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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
A Snow Event in Two Acts (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
Op/Ed: We Need a National Rural Broadband Plan (NY Times)
Scientific Experts Say Fish Virus Poses Low Risk to Fraser
River Sockeye (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Chelan County Public Works & PUD Offer Advice in Storm
Preparations (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
Sprint Sues AT&T Over ‘5G E’ Marketing, Calling It
Deceptive & Misleading (Washington Post)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Chelan County Public Works & PUD Offer
Advice in Storm Preparations
2.
Before the Power Goes Out, Here’s What You
Should Do & Know
3.
Judge Says No to Expedited Hearing – Lawsuit
Over Willamette Basin Dams Moves Forward
4.
Liberal Democrats Formally Call for a Green New
Deal, Giving Substance to a Rallying Cry
5.
‘Green New Deal’ Rollout Creates Confusion About
Role of Nuclear Power, Fossil Fuels
6.
PG&E’s Wildfire Plan Includes More
Blackouts, More Tree Trimming & Higher Rates
7.
California’s Biggest Utilities Are Losing Their
Monopolies. Is That a Good Thing?
8.
Female Engineers Participate in Important
Conversation about Women in Science
9.
What South Africa Is Doing to Keep the Lights On
10.
Australia: Restaurant Owner Mistakenly Pays Her
Landlord’s $76,000 Power Bill
11.
Scientific Experts Say Fish Virus Poses Low Risk
to Fraser River Sockeye
12.
Nontribal Gill Net Phaseout Bill Introduced in
Washington State Legislature
13.
Study: Endangered Orcas Catch Fish Less than
Half Their Attempts
14.
Nuisance Pigeons Being Fed Birth Control at a
Vancouver SkyTrain Station
15.
Op/Ed: We Need a National Rural Broadband Plan
16.
Sprint Sues AT&T Over ‘5G E’ Marketing,
Calling It Deceptive & Misleading
17.
Google Fiber’s Secret Weapon in Its Gigabit
Comeback Has Failed
18.
Comcast’s Quiet Expansion
19.
USDA ReConnect Rural Broadband Deadlines
Extended
20.
Crypto Bear Market Threatens to Last as
Potential Token Supply Weighs
21.
Apple Compensating the Kid Who Figured Out Its
Sketchy Eavesdropping FaceTime Bug
22.
Northwest Air Quality Agencies Oppose Possible
Delay to Federal Wood Stove Compliance Rules
23.
A ‘Green New Deal’ Is Far from Reality, but
Climate Action Is Picking Up in the States
24.
Congressman Kilmer: How U-S Infrastructure Could
Soon Be Upgraded
25.
Cathy McMorris Rodgers Introduces Bill to Codify
‘Net Neutrality’ Provisions
26.
A Snow Event in Two Acts
27.
Seattle Area Could See 5 to 8 Inches of Snow in
Next Blast – Even More Later
28.
Jury Finds Hoodsport Man Guilty in Sexual
Predator Case
29.
Facing Opposition, Amazon Reconsiders NY
Headquarters Site, Two Officials Say
WORD OF THE DAY
Transpicuous • \tran-SPIK-yuh-wus\ • adjective – Clearly
seen through or understood
“I’ll raise you $1,000,” blustered the sharply-dressed card
sharp to players clustered around the dusty table in the rural bar. “I’ll take
that bet,” proclaimed the observant ten-year old opponent. “You should never
have worn those reflective sunglasses,” the youngster mused silently as he
noted the image of a very poor hand in the city-slicker’s sausage-like fingers.
“Your bluff is totally transpicuous.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Chelan County Public Works & PUD Offer
Advice in Storm Preparations (KPQ Radio, Wenatchee, WA)
2.
Before the Power Goes Out, Here’s What You
Should Do & Know (Everett Herald, WA)
3.
Judge Says No to Expedited Hearing – Lawsuit
Over Willamette Basin Dams Moves Forward (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
4.
Liberal Democrats Formally Call for a Green New
Deal, Giving Substance to a Rallying Cry (NY Times)
5.
‘Green New Deal’ Rollout Creates Confusion About
Role of Nuclear Power, Fossil Fuels (Washington Examiner)
6.
PG&E’s Wildfire Plan Includes More
Blackouts, More Tree Trimming & Higher Rates (NY Times)
7.
California’s Biggest Utilities Are Losing Their
Monopolies. Is That a Good Thing? (Los Angeles Times, CA)
8.
Female Engineers Participate in Important
Conversation about Women in Science (Bonneville Power Administration)
9.
What South Africa Is Doing to Keep the Lights On
(Bloomberg News)
10. Australia:
Restaurant Owner Mistakenly Pays Her Landlord’s $76,000 Power Bill
(News.Com.Au)
FISH & WILDLIFE
11. Scientific
Experts Say Fish Virus Poses Low Risk to Fraser River Sockeye (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
12. Nontribal
Gill Net Phaseout Bill Introduced in Washington State Legislature (Northwest
Sportsman)
13. Study:
Endangered Orcas Catch Fish Less than Half Their Attempts (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma,
WA)
14. Nuisance
Pigeons Being Fed Birth Control at a Vancouver SkyTrain Station (Victoria Times
Colonist, BC)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
15. Op/Ed:
We Need a National Rural Broadband Plan (NY Times)
16. Sprint
Sues AT&T Over ‘5G E’ Marketing, Calling It Deceptive & Misleading (Washington
Post)
17. Google
Fiber’s Secret Weapon in Its Gigabit Comeback Has Failed (C/Net News)
18. Comcast’s
Quiet Expansion (Pots & Pans)
19. USDA
ReConnect Rural Broadband Deadlines Extended (Telecompetitor)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
20. Crypto
Bear Market Threatens to Last as Potential Token Supply Weighs (Reuters)
21. Apple
Compensating the Kid Who Figured Out Its Sketchy Eavesdropping FaceTime Bug (Gizmodo)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
22. Northwest
Air Quality Agencies Oppose Possible Delay to Federal Wood Stove Compliance
Rules (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
23. A
‘Green New Deal’ Is Far from Reality, but Climate Action Is Picking Up in the
States (NY Times)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
24. Congressman
Kilmer: How U-S Infrastructure Could Soon Be Upgraded (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle,
WA)
25. Cathy
McMorris Rodgers Introduces Bill to Codify ‘Net Neutrality’ Provisions (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
26. A
Snow Event in Two Acts (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
27. Seattle
Area Could See 5 to 8 Inches of Snow in Next Blast – Even More Later (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
29. Facing
Opposition, Amazon Reconsiders NY Headquarters Site, Two Officials Say (Washington
Post)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Texas Zoo Will Name Cockroach after Your Ex, Feed It to
Meerkat on Valentine’s Day
Albert Finney, Cinema’s Original ‘Angry Young Man’, Dies
Aged 82
Special Place in Hell – Doctor Who Used Puppies to Smuggle
Drugs Gets Six Years
Seal Poop Thumb Drive Mystery (Partially) Solved as Owner
Steps Forward
SONG OF THE DAY
The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes
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