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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
First of Six Weather Systems Rolls into Seattle Area; At
Least a Week of Rain Ahead (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Northwest Indigenous Leaders Call for Removal Of 3 Lower
Columbia River Dams (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
What Will the Next Heavy Winds Bring? Assessing California’s
Massive Power Shutdown (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
City of Sequim, Clallam PUD Partner on Electric Vehicle
Charging Station (Sequim Gazette, WA)
Hawaii: Protesters Blocking Wind Turbine Installation Remain
Overnight at Kahuku Site (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, HI)
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/10/15/breaking-news/protesters-blocking-wind-turbine-installation-remain-overnight-at-kahuku-project-site/
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/10/15/breaking-news/protesters-blocking-wind-turbine-installation-remain-overnight-at-kahuku-project-site/
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
What Will the Next Heavy Winds Bring? Assessing
California’s Massive Power Shutdown
2.
Activists Knock PacifiCorp, NW Natural on Clean
Energy
3.
Rick Perry to Tout Small Nuclear Reactors in
Europe
4.
Arizona: Power Shutoffs Allowed Again as Weather
Cools; Clock Ticking for Customers to Pay Late Bills
5.
Newfoundland, Canada: Can You Guess What
Products Are Selling Like Hotcakes as Muskrat Falls Hydropower Looms? Heat
Pumps
6.
White House Sends Senate Formal Nomination for
Fourth FERC Member
7.
Northwest Indigenous Leaders Call for Removal Of
3 Lower Columbia River Dams
8.
Canada: Federal Liberal’s Salmon-Farm Phase-Out
Seen as Putting British Columbia Jobs at Risk
9.
Hawaii: Protesters Blocking Wind Turbine
Installation Remain Overnight at Kahuku Site
10.
America’s ‘Green Economy’ Is Now Worth $1.3
Trillion
11.
Farm Access to Broadband – Moving from DSL to
Satellite
12.
Five Tips for Keeping It Together as a Digital
Nomad
13.
City of Sequim, Clallam PUD Partner on Electric
Vehicle Charging Station
14.
China Beats U.S. 8-1 When It Comes to Charging
Electric Cars
15.
Electric Revolution: As Electric Vehicle Demand
Increases, Can Utilities & Cities Keep Up?
16.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Winners
Showcase Stunning Scenes from Nature
17.
Farm, Renewable Fuel Groups Angered by EPA Plan
to Boost Ethanol, Biodiesel Market
18.
Still Plenty of Questions as State Mulls
Replacement for Gas Tax
19.
The Ballot’s in the Mail – Voters, Get Out Your
Pens. Ballots Are Coming This Week.
20.
First of Six Weather Systems Rolls into Seattle
Area; At Least a Week of Rain Ahead
21.
Scientists Discover Big Storms Can Create
‘Stormquakes’
22.
British Holidaymakers ‘Traumatized’ After Arrest
at U.S. Border in Washington State
23.
Washington’s Effort to Make Daylight Saving Time
Year-Round Still Falling Short
24.
Mariners Now Stand Alone – The Only MLB Team
Never to Reach World Series
WORD OF THE DAY
Nee • \NAY\ • adjective – 1. Originally or formerly called
2. Used to identify a woman by her maiden family name
The debonair actor Cary Grant, née Archibald Alexander Leach
was an Alfred Hitchcock favorite.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
What Will the Next Heavy Winds Bring? Assessing
California’s Massive Power Shutdown (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)
2.
Activists Knock PacifiCorp, NW Natural on Clean
Energy (Portland Business Journal, OR)
3.
Rick Perry to Tout Small Nuclear Reactors in
Europe (Washington Examiner, Daily on Energy)
4.
Arizona: Power Shutoffs Allowed Again as Weather
Cools; Clock Ticking for Customers to Pay Late Bills (Arizona Republic, Phoenix,
AZ)
5.
Newfoundland, Canada: Can You Guess What
Products Are Selling Like Hotcakes as Muskrat Falls Hydropower Looms? Heat Pumps
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/heat-pump-sales-newfoundland-labrador-1.5321181
6.
White House Sends Senate Formal Nomination for
Fourth FERC Member (S&P Global, Platts)
FISH & WILDLIFE
7.
Northwest Indigenous Leaders Call for Removal Of
3 Lower Columbia River Dams (KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA)
8.
Canada: Federal Liberal’s Salmon-Farm Phase-Out
Seen as Putting British Columbia Jobs at Risk (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
9.
Hawaii: Protesters Blocking Wind Turbine
Installation Remain Overnight at Kahuku Site (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, HI)
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/10/15/breaking-news/protesters-blocking-wind-turbine-installation-remain-overnight-at-kahuku-project-site/
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/10/15/breaking-news/protesters-blocking-wind-turbine-installation-remain-overnight-at-kahuku-project-site/
10. America’s
‘Green Economy’ Is Now Worth $1.3 Trillion (Bloomberg News)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-15/america-s-green-economy-is-now-worth-1-4-trillion
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
11. Farm
Access to Broadband – Moving from DSL to Satellite (Pots & Pans)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
12. Five
Tips for Keeping It Together as a Digital Nomad (NY Times)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
13. City
of Sequim, Clallam PUD Partner on Electric Vehicle Charging Station (Sequim
Gazette, WA)
14. China
Beats U.S. 8-1 When It Comes to Charging Electric Cars (Bloomberg News)
15. Electric
Revolution: As Electric Vehicle Demand Increases, Can Utilities & Cities
Keep Up? (Utility Dive)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
16. Wildlife
Photographer of the Year Winners Showcase Stunning Scenes from Nature (CNN
Travel)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
17. Farm,
Renewable Fuel Groups Angered by EPA Plan to Boost Ethanol, Biodiesel Market (USA
Today)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
18. Still
Plenty of Questions as State Mulls Replacement for Gas Tax (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle,
WA)
19. The
Ballot’s in the Mail – Voters, Get Out Your Pens. Ballots Are Coming This Week.
(Everett Herald, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
20. First
of Six Weather Systems Rolls into Seattle Area; At Least a Week of Rain Ahead (Seattle
Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
21. Scientists
Discover Big Storms Can Create ‘Stormquakes’ (KIRO Broadcasting, Seattle, WA)
22. British
Holidaymakers ‘Traumatized’ After Arrest at U.S. Border in Washington State (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
24. Mariners
Now Stand Alone – The Only MLB Team Never to Reach World Series (Seattle Times,
WA – Paywall Advisory)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Bainbridge Island: Elementary School’s Halloween Parade
Canceled in the Name of Inclusiveness
Oxford University Probes ‘Sale’ of Ancient Bible Fragments
Lay’s Launches Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup Chips
Air Canada Drops ‘Ladies & Gentlemen’ for Gender Neutral
Greetings
SONG OF THE DAY
Gordon Lightfoot - Early Morning Rain
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