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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
High Resolution Satellite Imagery of Washington State/Oregon
Snow (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
How Would Washington State Governor Jay Inslee’s Proposed
Carbon Tax Work? (Washington State Wire)
Tesla Contract with Aberdeen Will Be Voided, But May Be Re-Approved
(KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Kittitas County Places Temporary Moratorium on Commercial
Renewable Energy Projects (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
In a Digital World, Americans Have Less Tolerance for Power
Outages (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Energy Secretary Seeks to Lock in Free Speech for DOE
Scientists (Christian Science Monitor)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- In a Digital World, Americans Have Less Tolerance for Power Outages
- Montana Lawmakers Push to Increase Scrutiny on Utility Costs
- David Aldrich Resigns from Snohomish PUD Board
- Snohomish PUD in Talks to Buy Building in Everett for $5.5 Million
- BC Hydro Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Municipality Affected by Peace River Dam Project
- There’s Powerful Fun to Be Had with Your Utility in Chelan This Weekend
- New England: Grid in the Balance – Clean, Reliable, Competitively Priced Power – Or Suboptimal Solutions?
- Natural Gas Prices in 2016 Were the Lowest in Nearly 20 Years
- Orca Protection Zone Proposed Near San Juan Island
- Salmon with large tapeworms arrive in the U-S
- Lummi Clammers, Dairy Farmers Team Up to Clean Bacteria-Polluted Bay, Rather Than Fight
- Storms Ease California Drought as Reservoirs Fill Up
- Kittitas County Places Temporary Moratorium on Commercial Renewable Energy Projects
- County Commissioners Deny Solar Farm Permit Near Kittitas
- Montana Bill to Grandfather Net Metering Reels in Utility & Solar Support
- Proponents Hope Winter Weather Boosts Smart Thermostat Adoption in Chicago
- How Would Washington State Governor Jay Inslee’s Proposed Carbon Tax Work?
- Tesla Contract with Aberdeen Will Be Voided, But May Be Re-Approved
- Need A Charge for Your New Tesla? Now It’ll Cost You
- Despite the Hype, Batteries Aren’t the Cheapest Way to Store Energy on the Grid
- Record Shares of Americans Now Own Smartphones, Have Home Broadband
- Satellite Constellations Could Be Poised to Challenge the Broadband Industry
- Alphabet (Google) Ended Drone Internet Project, Saying Economics Didn’t Work Out
- Cellphone Carriers Are Bracing for Massive Data Usage During the Inauguration
- Don’t Confuse New Starbucks’ Latte with Old-Timey Laxative Remedy
- Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
- Energy Secretary Seeks to Lock in Free Speech for DOE Scientists
- Washington State Senate Coalition Selects Sheldon as President Pro Tem
- Governor Kate Brown Declares State of Emergency in Oregon Due to Snow
- Washington State to Help Grant County Clear Roads
- Crippling Ice Storm to Encase 1,000-Mile Stretch of U-S in Ice
- Video: Focus on Shelton - New Job Opening, Comprehensive Plan Update
- How Seattle Can Avoid Becoming San Francisco: Be ‘YIMBYS’ Not ‘NIMBYS’
Grog • \GRAWG\ • Noun – Alcoholic liquor; especially: liquor
(as rum) cut with water & now often served hot with lemon juice & sugar
sometimes added.
“By golly, this is the WORST grog I’ve ever had,” croaked
the sailor on the HMS Pinafore. “Watch your mouth,” muttered his fellow
sailors. “The next thing you know, we’ll have to be swilling down our salt pork
and pea soup with plain old water!”
Did you know? Eighteenth-century English admiral Edward
Vernon reputedly earned the nickname “Old Grog” because he often wore a cloak
made from grogram (a coarse, loosely woven fabric made of silk or silk blended
with mohair or wool). In Old Grog’s day, sailors in the Royal Navy were
customarily given a daily ration of rum, but in 1740 the admiral, concerned
about the health of his men, ordered that the rum should be diluted with water.
The decision wasn’t very popular with the sailors, who supposedly dubbed the
mixture “grog” after Vernon. Today, “grog” can be used as a general term for
any liquor, even undiluted, and someone who acts drunk or shaky can be called “groggy.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
In a Digital World, Americans Have Less Tolerance for Power
Outages (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Montana Lawmakers Push to Increase Scrutiny on Utility Costs
(Utility Dive)
http://www.utilitydive.com/news/montana-lawmakers-push-to-increase-scrutiny-on-utility-costs/433995/
David Aldrich Resigns from Snohomish PUD Board (My Everett
News, WA)
Snohomish PUD in Talks to Buy Building in Everett for $5.5
Million (Everett Herald, WA)
BC Hydro Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Municipality Affected by
Peace River Dam Project (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
There’s Powerful Fun to Be Had with Your Utility in Chelan
This Weekend (Lake Chelan Mirror, Wa)
New England: Grid in the Balance – Clean, Reliable,
Competitively Priced Power – Or Suboptimal Solutions? (CommonWealth, Boston,
MA)
Natural Gas Prices in 2016 Were the Lowest in Nearly 20
Years (U-S Energy Information Administration)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Orca Protection Zone Proposed Near San Juan Island (KING-TV,
Seattle, WA)
Salmon with large tapeworms arrive in the U-S (USA Today)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Lummi Clammers, Dairy Farmers Team Up to Clean
Bacteria-Polluted Bay, Rather Than Fight (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Storms Ease California Drought as Reservoirs Fill Up (Reuters)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Kittitas County Places Temporary Moratorium on Commercial
Renewable Energy Projects (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
County Commissioners Deny Solar Farm Permit Near Kittitas (Ellensburg
Daily Record, WA)
Montana Bill to Grandfather Net Metering Reels in Utility
& Solar Support (Utility Dive)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Proponents Hope Winter Weather Boosts Smart Thermostat
Adoption in Chicago (Midwest Energy News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
How Would Washington State Governor Jay Inslee’s Proposed
Carbon Tax Work? (Washington State Wire)
SCIENCE SWIMS IN A BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Tesla Contract with Aberdeen Will Be Voided, But May Be
Re-Approved (KXRO Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Need A Charge for Your New Tesla? Now It’ll Cost You (Silicon
Valley Journal, CA)
Despite the Hype, Batteries Aren’t the Cheapest Way to Store
Energy on the Grid (The Energy Collective)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Record Shares of Americans Now Own Smartphones, Have Home Broadband
(Pew Research Center)
Satellite Constellations Could Be Poised to Challenge the
Broadband Industry (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Alphabet (Google) Ended Drone Internet Project, Saying
Economics Didn’t Work Out (Ars Technica)
Cellphone Carriers Are Bracing for Massive Data Usage During
the Inauguration (Washington Post)
MARKETING & MEDIA
Don’t Confuse New Starbucks’ Latte with Old-Timey Laxative
Remedy (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory. My brother made a few extra bucks in
high school by harvesting this intestinal distress creator.)
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds (Consumerist)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Energy Secretary Seeks to Lock in Free Speech for DOE Scientists
(Christian Science Monitor)
Washington State Senate Coalition Selects Sheldon as
President Pro Tem (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
Governor Kate Brown Declares State of Emergency in Oregon Due
to Snow (Oregonian, Portland)
Washington State to Help Grant County Clear Roads (Columbia
Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
Crippling Ice Storm to Encase 1,000-Mile Stretch of U-S in
Ice (Mashable)
Video: Focus on Shelton - New Job Opening, Comprehensive
Plan Update (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
How Seattle Can Avoid Becoming San Francisco: Be ‘YIMBYS’
Not ‘NIMBYS’ (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
BAWDY BRIDESMAIDS – DIVERSIONS
Microsoft Cortana Has Made Its Picks for the Divisional
Round of the NFL Playoffs
Maid of Honor Turns Wedding into Nightmare
Man’s Stolen Tiny Home Recovered in Hermiston
Dog Fur Sweaters? Yes, It’s a Thing – Here’s Why People Love
Them
SONG OF THE DAY
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Our House
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