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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
After 14-Year Search Scientists Think They Have Found a New
Type of Killer Whale Off Coast of Chile (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
Bill Would Rewrite Oregon’s 90-Year-Old Dam Safety Rules
(Oregonian, Portland)
Washington State House, Senate Pass Help for Orcas
(Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Bureau of Reclamation Predicts Healthy Water Supply in
Yakima Basin This Year (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
America’s Light Bulb Revolution (NY Times)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Bill Would Rewrite Oregon’s 90-Year-Old Dam
Safety Rules
2.
Oroville Dam: Trump Administration Denies
California Repair Funds
3.
Navigation Locks on Columbia/Snake Rivers Closed
This Month for Annual Maintenance
4.
Power Slowly Comes Back to Douglas County
5.
Idaho Governor Appoints New Member to Northwest
Power & Conservation Council
6.
Bankrupt California Utility, Pacific Gas &
Electric Wants to Give $235 Million in Bonuses
7.
New U-S Power Plants Expected to be Mostly
Natural Gas Combined-Cycle & Solar PV
8.
Brattle: Electrification Could Drive $600
Billion in Transmission Spending by 2050
9.
Electric Cooperatives Provide Economic Boost New
Report Says
10.
Venezuela Hit by Major Blackout, Government
Blames ‘Sabotage’
11.
Electrical Common Electrical Safety Problems,
& How to Solve Them
12.
After 14-Year Search Scientists Think They Have
Found a New Type of Killer Whale Off Coast of Chile
13.
Washington State House, Senate Pass Help for
Orcas
14.
Wildlife Biologist: What’s Actually Decimating
Orcas in Puget Sound?
15.
Sea Lion Abundance at Bonneville Dam Below
10-Year Average; Mostly Stellers
16.
Video of British Columbia Fisherman Throwing
Explosive into Crowd of Sea Lions Sparks Controversy
17.
A Trump Official Said Seismic Air Gun Tests
Don’t Hurt Whales. So, a Congressman Blasted Him with an Air Horn.
18.
Bite-Sized Solar Investment Coming to Snohomish
County
19.
America’s Light Bulb Revolution
20.
Washington State Senate Unanimously Votes to
Create Broadband Office
21.
Clallam County Planning Commission Urged to
Prohibit 5G
22.
Jefferson PUD Plans Internet Questionnaire:
Survey Part of Strategy to Expand Broadband
23.
FCC ‘Looking Into’ Reported Error that Threw
Broadband Deployment Numbers Off by Millions
24.
Incentives for Electric Car Buyers? Yes, in
Oregon, Maybe in Washington State
25.
Alabama: Gas Tax Bill Adding Fees for Electric,
Hybrid Vehicles
26.
Bureau of Reclamation Predicts Healthy Water
Supply in Yakima Basin This Year
27.
Health Advisory Lifted for Historically Polluted
Bremerton Stream
28.
Here’s How Facebook Plans to Act Against
Anti-Vaccine Content
29.
Tim Cook Subtly Shades Trump by Changing His
Name on Twitter
30.
(Posted Last Night) Last Chance for Lowland Snow
for the Winter
31.
Four Washington State Companies Accused of
Scamming Seniors in Tech-Support Schemes
32.
2019 Is Shaping Up to Be the Worst Year for
Measles Since 1992, CDC Data Show
33.
Construction for Mason General Hospital’s New
Mason Clinic is Well Underway
34.
Daylight Saving Time Starts This Weekend. Why Do
We Spring Forward?
WORD OF THE DAY
Congruous • \KAHNG-groo-us\ • adjective - 1*a: being in
agreement, harmony, or correspondence b: conforming to the circumstances or
requirements of a situation: appropriate 2: marked or enhanced by harmonious
agreement among constituent elements
The bleary-eyed reviewer slowly turned his gaze from what
appeared to be a concerted letter-writing campaign by a certain candy cane
company which had been trying to keep its confections in the hands of
department store Santas. “The congruous nature of these letters is astounding,”
he sighed. “They’re exactly the same, tout the benefits of high fructose corn
syrup for children, and are all return addressed to the north pole.”
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Bill Would Rewrite Oregon’s 90-Year-Old Dam
Safety Rules (Oregonian, Portland)
2.
Oroville Dam: Trump Administration Denies
California Repair Funds (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
3.
Navigation Locks on Columbia/Snake Rivers Closed
This Month for Annual Maintenance (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
4.
Power Slowly Comes Back to Douglas County
(KOIN-TV, Portland, OR)
5.
Idaho Governor Appoints New Member to Northwest
Power & Conservation Council (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
6.
Bankrupt California Utility, Pacific Gas & Electric
Wants to Give $235 Million in Bonuses (Associated Press)
7.
New U-S Power Plants Expected to be Mostly
Natural Gas Combined-Cycle & Solar PV (U-S Energy Information
Administration)
8.
Brattle: Electrification Could Drive $600 Billion
in Transmission Spending by 2050 (Utility Dive)
9.
Electric Cooperatives Provide Economic Boost New
Report Says (Daily Energy Insider)
10. Venezuela
Hit by Major Blackout, Government Blames ‘Sabotage’ (Reuters)
11. Electrical
Common Electrical Safety Problems, & How to Solve Them (NY Times)
FISH & WILDLIFE
12. After
14-Year Search Scientists Think They Have Found a New Type of Killer Whale Off Coast
of Chile (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall Advisory)
13. Washington
State House, Senate Pass Help for Orcas (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
14. Wildlife
Biologist: What’s Actually Decimating Orcas in Puget Sound? (Walla Walla Union
Bulletin, WA)
15. Sea
Lion Abundance at Bonneville Dam Below 10-Year Average; Mostly Stellers
(Columbia Basin Bulletin)
16. Video
of British Columbia Fisherman Throwing Explosive into Crowd of Sea Lions Sparks
Controversy (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
17. A
Trump Official Said Seismic Air Gun Tests Don’t Hurt Whales. So, a Congressman
Blasted Him with an Air Horn. (Washington Post)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
18. Bite-Sized
Solar Investment Coming to Snohomish County (Everett Herald, WA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
19. America’s
Light Bulb Revolution (NY Times)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
20. Washington
State Senate Unanimously Votes to Create Broadband Office (Columbia Basin
Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
21. Clallam
County Planning Commission Urged to Prohibit 5G (Peninsula Daily News, Port
Angeles, WA)
22. Jefferson
PUD Plans Internet Questionnaire: Survey Part of Strategy to Expand Broadband
(Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
23. FCC
‘Looking Into’ Reported Error that Threw Broadband Deployment Numbers Off by
Millions (TechCrunch)
I SING THE CAR ELECTRIC
24. Incentives
for Electric Car Buyers? Yes, in Oregon, Maybe in Washington State (Northwest
Public Broadcasting)
25. Alabama:
Gas Tax Bill Adding Fees for Electric, Hybrid Vehicles (WBRC-TV, Birmingham,
AL)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
26. Bureau
of Reclamation Predicts Healthy Water Supply in Yakima Basin This Year (Yakima
Herald Republic, WA)
27. Health
Advisory Lifted for Historically Polluted Bremerton Stream (Kitsap Sun,
Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
28. Here’s
How Facebook Plans to Act Against Anti-Vaccine Content (Los Angeles Times, CA)
29. Tim
Cook Subtly Shades Trump by Changing His Name on Twitter (Huffington Post)
GENERAL NEWS
30. (Posted
Last Night) Last Chance for Lowland Snow for the Winter (Cliff Mass Weather
Blog)
31. Four
Washington State Companies Accused of Scamming Seniors in Tech-Support Schemes
(KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
32. 2019
Is Shaping Up to Be the Worst Year for Measles Since 1992, CDC Data Show
(Washington Post)
33. Construction
for Mason General Hospital’s New Mason Clinic is Well Underway (Thurston Talk,
Olympia, WA)
34. Daylight
Saving Time Starts This Weekend. Why Do We Spring Forward? (KCPQ-TV,
Seattle/Tacoma, WA)
https://q13fox.com/2019/03/08/daylight-saving-time-starts-this-weekend-but-why-do-we-spring-forward/
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
California Tesla Driver Appears to Be Asleep at the Wheel as
Car Goes 75 Mph on Freeway
https://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/tesla-autopilot-sleeping-driver-video-illegal-13670993.php
Jan-Michael Vincent, star of ‘Airwolf’ & ‘The Winds of
War,’ dies at 74
Mystery Good Samaritan Enables Man’s $273 Million Lottery
Win
New Zealand Farmers Have a New Tool for Herding Sheep:
Drones That Bark Like Dogs
SONG OF THE DAY
Robert Cobert – The Winds of War, Main Title
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