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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Thousands Lose Power in North Idaho, Northeast Washington
State from Heavy Snow; Spokane Breaks Rain Record (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Urges Federal Regulators to Reform PURPA (Utility Dive)
Want to Guarantee Net Neutrality? Join Peer-To-Peer,
Community-Run Internet (Fast Company)
Celebrate the Holidays with an Added Salute to Hydropower
Appreciation Day (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Some Get a Little Snow, But Then We All Get Cold, Cold Temps
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Thousands Lose Power in North Idaho, Northeast Washington State from Heavy Snow; Spokane Breaks Rain Record
- Heavy Snowfall Causes Power Outages around Chelan County
- Olympic Peninsula: Snow Hits West End – Sunny, Cold Weather Expected for Rest of Week
- Celebrate the Holidays with an Added Salute to Hydropower Appreciation Day
- California Adopts New Fire Safety Regulations for Utility Operations in Wake of Deadly Wildfires
- Demand Charges or ‘Efficiency Rates’? EEI Wants a Wording Change
- Columnist: Column: New York’s Energy Revolution
- ‘The Last Man Who Knew Everything’ Is a Detailed & Sympathetic Biography of Enrico Fermi
- Key Player in Salmon Farming Acquires U-S Fishing Operation
- Wood Products Workers Voice Concerns about Cleaner-Air Plan
- National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Urges Federal Regulators to Reform PURPA
- Members of Congress Press President Trump for ‘Strong’ Solar Remedy
- Go Big, Go Small? The Fight to Survive in California Pot
- Association of Washington Business Lauds Judge for Blocking Clean Air Rule
- Op/Ed: Electric Cars’ Bold Ambition Risks a Race to Nowhere
- This Is the World’s First Fully Solar Train
- Want to Guarantee Net Neutrality? Join Peer-To-Peer, Community-Run Internet
- Op/Ed: To Save the Internet We Need to Own the Networks
- In Protests of Net Neutrality Repeal, Teenage Voices Stood Out
- Opinion: Don’t Fall for Marsha Blackburn’s ‘Open Internet Preservation Act’
- Wyoming: Casper Residents Sue Company They Say Tapped Rental Laptops
- Use Google Chrome? You May Start Seeing Fewer Ads
- Op/Ed: The Challenge of Reaching Consumers the Right Way
- How to Create a Social Media Calendar: A Template for Marketers
- Republican Tax Bill Passes U-S Senate in 51-48 Vote
- U-S Investigators Seek Answers from Train Crew in Washington State Derailment
- I-5 Could Open Later Wednesday at Nisqually as Special Equipment Used to Remove Derailed Amtrak Locomotive
- Amtrak Derailment Cleanup, Brutal Traffic Continue. Drivers Should ‘Pack Your Patience’
- Some Get a Little Snow, But Then We All Get Cold, Cold Temps
- More Candidates Enter Shelton City Council Races
- Washington State 4th Fastest Growing State – Oregon 9th – Idaho Leads Pack
- ‘Porch Pirates’ Steal Holiday Packages as They Pile Up at Homes
Slake • \SLAYK\ • Verb - 1: subside, abate, 2: to become
slaked: crumble, 3: lessen the force of: moderate, 4: satisfy, quench, 5: to
cause (as lime) to heat and crumble by treatment with water: hydrate.
Gatorade, water, pickle juice or a cold beer. All may slake your thirst and ward off
dehydration (if you discount the alcohol in beer.) But, let’s face it, a frosty
brew after mowing the lawn just seems to hit the spot.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Thousands Lose Power in North Idaho, Northeast Washington
State from Heavy Snow; Spokane Breaks Rain Record (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
Heavy Snowfall Causes Power Outages around Chelan County (NCW
Life, East Wenatchee, WA)
Olympic Peninsula: Snow Hits West End – Sunny, Cold Weather
Expected for Rest of Week (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
Celebrate the Holidays with an Added Salute to Hydropower
Appreciation Day (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
California Adopts New Fire Safety Regulations for Utility
Operations in Wake of Deadly Wildfires (Utility Dive)
Demand Charges or ‘Efficiency Rates’? EEI Wants a Wording
Change (Utility Dive)
Columnist: Column: New York’s Energy Revolution (Buffalo
Business First, NY)
‘The Last Man Who Knew Everything’ Is a Detailed &
Sympathetic Biography of Enrico Fermi (Christian Science Monitor)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Key Player in Salmon Farming Acquires U-S Fishing Operation (Associated
Press)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
Wood Products Workers Voice Concerns about Cleaner-Air Plan
(Vancouver Columbian, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Urges
Federal Regulators to Reform PURPA (Utility Dive)
Members of Congress Press President Trump for ‘Strong’ Solar
Remedy (Politico, Morning Energy)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Go Big, Go Small? The Fight to Survive in California Pot (Associated
Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Association of Washington Business Lauds Judge for Blocking
Clean Air Rule (South Sound Business Examiner)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
Op/Ed: Electric Cars’ Bold Ambition Risks a Race to Nowhere
(Washington Post)
This Is the World’s First Fully Solar Train (Fast Company)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Want to Guarantee Net Neutrality? Join Peer-To-Peer,
Community-Run Internet (Fast Company)
Op/Ed: To Save the Internet We Need to Own the Networks
(Huffington Post)
In Protests of Net Neutrality Repeal, Teenage Voices Stood
Out (NY Times)
Opinion: Don’t Fall for Marsha Blackburn’s ‘Open Internet
Preservation Act’ (Gizmodo)
Wyoming: Casper Residents Sue Company They Say Tapped Rental
Laptops (Associated Press)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Use Google Chrome? You May Start Seeing Fewer Ads (USA Today)
Op/Ed: The Challenge of Reaching Consumers the Right Way (AdWeek)
How to Create a Social Media Calendar: A Template for
Marketers (Social Media Examiner)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Republican Tax Bill Passes U-S Senate in 51-48 Vote (NY
Times)
GENERAL NEWS
U-S Investigators Seek Answers from Train Crew in Washington
State Derailment (Reuters)
I-5 Could Open Later Wednesday at Nisqually as Special
Equipment Used to Remove Derailed Amtrak Locomotive (Seattle Times, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
Amtrak Derailment Cleanup, Brutal Traffic Continue. Drivers Should
‘Pack Your Patience’ (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Some Get a Little Snow, But Then We All Get Cold, Cold Temps
(KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
More Candidates Enter Shelton City Council Races (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Washington State 4th Fastest Growing State – Oregon 9th – Idaho
Leads Pack (Oregonian, Portland)
‘Porch Pirates’ Steal Holiday Packages as They Pile Up at
Homes (NY Times)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
This Orange County Family Has Kept Their Christmas Tree
Alive for 34 Years Running
$7.50 for a Bowl of Froot Loops? Kellogg Hopes Millennials
Will Pay It
Madame Tussauds Turns Disney’s Trump Robot into a Meme
Wineglasses Used to Be Tiny. Now, the Average One Holds Over
Half a Bottle.
SONG OF THE DAY
Boston – Party
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