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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
President’s Day Weekend – Cold & Snow (Cliff Mass
Weather Blog)
Washington State House Passes Tougher Greenhouse Gas
Emissions Targets (Associated Press)
Washington State Senate Approves Sweeping Bill to Expand
Rural Broadband Access (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Two Utilities Offering About $10 Billion Each to Buy Santee
Cooper (Charleston Post & Courier, SC)
Op/Ed: Should The New Luddites Stall Crucial Infrastructure
Investment? (Washington Examiner)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Two Utilities Offering About $10 Billion Each to Buy Santee Cooper
- Scammers Target Bridgeport Area over Fake Douglas PUD Bills
- Business Briefs: Jefferson PUD Passes Audit
- Man Upset over Utility Bills Accused of Trying to Suffocate Roommate with Plastic Wrap
- Blockchain Could Change Everything for Energy
- Meeting Changes, Seizing Opportunities: Public Power Moves Forward
- Infographic: Balloon Outages Spike on Valentine’s Day
- Wild Fish Conservancy Says Escaped Atlantic Salmon Were Infected with Contagious Virus
- Independent Science Panel Reviews Upper Columbia River Spring Chinook Recovery Efforts
- FERC Moves to Help Solar, Wind Power by Removing Barrier to Energy Storage
- Alaska: Could Biomass Be the Future of Energy in Juneau?
- How Solar Owners’ Post-Hurricane Demand for Batteries Could Impact Utilities
- Washington State Senate Approves Sweeping Bill to Expand Rural Broadband Access
- Electric Co-ops & Expanded Rural Broadband Access
- CenturyLink Gains Broadband Momentum with Higher Speeds – 90K Losses Reflect Cable Pressure
- Agency Head Ajit Pai Is Reportedly Being Investigated by the FCC’s Inspector General
- Siri, Already Bumbling, Just Got Less Intelligent on the Homepod
- Judge Orders Trump’s Energy Agency to Implement Climate-Change Rules for Appliances
- NOAA: Three Month Climate Outlook for Columbia River Basin Shows All of Oregon ‘Abnormally Dry’
- Washington State House Passes Tougher Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets
- Russian Troll Farm, 13 Suspects Indicted for Interference in U-S Election
- What Marketers Can Learn From the Most Effective Russian Ads of the 2016 Election
- The White House Flouts the First Rule of Crisis Communications: Get the Facts Out Fast
- Snapchat CEO Is Totally Chill About How You Hate the Redesign
- Advertisers Must Keep Up With Cord-Cutters or Else Brands Risk Creating ‘Lost Generation’
- Oregon Hemp Program Expansion Proposed
- How We Pollute the Air Every Morning – Before We Hop in the Car
- Op/Ed: Should the New Luddites Stall Crucial Infrastructure Investment?
- President’s Day Weekend – Cold & Snow
- Columbia River Gorge: Teen Accused of Setting Eagle Creek Fire Pleads Guilty
- No Evidence of Victims or Shooter after Reports of Gunfire at Highline College
- Mason County School Incidents Reported Thursday
- Contractor Completes Port of Grapeview Boat Ramp — Gangway, Boarding Float Project Underway
- Norpac Draws Ire of Publishing Industry over Paper Tariffs
Fusty • \FUSS-tee\ • Adjective - 1: saturated with dust
& stale odors: musty 2: rigidly old-fashioned or reactionary
The stone doorway grated open, its progress sounding like
the wailing of the lost souls of the slaves entrapped with the dead and
mummified Pharaoh in the fusty, forgotten corner of Egypt’s Valley of the
Kings. “Nothing WORSE than the smell of ‘mummy meat’ in the morning,” opined
the sweaty, odiferous, and grimy amateur archeologist to his equally fragrant
colleagues.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Two Utilities Offering About $10 Billion Each to Buy Santee
Cooper (Charleston Post & Courier, SC)
Scammers Target Bridgeport Area over Fake Douglas PUD Bills
(KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Business Briefs: Jefferson PUD Passes Audit (Peninsula Daily
News, Port Angeles, Wa)
Man Upset over Utility Bills Accused of Trying to Suffocate
Roommate with Plastic Wrap (Oregonian, Portland)
Blockchain Could Change Everything for Energy (Renewable
Energy World)
Meeting Changes, Seizing Opportunities: Public Power Moves
Forward (American Public Power Association)
Infographic: Balloon Outages Spike on Valentine’s Day
(Pacific Gas & Electric Currents)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Wild Fish Conservancy Says Escaped Atlantic Salmon Were
Infected with Contagious Virus (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
Independent Science Panel Reviews Upper Columbia River
Spring Chinook Recovery Efforts (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
FERC Moves to Help Solar, Wind Power by Removing Barrier to
Energy Storage (Washington Examiner)
Alaska: Could Biomass Be the Future of Energy in Juneau?
(Juneau Empire)
How Solar Owners’ Post-Hurricane Demand for Batteries Could
Impact Utilities (Utility Dive)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Washington State Senate Approves Sweeping Bill to Expand
Rural Broadband Access (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Electric Co-ops & Expanded Rural Broadband Access
(National Electric Cooperative Association)
CenturyLink Gains Broadband Momentum with Higher Speeds – 90K
Losses Reflect Cable Pressure (Fierce Telecom)
Agency Head Ajit Pai Is Reportedly Being Investigated by the
FCC’s Inspector General (Gizmodo)
Siri, Already Bumbling, Just Got Less Intelligent on the Homepod
(Washington Post)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Judge Orders Trump’s Energy Agency to Implement
Climate-Change Rules for Appliances (SF Chronicle)
WATER, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE
NOAA: Three Month Climate Outlook for Columbia River Basin
Shows All of Oregon ‘Abnormally Dry’ (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Washington State House Passes Tougher Greenhouse Gas
Emissions Targets (Associated Press)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
Russian Troll Farm, 13 Suspects Indicted for Interference in
U-S Election (Washington Post)
What Marketers Can Learn From the Most Effective Russian Ads
of the 2016 Election (AdWeek)
The White House Flouts the First Rule of Crisis
Communications: Get the Facts Out Fast (NY Times)
Snapchat CEO Is Totally Chill About How You Hate the
Redesign (Gizmodo)
Advertisers Must Keep Up With Cord-Cutters or Else Brands
Risk Creating ‘Lost Generation’ (AdWeek)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Oregon Hemp Program Expansion Proposed (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
How We Pollute the Air Every Morning – Before We Hop in the
Car (NY Times)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Op/Ed: Should the New Luddites Stall Crucial Infrastructure
Investment? (Washington Examiner)
GENERAL NEWS
President’s Day Weekend – Cold & Snow (Cliff Mass
Weather Blog)
Columbia River Gorge: Teen Accused of Setting Eagle Creek Fire
Pleads Guilty (Oregonian, Portland)
No Evidence of Victims or Shooter after Reports of Gunfire at
Highline College (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
Mason County School Incidents Reported Thursday (Mason Web
TV, Shelton, WA)
Contractor Completes Port of Grapeview Boat Ramp — Gangway,
Boarding Float Project Underway (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Norpac Draws Ire of Publishing Industry over Paper Tariffs (Longview
Daily News, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Cheerleader Ejected For Heckling During Arizona’s Victory at
Arizona State
Fake Research Paper Based on Star Trek: Voyager’s Worst
Episode Was Published by a Scientific Journal
Apple Employees Keep Walking into the Glass Walls of the New
‘Spaceship Campus’
Determined Woman Accompanies Bags into X-Ray Machine
SONG OF THE DAY
Annie Lennox – Walking on Broken Glass
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