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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
WORD OF THE DAY
Sangfroid • \sawn-FWAH\ • Noun – Self-possession or
imperturbability especially under strain – Etymology: French sang-froid,
literally, cold blood
“Watch what happens when I open this breaker,” cackled the
scientist. Instantly the entire eastern seaboard went dark, sparking a Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission study into the hiring of “mad scientists with
sangfroid tendencies”. Unfortunately, it also spawned 250 new regulations as
part of the National Energy Reliability Corporation’s rule-making activities.
HOT SHOTS – TOP STORIES OF THE DAY
Avista Should Ask For Smaller Rate Increases in 2017, Washington
State Staff Says (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
Lower Columbia Fishing Steadily Building for Fall Salmon
& Some Steelhead (Seattle Times,
WA - Paywall Advisory)
Feds Use Deeper Water to Cool Fish Ladders, Improves Salmon
Passage (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri Cities, WA)
Clallam PUD Says Not Enough Support for Community Solar
Proposal (KONP Radio, Port Angeles,
WA)
Sun on the Roof: Frenchtown Schools, Missoula Electric
Cooperative Partner on Solar Garden (The Missoulian, MT)
As States Debate Solar, Contentious Rate Cases Give Way to Broader
Valuation Proceedings (Utility Dive)
British Columbia’s Carbon Tax to Remain Frozen as Province
Awaits National Plan (Globe & Mail, Canada)
Most Environmental Groups Oppose Washington State’s Carbon
Tax Initiative (Heartland Institute)
California Lawmakers Propose Spending Plan for $1.2 Billion in
Cap-And-Trade Funds (Utility Dive)
EIA: Energy-Related CO2 Emissions from Natural Gas Will
Surpass Coal in 2016 (Utility Dive)
Comcast Gigabit Twice as Expensive in non-Google Fiber
Markets (Broadband Reports)
Weather Expert: Little Climate Change Effect on Peninsula —
So Far (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
Mason County Resident Holds Wanted Felon at Gunpoint for
Deputies in Hot Pursuit (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
Mason County Cooling Stations Available This Weekend (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
United Way Cleanup in Shelton Nets Tons of Trash, Junk,
Recyclables (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
SONG OF THE DAY
Eric Clapton – Crossroads
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