Problems
- Behind Those Amazon Prime Boxes, A Bull Market in Warehouses
- Feds Hope Apps Will Keep Drones Away from Wildfires
- This Surprising Activity Is More Dangerous Than Using Your Phone While Driving
- Man in Iwo Jima Flag Photo Was Misidentified, Marine Corps Says
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violation or profanation *2: secure from assault or trespass: unassailable
Gaston was horrified by his morning discovery. He thought a
seven-foot tall fence around his prize rose bushes would make them inviolable
to deer. A foolproof solution, he thought. Until he discovered that fools are
ingenious. The deer had apparently created a “deer pyramid” to get over the
fence. Unfortunately, for them (and fortunately for the local Nimrod Club), the
wily ruminants had not figured how to get out after wreaking their havoc.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Nuke-Plant Probe into Whistleblower Complaints Absolves
Management (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall
Advisory)
Pacific Gas & Electric Monthly Gas Bills Set to Jump about
Eleven Percent (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Reactive Power – Feds End ‘Unjust’ Exemption for Wind Energy
(Washington Examiner)
Seattle’s Public-Utilities Director to Step Down (Seattle Times, WA - Paywall Advisory)
Three Transmission Projects That Illustrate the Importance
of Modernizing the Grid – Big power line expansions in ERCOT, SPP & MISO (Utility
Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Sockeye Surging over Bonneville Dam; Far Exceeding
Pre-Season Forecast (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Columbia Basin Salmon/Hydro Managers Gear Up for Another Hot
Summer: Will Sockeye Get Slammed Again? (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
The Orca Are Starving (Crosscut Seattle)
More Profit, Less Fish: Study Shows Canada Failing at Ocean
Stewardship (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/canada-fish-report-2016-oceana-1.3649046?cmp=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Cantwell, Canadian Ambassador Meet to Discuss Columbia River
Treaty Ahead of North American Summit (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
More Water for Eastern Washington, But Not When It’s Needed
Most (Northwest Public Radio)
Chelan PUD Reminds Public That Warm Weather Can Increase
Chances for Algae Blooms (NCW Life Channel)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
North Carolina Lawmakers Push Measure to Restrict Wind Farms
(Utility Dive)
http://www.utilitydive.com/news/north-carolina-lawmakers-push-measure-to-restrict-wind-farms/421519/
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
The Big Picture: State-By-State Marijuana Ballot Initiative
Update (Marijuana Business Daily)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
California Regulators Voice Support for Cap & Trade
Program (Reuters)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
The Country’s First Public Solar Road Will Roll out on Route
66 (Curbed)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Experts Ponder National Guard’s Role in Protecting Utilities
(E&E Publishing)
Capped Users Rejoice: Netflix to Soon Let Users Download
Videos (Broadband Reports)
How to Boost Your Wi-Fi for $50 (USA Today)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Seahawks Quarterback Russell Wilson Getting Paid to Do Facebook
Live (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Wells Fargo Must Remove Signs Built to “Photo Bomb” New
Minnesota Vikings Stadium (Consumerist)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Britain Votes to Leave European Union: Cameron to Resign;
Markets Rocked (Sacramento Bee, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
Climbers Survive Two-Day Storm near Top of Mount Rainier (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
2.9 Quake Rattles South Sound Region Friday Morning (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Costco’s Transition to Visa Cards Riddled with Problems (NY Times)
Behind Those Amazon Prime Boxes, A Bull Market in Warehouses
(Reuters)
Feds Hope Apps Will Keep Drones Away from Wildfires
(Associated Press)
This Surprising Activity Is More Dangerous Than Using Your
Phone While Driving (Washington Post)
Man in Iwo Jima Flag Photo Was Misidentified, Marine Corps
Says (NY Times)
FLYING FIGS – DIVERSIONS
750-Mile Boat Race to Alaska Launches from Port Townsend
Don’t Look Down! Skyslide to Open 1,000 Feet above Los
Angeles
Dozens Burned Walking Across Hot Coals at Tony Robbins Event
High School Withholds Diploma from Student Who Proposed to Girlfriend
at Graduation
SONG OF THE DAY
Christopher Cross – Sailing
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