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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific Gas & Electric Considering Power Shutoff for
Several North California Counties Due to Fire Risk (SF Chronicle, CA)
Orcas Look Healthy, Happy Near Bainbridge Island (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, WA)
University Study Says Wind Turbines Threaten Migrating Bats
in the Pacific Northwest (Associated Press)
Whitefish Energy Still Wants to Get Paid for Work in Puerto
Rico (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
Endless Summer? Warm Fall Forecast for All 50 States (USA
Today)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Considering Power
Shutoff for Several North California Counties Due to Fire Risk
2.
Whitefish Energy Still Wants to Get Paid for
Work in Puerto Rico
3.
Keeping the Lights On: Hermiston Utilities Test
New Ways to Reduce Outages
4.
California ISO To Develop Regional Day-Ahead
Market for Renewables after Participant Push
5.
Snohomish County PUD Marks 70 Years Providing
Electricity
6.
NWPPA Honors Debbie Bone-Harris with 2019 Lacy
Peoples Award
7.
NWPPA Honors NEEA’s Eugene Rosolie with 2019 Jim
Brands Award
8.
Rockaway Beach Community Preparedness Fair Was
Huge Success
9.
Editorial: Would Breaching Dams Ruin the
Tri-Cities Cruise Industry? We Should Know More
10.
Thieves Steal Copper Wiring from Light Poles at
Edmonds School District Stadium
11.
Orcas Look Healthy, Happy Near Bainbridge Island
12.
The Relationship between Vessel Traffic &
Noise Levels Received by Killer Whales
13.
The Puyallup Is the Second Most Polluted River
in the Puget Sound Area. Salmon Runs at Stake
14.
Final Impact Statement on Marbled Murrelet Plan
Issued
15.
Trained Birds of Prey Scare Pesky Birds Away
from Washington State Orchards & Landfills
16.
Invasive Species – Calif. Rep to Bring Dead
Giant Swamp Rat to Congress
17.
Sewage Spill Closes Part of Duwamish River to
Fishing
18.
More Rainfall, More Poop Problems for Ocean
Waters Off Oregon
19.
Bottled Water Offered to North Bend Area After
E. Coli Found
20.
University Study Says Wind Turbines Threaten
Migrating Bats in the Pacific Northwest
21.
Nisqually Tribe Gets $50,000 to Study Possible
Broadband Network for Yelm, Roy & McKenna
22.
Can a New Space Race Connect the World to the
Internet?
23.
Comcast Promised Not to Raise Prices—Guess What
Happened Next
24.
Farms Need Broadband Today
25.
YouTube Security Warning for 23 Million Creators
as ‘Massive’ Hack Attack Confirmed
26.
Notoriously Proactive Twitter Finally Gets
Around to Banning Outright Scams
27.
Beep. Ding. Vroom. Electric Cars Need to Make
Noise for Safety, But What Kind?
28.
How Restoring Old-Growth Forest in Washington
State Could Help Fight Climate Change
29.
Local Weather Forecasters Have Become the Unsung
Heroes of the Climate Crisis
30.
Facebook Suspends Tens of Thousands of Apps Over
Data Privacy
31.
These Jeans Use Optical Science to Contour Your
Backside
32.
Signature Companies Sue Washington State
Initiative Sponsors Over Payments
33.
Endless Summer? Warm Fall Forecast for All 50
States
34.
Fall Kicks Off with Warm Temperatures in
Portland. Meteorologists Say There’s More in Store
35.
Northwest Grocery Worker Union Calls for Fred
Meyer Boycott
36.
Puyallup Has Paid More to Attorneys Defending
Its Homeless Laws Than to Service Providers
37.
Travel Tribulations – Thomas Cook Customers to
Fly Home after Firm Collapses
WORD OF THE DAY
Disport • \dih-SPORT\ • - To play or amuse
The sea otters were the clowns of the aquatic show; leaping
& disporting themselves before the slack-jawed audience as they waited for
their treats…the sea otters, that is.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Considering Power
Shutoff for Several North California Counties Due to Fire Risk (SF Chronicle,
CA)
2.
Whitefish Energy Still Wants to Get Paid for Work
in Puerto Rico (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
3.
Keeping the Lights On: Hermiston Utilities Test
New Ways to Reduce Outages (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
4.
California ISO To Develop Regional Day-Ahead
Market for Renewables after Participant Push (Utility Dive)
5.
Snohomish County PUD Marks 70 Years Providing
Electricity (Everett Herald, WA)
6.
NWPPA Honors Debbie Bone-Harris with 2019 Lacy
Peoples Award (Northwest Public Power Association)
7.
NWPPA Honors NEEA’s Eugene Rosolie with 2019 Jim
Brands Award (Northwest Public Power Association)
8.
Rockaway Beach Community Preparedness Fair Was
Huge Success (Tillamook County Pioneer, OR)
9.
Editorial: Would Breaching Dams Ruin the Tri-Cities
Cruise Industry? We Should Know More (Tri-City Herald, WA)
10. Thieves
Steal Copper Wiring from Light Poles at Edmonds School District Stadium (KING
TV, Seattle, WA)
FISH & WILDLIFE
11. Orcas
Look Healthy, Happy Near Bainbridge Island (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
12. The
Relationship between Vessel Traffic & Noise Levels Received by Killer
Whales (Plos|One)
13. The
Puyallup Is the Second Most Polluted River in the Puget Sound Area. Salmon Runs
at Stake (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
14. Final
Impact Statement on Marbled Murrelet Plan Issued (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
15. Trained
Birds of Prey Scare Pesky Birds Away from Washington State Orchards &
Landfills (Crosscut Seattle)
16. Invasive
Species – Calif. Rep to Bring Dead Giant Swamp Rat to Congress (SF Chronicle, CA)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
17. Sewage
Spill Closes Part of Duwamish River to Fishing (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)
18. More
Rainfall, More Poop Problems for Ocean Waters Off Oregon (Oregon Public
Broadcasting)
19. Bottled
Water Offered to North Bend Area After E. Coli Found (Associated Press)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
20. University
Study Says Wind Turbines Threaten Migrating Bats in the Pacific Northwest (Associated
Press)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
21. Nisqually
Tribe Gets $50,000 to Study Possible Broadband Network for Yelm, Roy &
McKenna (Nisqually Valley News, Yelm, WA)
22. Can
a New Space Race Connect the World to the Internet? (Associated Press)
23. Comcast
Promised Not to Raise Prices—Guess What Happened Next (Ars Technica)
24. Farms
Need Broadband Today (Pots & Pans)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
25. YouTube
Security Warning for 23 Million Creators as ‘Massive’ Hack Attack Confirmed (Forbes
Magazine)
26. Notoriously
Proactive Twitter Finally Gets Around to Banning Outright Scams (Mashable)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
27. Beep.
Ding. Vroom. Electric Cars Need to Make Noise for Safety, But What Kind? (NY
Times)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
28. How
Restoring Old-Growth Forest in Washington State Could Help Fight Climate Change
(Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
29. Local
Weather Forecasters Have Become the Unsung Heroes of the Climate Crisis (Grist
Online)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
30. Facebook
Suspends Tens of Thousands of Apps Over Data Privacy (Courthouse News Service)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
31. These
Jeans Use Optical Science to Contour Your Backside (The Business Journals)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
32. Signature
Companies Sue Washington State Initiative Sponsors Over Payments (Associated
Press)
GENERAL NEWS
33. Endless
Summer? Warm Fall Forecast for All 50 States (USA Today)
34. Fall
Kicks Off with Warm Temperatures in Portland. Meteorologists Say There’s More in
Store (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
35. Northwest
Grocery Worker Union Calls for Fred Meyer Boycott (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
36. Puyallup
Has Paid More to Attorneys Defending Its Homeless Laws Than to Service
Providers (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
https://www-1.thenewstribune.com/news/local/community/puyallup-herald/ph-news/article234892647.html?
37. Travel
Tribulations – Thomas Cook Customers to Fly Home after Firm Collapses (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Woman Runs Own Half Marathon After Mix-Up with UK Race
50 Years Later, The Archies’ ‘Sugar, Sugar’ Is Still ‘Really
Sweet’
Area 51 Festival Wraps Up in Nevada; Earthlings Head Home
A College Football Fan’s Sign Asking for Beer Money Raised
More Than $1 Million. He’s Giving It to Charity
SONG OF THE DAY
The Archies – Sugar Sugar
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