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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Congress Voting to Let More Sea Lions Be Killed to Protect
Salmon (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
High Temps Can Put Added Stress on the Power Grid (KONA
Radio, Pasco, WA)
Microsoft Wants to Add 72 Generators at Quincy Data Center
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Warmer Soil Releasing More Carbon, Worsening Climate Change
(Associated Press)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Warmer-soil-releasing-more-carbon-worsening-13123362.php
Wildfire on Harstine Island Grows to 19 Acres – 60 Percent
Contained (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
High Temps Can Put Added Stress on the Power
Grid
2.
Power Usage Hits Record Summer High in British
Columbia
3.
Homeland Security Walks Back Utility Cyber
Warnings as Southern CEO Says No Grid Emergency
4.
California’s Huge Energy Decision: Link Its Grid
to Its Neighbors, or Stay Autonomous?
5.
Phase-In Recommended for New Grant PUD “Emerging
Industries” Rate Class
6.
RiverFest 2018 - Our Rivers, Our Way of Life
7.
Puerto Rico Utility’s New Deal to Relieve About
$9 Billion of Debt
8.
Move Over, Bitcoin Bros: A Green Cryptocurrency
Is Here
9.
Congress Voting to Let More Sea Lions Be Killed
to Protect Salmon
10.
Spring Chinook Return to the Skokomish River to
Start a New Salmon Run
11.
Scientists Can’t Help Distraught Orca Holding
Dead Calf — But They Can Try to Keep It Safe
12.
Mountain Goat Relocation Beginning in September
at Olympic National Park
13.
California to Import Power From New Mexico Wind
Farm by 2020
14.
Microsoft Wants to Add 72 Generators at Quincy
Data Center
15.
Blockchain, Once Seen as a Corporate Cure-All,
Suffers a Slowdown
16.
An Alaskan Borough Turns to Typewriters &
Handwriting after Its Computers Were Hacked
17.
The Pent-up Demand for Cord Cutting
18.
‘Electrification of Everything’ Would Spike U-S Electricity
Use, but Lower Final Energy Consumption
19.
Deal Reached to Clean Land Around Three
Plutonium Reactors at Hanford
20.
Warmer Soil Releasing More Carbon, Worsening
Climate Change
21.
Raising Eyebrows in Alaska – A Carbon Tax?
22.
Facebook Is Making Its Navigation Bar a Little
More Personal
23.
North Carolina Newspaper Blames Newsprint
Tariffs for Dropping Sunday Comics
24.
State Legislators in U-S Ask Congress to
Legalize Marijuana
25.
Trump Administration Links Gas Mileage to Risk
for Drivers
26.
Wildfire on Harstine Island Grows to 19 Acres –
60 Percent Contained
27.
Statewide Emergency Declared for Washington
Wildfire Threats
28.
More Than 58,000 Acres of Crops Reported within
Substation Fire Boundary
29.
Four People Missing in Northern California
Wildfire, 16 Found Safe
30.
Mismanaged, Overcrowded Forests Provide Fuel to
Historic California Wildfires, Experts Say
31.
Body of Swimmer Found in Lost Lake
32.
Kroger May Expand Visa Credit Card Ban to More
Stores
WORD OF THE DAY
Risorgimento ● /reeze-or-jih-MENT-toe/ ● Noun – 1: often capitalized:
the 19th century movement for Italian political unity 2: a time of renewal or renaissance:
revival.
Abernathy exhaled a deep sigh. The typewriter bars,
hammering against onion-skin typing paper, wrapped around the coal black platen
seemed to suck all the tension from his rigid, body. He exulted in his ALL CAPS,
mono-spaced, neo-Luddite diatribe against electronic work processing. “NOW IS
THE TIME FOR A RISORGIMENTO FOR THE TYPEWRITER,” his prose thundered. Unaware
of the irony, he handed the letter to his secretary to scan and send as a PDF
file to all his journalist friends.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
High Temps Can Put Added Stress on the Power
Grid (KONA Radio, Pasco, WA)
2.
Power Usage Hits Record Summer High in British
Columbia (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
3.
Homeland Security Walks Back Utility Cyber
Warnings as Southern CEO Says No Grid Emergency (Utility Dive)
4.
California’s Huge Energy Decision: Link Its Grid
to Its Neighbors, or Stay Autonomous? (Vox)
5.
Phase-In Recommended for New Grant PUD “Emerging
Industries” Rate Class (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
6.
RiverFest 2018 - Our Rivers, Our Way of Life (Pasco
Chamber of Commerce, WA)
7.
Puerto Rico Utility’s New Deal to Relieve About
$9 Billion of Debt (Utility Dive)
8.
Move Over, Bitcoin Bros: A Green Cryptocurrency
Is Here (Grist Online)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Congress Voting to Let More Sea Lions Be Killed to
Protect Salmon (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
10. Spring
Chinook Return to the Skokomish River to Start a New Salmon Run (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
11. Scientists
Can’t Help Distraught Orca Holding Dead Calf — But They Can Try to Keep It Safe
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
12. Mountain
Goat Relocation Beginning in September at Olympic National Park (KBKW Radio,
Aberdeen, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
13. California
to Import Power From New Mexico Wind Farm by 2020 (Bloomberg News)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
14. Microsoft
Wants to Add 72 Generators at Quincy Data Center (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
15. Blockchain,
Once Seen as a Corporate Cure-All, Suffers a Slowdown (Los Angeles Times, CA)
16. An
Alaskan Borough Turns to Typewriters & Handwriting after Its Computers Were
Hacked (Washington Post)
17. The
Pent-up Demand for Cord Cutting (Pots & Pans)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
18. ‘Electrification
of Everything’ Would Spike U-S Electricity Use, but Lower Final Energy
Consumption (GreenTech Media)
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOT LOCKER
19. Deal
Reached to Clean Land Around Three Plutonium Reactors at Hanford (Associated
Press)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
20. Warmer
Soil Releasing More Carbon, Worsening Climate Change (Associated Press)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Warmer-soil-releasing-more-carbon-worsening-13123362.php
21. Raising
Eyebrows in Alaska – A Carbon Tax? (Politico, Morning Energy)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
22. Facebook
Is Making Its Navigation Bar a Little More Personal (The Verge)
23. North
Carolina Newspaper Blames Newsprint Tariffs for Dropping Sunday Comics (Associated
Press)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
24. State
Legislators in U-S Ask Congress to Legalize Marijuana (Associated Press)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
25. Trump
Administration Links Gas Mileage to Risk for Drivers – “…people would drive
more & be exposed to increased risk if their cars get better gas mileage…” (Sacramento
Bee, CA)
GENERAL NEWS
26. Wildfire
on Harstine Island Grows to 19 Acres – 60 Percent Contained (KMAS Radio,
Shelton, WA)
27. Statewide
Emergency Declared for Washington Wildfire Threats (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
28. More
Than 58,000 Acres of Crops Reported within Substation Fire Boundary (Oregon
Public Broadcasting)
29. Four
People Missing in Northern California Wildfire, 16 Found Safe (Reuters)
30. Mismanaged,
Overcrowded Forests Provide Fuel to Historic California Wildfires, Experts Say
(Washington Examiner)
31. Body
of Swimmer Found in Lost Lake (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
32. Kroger
May Expand Visa Credit Card Ban to More Stores (USA Today)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
New Zealand Girl Gets Sexist Road Signs Changed
British Columbia: Orca Tows Sailboat across Comox Harbor to
the Astonishment of Onlookers
Why Many Bird Seed Mixes Are Filled with Stuff Birds Won’t
Eat
Death Valley Posts Hottest Month
Ever Recorded on Earth, for the Second July in a Row
SONG OF THE DAY
Bruce Springsteen - I’m on Fire
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