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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Low Chum Salmon Numbers Means Early Closure Along Whatcom
Creek (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)
Pacific Gas & Electric Shut Off Power to Far Fewer Than
Anticipated – Restoration Has Already Begun (Los Angeles Times, CA)
Legalizing Marijuana in U.S. Takes First Step as House
Advances Bill to Remove Pot from Controlled Substances Act (Aberdeen Daily
World, WA)
Gore Kicking Off 24 Hours of Climate Talks Around the World
(Associated Press)
Attorneys Give Closing Arguments in Case Where Belfair Man
Shot Intruder in Shower (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Shut Off Power to Far
Fewer Than Anticipated – Restoration Has Already Begun
2.
Lafayette Asks California to Require Pacific Gas
& Electric to Pay Back City for Power Shutoff Costs
3.
Jefferson County PUD Meter Opt-Out to Be
Reworded
4.
Klickitat PUD Commissioners Say No Rate Increase
5.
BPA’s Mainzer Presents Administrator’s Coin to
APPA CEO Kelly
6.
Santee Cooper OKs Plan to Improve; Will Stay
Secret for Now
7.
Santa Rosa, California, Adopts Electric-Only
Mandate
8.
Low Chum Salmon Numbers Means Early Closure
Along Whatcom Creek
9.
Laser Protects Young Salmon from Birds
10.
Marbled Murrelet Strategy Criticized for Impact
on Rural Areas
11.
Bass Creep: Could Smallmouth Threaten the
Yellowstone River’s Iconic Trout?
12.
Wind Generation Project Southwest of Lompoc
Approved by Santa Barbara County Planners
13.
Cell & Internet Companies Grilled Over
Pacific Gas & Electric Outage Failures
14.
House Energy & Commerce Committee OKs
Broadband Bills
15.
Many Rural Americans Still Lacking Broadband
Access
16.
Thousands of Disney Plus Accounts Were Hacked
& Sold Online for as Little as $3
17.
Macy’s Data Breach Left Customer Information
Exposed in October
18.
British Columbia’s Hybrid-Electric Ferries Are
on Their Way to Vancouver Island
19.
Gore Kicking Off 24 Hours of Climate Talks
Around the World
20.
Rupert Murdoch Says ‘There Are No Climate Change
Deniers Around’ News Corp
21.
Legalizing Marijuana in U.S. Takes First Step as
House Advances Bill to Remove Pot from Controlled Substances Act
22.
Legal Hemp, CBD Stir More Farmers to Grow
Unfamiliar Crop
23.
1942: Hemp for Victory
24.
Google to Restrict Political Adverts Worldwide
25.
How the Collapse of Local News Is Causing a
‘National Crisis’
26.
Russia Passes Bill Targeting Bloggers &
Journalists
27.
Forecast Shows Uptick in Washington State
Government Revenue
28.
Attorneys Give Closing Arguments in Case Where
Belfair Man Shot Intruder in Shower
29.
The Northwest Will Go Cold Turkey, But What
About Snow?
30.
Chinook, Cayuse Passes to Close Thursday for
Winter
31.
Jury in Oregon Sides with Counties in Timber
Revenue Lawsuit
32.
King County Council Approves $100,000 to Bus
Homeless Out of the County
33.
Beloved KOMO Weathercaster Steve Pool to Retire
WORD OF THE DAY
Tu Quoque • \TOO-KWOH-kwee\ • noun - A retort charging an
adversary with being or doing what he or she criticizes in others.
“Golly,” exclaimed the fresh-faced liberal arts college
student, “writing these environmentalist pamphlets to educate our brethren
about the dangers of wood-fired power plants is almost Thoreauesque!” The
subtle tu quoque of the wool-clad group was lost on the assembly as they
huddled close to the crackling, open-hearth wood fire in their off-grid house.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Shut Off Power to Far
Fewer Than Anticipated – Restoration Has Already Begun (Los Angeles Times, CA)
2.
Lafayette Asks California to Require Pacific Gas
& Electric to Pay Back City for Power Shutoff Costs (San Jose Mercury News,
CA)
3.
Jefferson County PUD Meter Opt-Out to Be
Reworded (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
4.
Klickitat PUD Commissioners Say No Rate Increase
(Goldendale Sentinel, WA)
5.
BPA’s Mainzer Presents Administrator’s Coin to APPA
CEO Kelly (Bonneville Power Administration)
6.
Santee Cooper OKs Plan to Improve; Will Stay
Secret for Now – The South Carolina’s state-owned utility have approved a plan
to convince lawmakers they shouldn’t be sold. (Associated Press)
7.
Santa Rosa, California, Adopts Electric-Only
Mandate (Bloomberg News)
FISH & WILDLIFE
8.
Low Chum Salmon Numbers Means Early Closure
Along Whatcom Creek (KOMO TV, Seattle, WA)
9.
Laser Protects Young Salmon from Birds (My
Columbia Basin, Pendleton, OR)
10.
Marbled Murrelet Strategy Criticized for Impact on
Rural Areas (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
11.
Bass Creep: Could Smallmouth Threaten the Yellowstone
River’s Iconic Trout? (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12.
Wind Generation Project Southwest of Lompoc Approved
by Santa Barbara County Planners (Lompoc Record, CA)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
13.
Cell & Internet Companies Grilled Over Pacific
Gas & Electric Outage Failures (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
14.
House Energy & Commerce Committee OKs
Broadband Bills (Multichannel News)
15.
Many Rural Americans Still Lacking Broadband
Access (Tech Republic)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
16.
Thousands of Disney Plus Accounts Were Hacked &
Sold Online for as Little as $3 (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
17.
Macy’s Data Breach Left Customer Information
Exposed in October (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
18.
British Columbia’s Hybrid-Electric Ferries Are on
Their Way to Vancouver Island (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
19.
Gore Kicking Off 24 Hours of Climate Talks
Around the World (Associated Press)
20.
Rupert Murdoch Says ‘There Are No Climate Change
Deniers Around’ News Corp (The Guardian, UK)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
21.
Legalizing Marijuana in U.S. Takes First Step as
House Advances Bill to Remove Pot from Controlled Substances Act (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
22.
Legal Hemp, CBD Stir More Farmers to Grow Unfamiliar
Crop (Associated Press)
23.
1942: Hemp for Victory (U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Office of Public Affairs)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
24.
Google to Restrict Political Adverts Worldwide (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
25.
How the Collapse of Local News Is Causing a ‘National
Crisis’ (NY Times)
26.
Russia Passes Bill Targeting Bloggers & Journalists
(Associated Press)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
27.
Forecast Shows Uptick in Washington State Government
Revenue (Associated Press)
GENERAL NEWS
28.
Attorneys Give Closing Arguments in Case Where Belfair
Man Shot Intruder in Shower (Olympian, WA – Paywall Advisory)
29.
The Northwest Will Go Cold Turkey, But What
About Snow? (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
30.
Chinook, Cayuse Passes to Close Thursday for Winter
(KING TV, Seattle, WA)
31.
Jury in Oregon Sides with Counties in Timber
Revenue Lawsuit (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
32.
King County Council Approves $100,000 to Bus
Homeless Out of the County (KING TV, Seattle, WA)
33.
Beloved KOMO Weathercaster Steve Pool to Retire
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Hand Dryers Suck in Fecal Bacteria & Blow It All Over
Your Hands, Study Finds
Owner reunited with cat found 1,200 miles from Portland home
Infant Skeletons Wearing ‘Helmets’ Made of Other Children’s
Skulls Stun Archaeologists
Astronomers Believe We Could Be in for a Rare Meteor Storm
SONG OF THE DAY
Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (The
Danish National Symphony Orchestra)
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