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SMOKE ‘EM IF YOU GOT ‘EM – SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER
ALERTS
Dense Canadian Smoke Veil Moves Southward over Washington
State (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
California: Facing $17 Billion in Fire Damages, a CEO Blames
Climate Change (Bloomberg News)
Orca Back to Feeding, Frolicking after Carrying Dead Calf
(Associated Press)
Stalled E. Oregon Gas-Fired Power Plant Seeks More Time
(Portland Business Journal, OR)
Seattle City Light Helping with California Wildfire Recovery
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Olympic National Forest Wildfire Grows to 1,245 Acres (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Stalled E. Oregon Gas-Fired Power Plant Seeks
More Time
2.
Seattle City Light Helping with California
Wildfire Recovery
3.
Clallam PUD Commissioner Vacancy Applicant
Interviews Scheduled
4.
Tennessee Valley Authority Touts Reliability
Following Call to Sell Off Power Line Assets
5.
Pepco Is Building a Substation Next to a School.
Residents Want to Know: Why Here?
6.
How Hacked Water Heaters Could Trigger Mass
Blackouts
7.
As Powelson Steps Down, Greens Call for FERC
Seat to Stay Vacant
8.
Orca Back to Feeding, Frolicking after Carrying
Dead Calf
9.
The Killer Whale Crisis That a Shot Won't Solve
10.
Editorial: Targeting Sea Lions Is a Shrewd &
Responsible Step for Saving Salmon Runs
11.
Dworshak Dam Discharge Flows Will Fluctuate
Throughout the Summer
12.
Orcas Power & Light Completes First Solar
Power Project
13.
Tasmania: How to Transform a Wilderness into a
Giant Battery
14.
U-S House Candidates Vulnerable to Hacks:
Researchers
15.
Fax Machines May Be Vulnerable to Hackers, New
Report Finds
16.
Comcast Expands Internet Essentials to
Low-Income Veterans
17.
Interior Secretary Zinke Takes Forestry Fight to
Fire-Ravaged California
18.
California: Facing $17 Billion in Fire Damages,
a CEO Blames Climate Change
19.
Twitter Lite Expands to 21 More Countries, Adds
Push Notifications
20.
Mount Everest Is a ‘Fecal Time Bomb.’ Here’s One
Man’s Idea for Handling 14 Tons of Poop.
21.
Seattle City Workers Tell of Unfair Treatment
& Mistrust, As Government Tracks Diversity Shortfalls
22.
Tiny Village Community Poised to Change Homeless
Response on Kitsap Peninsula
23.
Olympic National Forest Wildfire Grows to 1,245
Acres
24.
Weekend Lightning, Wind Spread Wildfires across
Washington State
25.
Major Wildfires in Oregon: Updates on
Containment, Evacuations
26.
Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Hits Alaska's
Oil-Producing North Slope
27.
What Happened, What's Next after Airline Worker
Stole Plane
28.
Health Advisory: Officials Warn of Possible
Outbreak in Mason Lake
29.
Washington State Approves Highway 3 Roundabout
in Belfair
30.
What Are Those Big, Foam Blocks Along I-5 – Why
Is WSDOT Using Them?
31.
Cross-Laminated Timber – Faulty Timber Panels
Raise Stakes for Promising New Oregon Market
WORD OF THE DAY
Walleyed • \WALL-eyed\ • Adjective - 1: having walleyes or
affected with walleye 2: marked by a wild irrational staring of the eyes
Walleyed, Banjo-Eyes, Pop-Eyed: Here’s Eddie Cantor: http://www.popmatters.com/review/172161-whoopee-and-kid-millions/
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Stalled E. Oregon Gas-Fired Power Plant Seeks
More Time (Portland Business Journal, OR)
2.
Seattle City Light Helping with California Wildfire
Recovery (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
3.
Clallam PUD Commissioner Vacancy Applicant
Interviews Scheduled (Clallam PUD, Sequim, WA)
4.
Tennessee Valley Authority Touts Reliability
Following Call to Sell Off Power Line Assets (American Public Power
Association)
5.
Pepco Is Building a Substation Next to a School.
Residents Want to Know: Why Here? (Washington Post)
6.
How Hacked Water Heaters Could Trigger Mass
Blackouts (Wired Magazine)
7.
As Powelson Steps Down, Greens Call for FERC Seat
to Stay Vacant (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
Orca Back to Feeding, Frolicking after Carrying
Dead Calf (Associated Press)
9.
The Killer Whale Crisis That a Shot Won't Solve
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
10. Editorial:
Targeting Sea Lions Is a Shrewd & Responsible Step for Saving Salmon Runs (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
11. Dworshak
Dam Discharge Flows Will Fluctuate Throughout the Summer (Clearwater Tribune, Orofino,
ID)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12. Orcas
Power & Light Completes First Solar Power Project (Journal of the San
Juans, Friday Harbor, WA)
13. Tasmania:
How to Transform a Wilderness into a Giant Battery (Bloomberg News)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
14. U-S
House Candidates Vulnerable to Hacks: Researchers (Reuters)
15. Fax
Machines May Be Vulnerable to Hackers, New Report Finds (Washington Post)
16. Comcast
Expands Internet Essentials to Low-Income Veterans (Philadelphia Business
Journal, PA)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
17. Interior
Secretary Zinke Takes Forestry Fight to Fire-Ravaged California (The Hill,
Washington, DC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
18. California:
Facing $17 Billion in Fire Damages, a CEO Blames Climate Change (Bloomberg
News)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
19. Twitter
Lite Expands to 21 More Countries, Adds Push Notifications (Tech Crunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/13/twitter-lite-expands-to-21-more-countries-adds-push-notifications/
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
20. Mount
Everest Is a ‘Fecal Time Bomb.’ Here’s One Man’s Idea for Handling 14 Tons of Poop.
(Washington Post)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
21. Seattle
City Workers Tell of Unfair Treatment & Mistrust, As Government Tracks
Diversity Shortfalls (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
22. Tiny
Village Community Poised to Change Homeless Response on Kitsap Peninsula (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
23. Olympic
National Forest Wildfire Grows to 1,245 Acres (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
24. Weekend
Lightning, Wind Spread Wildfires across Washington State (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
25. Major
Wildfires in Oregon: Updates on Containment, Evacuations (Oregonian, Portland)
26. Magnitude
6.4 Earthquake Hits Alaska's Oil-Producing North Slope (Reuters)
27. What
Happened, What's Next after Airline Worker Stole Plane (Associated Press)
28. Health
Advisory: Officials Warn of Possible Outbreak in Mason Lake (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
29. Washington
State Approves Highway 3 Roundabout in Belfair (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
30. What
Are Those Big, Foam Blocks Along I-5 – Why Is WSDOT Using Them? (Olympian, WA –
Paywall Advisory)
31. Cross-Laminated
Timber – Faulty Timber Panels Raise Stakes for Promising New Oregon Market (Oregonian,
Portland)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Soon, The Most Beautiful People in the World May No Longer
Be Human
University Spells ‘Board of Trustees’ Incorrectly in Its
Diplomas for 6 Years Before It Was Spotted
Poppy Seed Bagel Causes Woman Giving Birth to Fail Drug Test
Beaches 'Spoiled': Should Rock Stacking Be Banned?
SONG OF THE DAY
Simon & Garfunkel – I Am a Rock
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