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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Discussion on Lower
Snake River Dams Draws Crowd (Lewiston Tribune, ID)
The Lowland Snow
Threat (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
Seattle Tackles Multi-Dwelling
Unit Broadband (Pots & Pans)
Editorial: Let There
Be Dark! New Light Pollution Rules in Pierce County Make Good Sense (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
2019 Was the
Second-Hottest Year on Record (Gizmodo)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Discussion on Lower Snake River Dams Draws Crowd
2.
Montana Grants 65-Day Extension for Navajo-Owned
Coal Mine Near Decker
3.
California to Examine Effect of Fire-Related
Power Blackouts on Communication
4.
Washington State Dept. of Commerce Names
Advisory Committee for Development of 2021 Energy Strategy
5.
Entergy, Duke, ConEd Adding Millions of Smart
Meters – Overall Deployment is Slowing
6.
California’s 2020 Legislative Session: The
‘Wild, Wild West’ of Bills Targeting Pacific Gas & Electric
7.
Florida: If Jackson Electric Authority Had Been
Sold, $3 Billion in Value May Not Have Come in Cash
8.
Power Outage Affects Two-Thirds of Puerto Rico
After Earthquake
9.
Climate Change is Playing Havoc with Mexico’s
Monarch Butterfly Migration
10. Editorial:
Let There Be Dark! New Light Pollution Rules in Pierce County Make Good Sense
11. Nevada:
Trimming Your Power Bill – NV Energy’s Free Smart Thermostat
12. Seattle
Tackles Multi-Dwelling Unit Broadband
13. Sprint
Kills Virgin Mobile Brand, Will Move Customers to Boost Next Month
14. Why
5G Mobile Is Arriving with a Subplot of Espionage
15. 2019
Was the Second-Hottest Year on Record
16. Marijuana
Mergers – Harvest Health in Negotiations to Acquire Have a Heart For $87.5 Million
17. Legal
Pot Takes a Bite Out of Beer Consumption in Canada
18. U.S.
Army Warns Public to Ignore Fake Military Draft Notices Via Text Message
19. A
10th District Tussle: U.S. Rep. Adam Smith Backs Kristine Reeves
20. The
Lowland Snow Threat
21. Strong
Winter Storm Moving into the Inland Northwest with Heavy Snow, Difficult Travel
Conditions
22. Avalanche
at Idaho Ski Area Kills One, Buries Five Others
23. Mason
County Jail Inmate Escapes Tuesday During Court Hearing
24. Bob
Rogers Resigns from Shelton City Council
25. Moses
Lake Airport Close to Maxing Out on Boeing 737 Storage
26.
Extremely High ‘King Tides’ Will Hit Oregon
Coast
WORD OF THE DAY – HORRIBLE HAIKU EDITION
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Rapscallion, a rogue
Grabs your wallet
and he runs
When opened, moths
fly
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Discussion on Lower
Snake River Dams Draws Crowd (Lewiston Tribune, ID)
Montana Grants
65-Day Extension for Navajo-Owned Coal Mine Near Decker (Associated Press)
California to
Examine Effect of Fire-Related Power Blackouts on Communication (Associated
Press)
Washington State
Dept. of Commerce Names Advisory Committee for Development of 2021 Energy
Strategy (Washington State Department of Commerce)
Entergy, Duke, ConEd
Adding Millions of Smart Meters – Overall Deployment is Slowing (Utility Dive)
California’s 2020
Legislative Session: The ‘Wild, Wild West’ of Bills Targeting Pacific Gas &
Electric (Utility Dive)
Florida: If Jackson
Electric Authority Had Been Sold, $3 Billion in Value May Not Have Come in Cash
(Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2020/01/07/if-jea-had-been-sold-3-billion-in-value-may-not.html
https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2020/01/07/if-jea-had-been-sold-3-billion-in-value-may-not.html
Power Outage Affects
Two-Thirds of Puerto Rico After Earthquake (NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Climate Change is
Playing Havoc with Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Migration (Washington Post)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Editorial: Let There
Be Dark! New Light Pollution Rules in Pierce County Make Good Sense (News
Tribune, Tacoma, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Nevada: Trimming
Your Power Bill – NV Energy’s Free Smart Thermostat (KTVN-TV, Reno, NV)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Seattle Tackles Multi-Dwelling
Unit Broadband (Pots & Pans)
Sprint Kills Virgin
Mobile Brand, Will Move Customers to Boost Next Month (LightReading)
Why 5G Mobile Is
Arriving with a Subplot of Espionage (Bloomberg News)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
2019 Was the
Second-Hottest Year on Record (Gizmodo)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana Mergers – Harvest
Health in Negotiations to Acquire Have a Heart For $87.5 Million (The Motlley
Fool)
Legal Pot Takes a
Bite Out of Beer Consumption in Canada (Bloomberg News)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
U.S. Army Warns
Public to Ignore Fake Military Draft Notices Via Text Message (CBS News)
A 10th District Tussle:
U.S. Rep. Adam Smith Backs Kristine Reeves (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
The Lowland Snow
Threat (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
Strong Winter Storm
Moving into the Inland Northwest with Heavy Snow, Difficult Travel Conditions (KHQ
TV, Spokane, WA)
Avalanche at Idaho Ski
Area Kills One, Buries Five Others (Associated Press)
Mason County Jail
Inmate Escapes Tuesday During Court Hearing (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
Bob Rogers Resigns
from Shelton City Council (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Moses Lake Airport
Close to Maxing Out on Boeing 737 Storage (Northwest News Network)
Extremely High ‘King
Tides’ Will Hit Oregon Coast (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Man’s Pants Catch on
Fire Inside Bremerton WinCo
Nepal Elephant
Festival Scrutinized for Beauty & Bruises
After Britain Appeals
for Weirdos, Spoon Bender Uri Geller Applies
Egg-Standing Test
Goes Viral as Ring-of-Fire Eclipse Crosses Asia
SONG OF THE DAY
Heart – Even It Up
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