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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Forecast Calls for Busy Wildfire Season Along West Coast
(Associated Press)
Pacific Gas & Electric Seeks U.S. Court Approval for
$105 Million Fund to Help Wildfire Victims (Reuters)
Contaminants in Puget Sound Likely Affecting Salmon Needed
for Orcas (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
Alaska Will Connect to the Continental US Via a 100-Terabit
Fiber Optic Network (The Verge)
‘This Is All Optical’: Sport Fishers Slam Canada’s Chinook
Closures (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Seeks U.S. Court
Approval for $105 Million Fund to Help Wildfire Victims
2.
Cold Forces the Pacific NW to Dip More Deeply
into Energy Imbalance Market as Avista Joins
3.
Public Power Utilities Recognized in Rankings of
Best Employers
4.
Contaminants in Puget Sound Likely Affecting
Salmon Needed for Orcas
5.
‘This Is All Optical’: Sport Fishers Slam
Canada’s Chinook Closures
6.
‘Dammed to Extinction’ Sneak Preview Coming to
Port Townsend
7.
Another Protective Zone for Whales Created Off
New England
8.
Dozens of Grey Whales Washing Up Dead along
Migration Route – British Columbia Is Their Next Stop
9.
Project Could Bring Skagit PUD Water to Little
Mountain Properties
10.
California Tap Water May Increase Risk of
Cancer, Study Says
11.
Alaska Will Connect to the Continental US Via a
100-Terabit Fiber Optic Network
12.
FCC Says Revised Broadband Report Still Shows
Digital Divide Closing
13.
Does My Phone Really Have 5G? The Next Wave of
Wireless Technology Is Coming. But Not Yet.
14.
Microsoft Joins Group Seeking to Kill Off
Historic Climate Change Lawsuits
15.
‘Climate Denial’ Just Made It into the
Dictionary. Wait, What?
16.
Portland Marijuana Company Cura Cannabis Sells
for $1 Billion
17.
Marijuana Prices Have Collapsed, Forcing Growers
to Focus on Energy Efficiency
18.
Chase Got Trashed on Twitter for Promoting
Penny-Pinching. The Bank Wasn’t Wrong. It Wasn’t Right, Either.
19.
Instagram Weighs Removing Number of ‘Likes’ on
Posts
20.
Meet the Fish Leather Pioneers
21.
Forecast Calls for Busy Wildfire Season Along
West Coast
22.
Pedestrian Struck, Injured in Downtown Shelton
23.
Five Students Injured after Large Inflatable
Goes Airborne at Zillah High School ASB Event
WORD OF THE DAY
Sequacious • \suh-KWAY-shuss\ • Adjective - Intellectually
servile
Sequacious viewer
Left and right, talking heads shout
Truth is on the outs
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Seeks U.S. Court
Approval for $105 Million Fund to Help Wildfire Victims (Reuters)
2.
Cold Forces the Pacific NW to Dip More Deeply
into Energy Imbalance Market as Avista Joins (RTO Insider)
3.
Public Power Utilities Recognized in Rankings of
Best Employers (American Public Power Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
4.
Contaminants in Puget Sound Likely Affecting
Salmon Needed for Orcas (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
5.
‘This Is All Optical’: Sport Fishers Slam Canada’s
Chinook Closures (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
6.
‘Dammed to Extinction’ Sneak Preview Coming to Port
Townsend (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
7.
Another Protective Zone for Whales Created Off New
England (Associated Press)
8.
Dozens of Grey Whales Washing Up Dead along Migration
Route – British Columbia Is Their Next Stop (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
9.
Project Could Bring Skagit PUD Water to Little
Mountain Properties (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)
10. California
Tap Water May Increase Risk of Cancer, Study Says (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
11. Alaska
Will Connect to the Continental US Via a 100-Terabit Fiber Optic Network (The
Verge)
12. FCC
Says Revised Broadband Report Still Shows Digital Divide Closing (C/NET News)
13. Does
My Phone Really Have 5G? The Next Wave of Wireless Technology Is Coming. But Not
Yet. (Atlantic Magazine)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
14. Microsoft
Joins Group Seeking to Kill Off Historic Climate Change Lawsuits (The Guardian,
UK)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/01/microsoft-joins-group-seeking-to-avoid-climate-change-lawsuit
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/01/microsoft-joins-group-seeking-to-avoid-climate-change-lawsuit
15. ‘Climate
Denial’ Just Made It into the Dictionary. Wait, What? (Grist Online)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
16. Portland
Marijuana Company Cura Cannabis Sells for $1 Billion (Oregonian, Portland)
17. Marijuana
Prices Have Collapsed, Forcing Growers to Focus on Energy Efficiency (Utility
Dive)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
18. Chase
Got Trashed on Twitter for Promoting Penny-Pinching. The Bank Wasn’t Wrong. It Wasn’t
Right, Either. (Washington Post)
19. Instagram
Weighs Removing Number of ‘Likes’ on Posts (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
20. Meet
the Fish Leather Pioneers (British Broadcasting Corporation)
GENERAL NEWS
21. Forecast
Calls for Busy Wildfire Season Along West Coast (Associated Press)
22. Pedestrian
Struck, Injured in Downtown Shelton (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
23. Five
Students Injured after Large Inflatable Goes Airborne at Zillah High School ASB
Event (KNDO/KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Crash Test Dummy Failures Send Them Flying Off Roller
Coaster into Nearby Hotel
Waze App Can Tell You How to Get to Sesame Street
Former N.J. Superintendent Who Defecated on High School
Track Sues Over Release of Mugshot
Strange Buzzing in 9-Year-Old Boy’s Ear Was Actually a Tick
Embedded in His Eardrum
SONG OF THE DAY
Emerson Lake & Palmer – Show Me the Way to Go Home
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