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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Cold Temperatures Forecast for Western Washington State
(KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Puget Sound Energy’s 24-Hour Power Restoration Guarantee
Starts January 1 (KING-TV, Seattle, WA – Read the fine print)
Historical Sites Enter Debate Over Dams (Associated Press)
Feds Say Vermont Utility Was Infiltrated by Russian Hackers
(Utility Dive)
Washington State Sees Healthy Snowpack Levels (Associated
Press)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Puget Sound Energy’s 24-Hour Power Restoration Guarantee Starts January 1
- Historical Sites Enter Debate Over Dams
- Chelan PUD Approves Rock Island Dam Modernization
- Plans for Bend-Area Hydroelectric Project Keep Churning
- Biomass Testing Delayed at Boardman Coal Plant
- Idaho Approves Avista Electricity Rate Hike
- Flathead Electric Cooperative Gets Ready for the Big Chill
- Peace River Dam Inspections Find Issues During Hydroelectric Project’s Construction
- How will Rick Perry run the Department of Energy?
- Deterioration of Iraq’s Massive Mosul Dam Reaches Crisis Point
- Columbia Fishing Fees Could Jump 69 Percent
- Washington State Sees Healthy Snowpack Levels
- New Yellowstone Irrigation Dam Challenged Over Sturgeon Worries
- Just Over 264 Million Gallons - Massive Water Loss from Vancouver Aquifer Blamed on Contractor Error
- British Columbia: Sewage Controversy in Greater Victoria Finally Circled the Drain in 2016
- Klickitat PUD Utility Advises Ways to Cut Bill
- Tips to Save Energy, Money During Colder Weather
- Making Your Home Energy Efficient Without Breaking the Bank
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Others Call on Treasury to Make It Easier for Marijuana-Related Businesses to Bank
- Now That Pot’s Legal in California, Here’s How to Grow It Indoors & Outdoors
- Feds Say Vermont Utility Was Infiltrated by Russian Hackers
- Orcas Island: How a Group of Neighbors Created Their Own Internet Service
- Distracted Driver Sues Apple Over a Fatal Car Crash – Was Using ‘FaceTime’ App
- Bitcoin Jumps Above $1,000 for First Time in Three Years
- BPA Moves the Journal Online After 27 Years in Print
- Twitter Might Let Users Edit Tweets Someday
- France Gives Workers the Right to Avoid Work Email After Hours
- Washington State Senator Says He’s Tapped for Trump Transition Team
- Cold Temperatures Forecast for Western Washington State
- Public Works: Mason Road Restrictions Possible During Deep Freeze
- Seattle Was Colder Than Alaska’s Arctic Coast This Morning
- India’s Call-Center Talents Put to a Criminal Use: Swindling Americans
Ichthyomania • \ick-thee-oh-MANE-ee-yah\ • An excessive
fascination with fish.
Ichthyomancy • \ick-thee-oh-MAN-see\ • 1. Divination by
means of the heads or entrails of fishes. 2. Divination by examining the heads
and/or entrails of fish for prophetic signs or processing the next fish caught.
Bradford was in heaven. As a rabid ichtyomnaniac, working in
the fish processing plant let him play with his semi-frozen charges as if they
were ventriloquist dummies. “Hi Folks!” He would exclaim while working the
little fish mouths at lunch. It was when he started using ichthyomancy in an
attempt to predict the annual salmon runs in the Columbia River that his
co-workers started to avoid him like week-old chum.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Puget Sound Energy’s 24-Hour Power Restoration Guarantee
Starts January 1 (KING-TV, Seattle, WA – Read the fine print)
Historical Sites Enter Debate Over Dams (Associated Press)
Chelan PUD Approves Rock Island Dam Modernization (KPQ
Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Plans for Bend-Area Hydroelectric Project Keep Churning – Application
processes continue for proposal at Wickiup Dam (Bend Bulletin, OR)
Biomass Testing Delayed at Boardman Coal Plant (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Idaho Approves Avista Electricity Rate Hike (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Flathead Electric Cooperative Gets Ready for the Big Chill (KPAX-TV,
Missoula, MT)
Peace River Dam Inspections Find Issues During Hydroelectric
Project’s Construction (Globe & Mail, Canada)
How will Rick Perry run the Department of Energy? (Utility
Dive)
Deterioration of Iraq’s Massive Mosul Dam Reaches Crisis
Point (National Public Radio)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Columbia Fishing Fees Could Jump 69 Percent (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
Washington State Sees Healthy Snowpack Levels (Associated
Press)
New Yellowstone Irrigation Dam Challenged Over Sturgeon
Worries (Associated Press)
Just Over 264 Million Gallons - Massive Water Loss from Vancouver
Aquifer Blamed on Contractor Error (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
British Columbia: Sewage Controversy in Greater Victoria Finally
Circled the Drain in 2016 (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Klickitat PUD Utility Advises Ways to Cut Bill (Goldendale
Sentinel, WA)
Tips to Save Energy, Money During Colder Weather (My Edmonds
News, WA)
Making Your Home Energy Efficient Without Breaking the Bank
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Others Call on Treasury to Make It
Easier for Marijuana-Related Businesses to Bank (Consumerist)
Now That Pot’s Legal in California, Here’s How to Grow It
Indoors & Outdoors (Sacramento Bee, CA)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Feds Say Vermont Utility Was Infiltrated by Russian Hackers (Utility
Dive)
Orcas Island: How a Group of Neighbors Created Their Own Internet
Service – Powered by radios in trees, homegrown network serves 50 houses (Ars
Technica)
Distracted Driver Sues Apple Over a Fatal Car Crash – Was
Using ‘FaceTime’ App (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Bitcoin Jumps Above $1,000 for First Time in Three Years (Reuters)
MARKETING & MEDIA
BPA Moves the Journal Online After 27 Years in Print (Bonneville
Power Administration)
Twitter Might Let Users Edit Tweets Someday (Consumerist)
France Gives Workers the Right to Avoid Work Email After
Hours (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
Washington State Senator Says He’s Tapped for Trump
Transition Team (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
GENERAL NEWS
Cold Temperatures Forecast for Western Washington State
(KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
Public Works: Mason Road Restrictions Possible During Deep
Freeze (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Seattle Was Colder Than Alaska’s Arctic Coast This Morning (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
India’s Call-Center Talents Put to a Criminal Use: Swindling
Americans (NY Times)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
‘Hollyweed’: Prankster Alters LA’s Landmark Sign
WSU Socks Recalled after Surprise Text Printed on the Inside
– ‘Go Dawgs’
Baggage Handler Locked in Cargo Hold Gets Free Ride on
United Flight
Woman Leaves Entire $1.2 Million Estate to Animal Shelter
SONG OF THE DAY
Jewel - Leaving on a Jetplane
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