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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
U-S Fish & Wildlife Service Seeks Public Comment on
Proposed Wind Facility in Thurston County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Seattle Public Utilities Study Says Seattle, Suburbs Would
Lose All Water Pressure after Earthquake (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Elwha Dam Removals: A River Restored? (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Federal Climate Report Suggests More Warm Years Such as 2015
Will Be a Reality for Columbia Basin (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
President Trump’s GM Threats Put Electric Vehicles at Risk
(Washington Examiner)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Seattle Public Utilities Study Says Seattle,
Suburbs Would Lose All Water Pressure after Earthquake
2.
Lights Back on in Chugiak-Eagle River after Huge
Quake Rattles Grid
3.
Canada: BC Hydro Puts Out Welcome Mat for
Bitcoin Miners – Experts Urge Caution
4.
Lewis County PUD Considers Rate Increase as Part
of 2019 Budget
5.
PG&E’s Camp Fire Liability Shouldn’t Leave
Californians in the Dark
6.
California ISO Sketches Path to Day-Ahead
Trading in Energy Imbalance Market
7.
Average U-S Electricity Customer Interruptions
Totaled Nearly 8 Hours in 2017
8.
Tennessee Valley Authority Not Moving Forward With
$111 Million Sale of Unfinished Alabama Nuclear Plant
9.
Elwha Dam Removals: A River Restored?
10.
Op/Ed: Removing Snake’s Dams Won’t Save Orca
Whales
11.
DNR Requests Millions for Salmon Recovery in
Washington State, Lewis County
12.
Court Puts Idaho Power’s Hells Canyon Water
Quality Lawsuit against EPA on Hold Until March
13.
‘Get the Balance Back’: Amid Seal & Sea Lion
Boom, Group Calls for Hunt on British Columbia Coast
14.
Freshwater Slaughter
15.
Tenth Sea Lion Confirmed to Have Been Shot &
Killed in Puget Sound
16.
U-S Fish & Wildlife Service Seeks Public
Comment on Proposed Wind Facility in Thurston County
17.
Bureau of Land Management Rejects Massive Wind
Farm along California-Nevada Border
18.
Quantifying the Benefits of Broadband
19.
A Roadmap to Better Broadband Grants
20.
President Trump’s GM Threats Put Electric
Vehicles at Risk
21.
Oregon: Putting a Charge in It – Portland
General Electric Takes Electric Avenue East
22.
California: Huge Delta Water Deal Backed by
Dianne Feinstein, Jerry Brown, Kevin Mccarthy
23.
Federal Climate Report Suggests More Warm Years
Such as 2015 Will Be a Reality for Columbia Basin
24.
Betting on a New Way to Make Concrete That
Doesn’t Pollute
25.
The Columbian to Print Two Puget Sound-Area
Newspapers – The News Tribune & the Olympian Choose to Outsource
26.
Richland Marijuana Initiative Is Not Valid, Says
City Attorney
27.
Northwest Entrepreneurs Cheer on Farm Bill
Provision to Legalize Hemp
28.
President George H.W. Bush Returns to U-S
Capitol to Lie in State
29.
Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee Is Raising
Money to Explore Presidential Run
30.
Largely Intact, Alaska Begins Rebuilding Roads
after Friday’s Earthquake
31.
What’s the Safest Way to Use a Space Heater?
WORD OF THE DAY
Cubit • \CUE-bit\ • Noun - Any of various ancient units of
length based on the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the
middle finger and usually equal to about 18 inches (46 centimeters).
“You idiot,” thundered the voice of God through the
foothills of Mount Ararat. The Creator admonished “Noah the Boatbuilder’s” in sepulchral
tones. “When I said cubits, I MEANT adult cubits,” thundered the Most High.
“Using your infant child to make the measurements makes this thing more of a
dinghy, only capable of holding perhaps twenty animals; two-by-two.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Seattle Public Utilities Study Says Seattle,
Suburbs Would Lose All Water Pressure after Earthquake (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
2.
Lights Back on in Chugiak-Eagle River after Huge
Quake Rattles Grid (Chugiak-Eagle River Star, AK)
3.
Canada: BC Hydro Puts Out Welcome Mat for
Bitcoin Miners – Experts Urge Caution (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
4.
Lewis County PUD Considers Rate Increase as Part
of 2019 Budget (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
5.
PG&E’s Camp Fire Liability Shouldn’t Leave
Californians in the Dark (Forbes Magazine)
6.
California ISO Sketches Path to Day-Ahead
Trading in Energy Imbalance Market (Utility Dive)
8.
Tennessee Valley Authority Not Moving Forward
With $111 Million Sale of Unfinished Alabama Nuclear Plant (Birmingham Business
Journal, AL)
https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2018/11/30/tva-not-moving-forward-with-111m-sale-of.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Elwha Dam Removals: A River Restored? (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma,
WA)
10. Op/Ed:
Removing Snake’s Dams Won’t Save Orca Whales (Everett Herald, WA)
11. DNR
Requests Millions for Salmon Recovery in Washington State, Lewis County (The Chronicle,
Centralia, WA)
13. ‘Get
the Balance Back’: Amid Seal & Sea Lion Boom, Group Calls for Hunt on British
Columbia Coast (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
14. Freshwater
Slaughter (Northwest Power & Conservation Council)
15. Tenth
Sea Lion Confirmed to Have Been Shot & Killed in Puget Sound (KIRO
Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
16. U-S
Fish & Wildlife Service Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Wind Facility in Thurston
County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
17. Bureau
of Land Management Rejects Massive Wind Farm along California-Nevada Border
(Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
18. Quantifying
the Benefits of Broadband (Pots & Pans)
19. A
Roadmap to Better Broadband Grants (Pots & Pans)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
20. President
Trump’s GM Threats Put Electric Vehicles at Risk (Washington Examiner)
21. Oregon:
Putting a Charge in It – Portland General Electric Takes Electric Avenue East (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
22. California:
Huge Delta Water Deal Backed by Dianne Feinstein, Jerry Brown, Kevin Mccarthy (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
23. Federal
Climate Report Suggests More Warm Years Such as 2015 Will Be a Reality for Columbia
Basin (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
24. Betting
on a New Way to Make Concrete That Doesn’t Pollute (NY Times)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
25. The
Columbian to Print Two Puget Sound-Area Newspapers – The News Tribune & the
Olympian Choose to Outsource (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
26. Richland
Marijuana Initiative Is Not Valid, Says City Attorney (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
27. Northwest
Entrepreneurs Cheer on Farm Bill Provision to Legalize Hemp (Northwest Public
Broadcasting)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
28. President
George H.W. Bush Returns to U-S Capitol to Lie in State (Associated Press)
29. Washington
State Gov. Jay Inslee Is Raising Money to Explore Presidential Run (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
30. Largely
Intact, Alaska Begins Rebuilding Roads after Friday’s Earthquake (Christian
Science Monitor)
31. What’s
the Safest Way to Use a Space Heater? (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Dutch Court Rejects Man’s Request to Be 20 Years Younger
Minnesota Church Ends 70-Year Tradition of Lutefisk Dinner
Lewis & Clark Cat Show Kicks Off in Portland With
Hundreds of Furry & Furless Felines
Couple Had to Prove New Mexico Was a State to DC Clerk Who
Thought It Was a Foreign Country
SONG OF THE DAY
James Taylor – Mexico
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