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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Pacific Gas & Electric Says ‘Every Bolt’ Will Be Checked
Before Next Fire Season (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
Microsoft Claims Nearly Half of People in the U.S. Don’t Use
the Internet at Broadband Speeds (Gizmodo)
Gary Huhta Appointed General Manager of Cowlitz PUD
(Longview Daily News, WA)
100% Clean Electricity in Washington State: Achievable,
Affordable & Reliable (Utility Dive)
Grant PUD Will Get Clean Water Act Permit Despite Lawsuit by
Columbia Riverkeeper (Grant PUD, Ephrata, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Says ‘Every Bolt’
Will Be Checked Before Next Fire Season
2.
100% Clean Electricity in Washington State:
Achievable, Affordable & Reliable
3.
Gary Huhta Appointed General Manager of Cowlitz
PUD
4.
Grant PUD Will Get Clean Water Act Permit
Despite Lawsuit by Columbia Riverkeeper
5.
Skagit PUD Considering Move
6.
U.S. Natural Gas-Fired Combined-Cycle Capacity
Surpasses Coal-Fired Capacity
7.
Public Power Crews Gather to Help Bring Power to
the Navajo Nation
8.
Gas Shut-Off Valve Could Save Your Home from
Catching Fire When an Earthquake Hits
9.
Op/Ed: Grid Modernization Is the Best New Deal
10.
Video: Freeing Chico Creek for Salmon
11.
Oh, Deer! Urban Herds Overrun British Columbia
Communities
12.
Rep Hawkins Washington State Bill on PUDs’
Hydrogen Manufacture Heads to Inslee’s Desk
13.
In Colorado & Beyond, Community ‘Barn
Raising’ Helps Tribes Build Solar
14.
Microsoft Claims Nearly Half of People in the
U.S. Don’t Use the Internet at Broadband Speeds
15.
Please, Not Another Mapping Debacle
16.
AT&T Announces 5G Rollout in Austin – Won’t
Say Where
17.
Bill Would Likely Approve Dredging &
Flood-Prevention Project on Satsop River
18.
Oregon: The Cost of Clean Water in Warm Springs
19.
R.I.P. to a Startling Facebook Feature:
Reminders of Dead Friends’ Birthdays
20.
The Forecast for the Midwest’s Next Giant Storm
Just Got Way Worse
21.
Human Composting Gets Final Approval in
Washington State House
22.
Water Recedes in Pullman After Flooding Forces
Hundreds of Evacuations
23.
Earthquake, Aftershocks Hit Rural Southwestern
Montana
24.
Wild Police Chase Ends with Capture of Suspect
Wanted in ATM Blasts
25.
Shelton Police Arrest Suspected Mt. View
Elementary Burglar
26.
Boeing Shareholders Sue Over 737 MAX Crashes, Disclosures
27.
Farmers Nervous as Major Northwest Crops Are
Weeks Late in Planting
28.
City of Olympia Tells Homeless Campers Under 4th
Avenue Bridge They Have to Move
WORD OF THE DAY
Amanuensis • \uh-man-yuh-WENTS-sis\ • Noun - One employed to
write from dictation or to copy manuscript
“I’ve been suffering from an irritating amanuensis every
day,” bemoaned the new judge to his grizzled, yet distracted mentor. “Maybe you
should put some ointment on it and it will eventually go away.” A week later,
the court reporter issued her resignation to HR.
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Pacific Gas & Electric Says ‘Every Bolt’
Will Be Checked Before Next Fire Season (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
2.
100% Clean Electricity in Washington State: Achievable,
Affordable & Reliable (Utility Dive)
3.
Gary Huhta Appointed General Manager of Cowlitz
PUD (Longview Daily News, WA)
4.
Grant PUD Will Get Clean Water Act Permit
Despite Lawsuit by Columbia Riverkeeper (Grant PUD, Ephrata, WA)
5.
Skagit PUD considering move (Skagit Valley
Herald, Mt Vernon, WA)
6.
U.S. Natural Gas-Fired Combined-Cycle Capacity
Surpasses Coal-Fired Capacity (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
7.
Public Power Crews Gather to Help Bring Power to
the Navajo Nation (American Public Power Association)
8.
Gas shut-off valve could save your home from
catching fire when an earthquake hits (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
9.
Op/Ed: Grid Modernization Is the Best New Deal (Utility
Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
10. Video:
Freeing Chico Creek for Salmon (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA – Paywall Advisory)
11. Oh,
Deer! Urban Herds Overrun British Columbia Communities (Victoria Times Colonist,
BC)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
12. Rep
Hawkins Washington State Bill on PUDs’ Hydrogen Manufacture Heads to Inslee’s Desk
(iFiberOne News, Ephrata, WA)
13. In
Colorado & Beyond, Community ‘Barn Raising’ Helps Tribes Build Solar (Energy
News Network)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
14. Microsoft
Claims Nearly Half of People in the U.S. Don’t Use the Internet at Broadband
Speeds (Gizmodo)
15. Please,
Not Another Mapping Debacle (Pots & Pans)
16. AT&T
Announces 5G Rollout in Austin – Won’t Say Where (Austin Business Journal, TX)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
17. Bill
Would Likely Approve Dredging & Flood-Prevention Project on Satsop River (Aberdeen
Daily World, WA)
18. Oregon:
The Cost of Clean Water in Warm Springs (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
19. R.I.P.
to a Startling Facebook Feature: Reminders of Dead Friends’ Birthdays (NY
Times)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
20. The
Forecast for the Midwest’s Next Giant Storm Just Got Way Worse (Gizmodo)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
21. Human
Composting Gets Final Approval in Washington State House (Spokesman Review,
Spokane, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
22. Water
Recedes in Pullman After Flooding Forces Hundreds of Evacuations (KCPQ-TV, Seattle/Tacoma,
WA)
23. Earthquake,
Aftershocks Hit Rural Southwestern Montana (Associated Press)
24. Wild
Police Chase Ends with Capture of Suspect Wanted in ATM Blasts (KMAS Radio, Shelton,
WA)
25. Shelton
Police Arrest Suspected Mt. View Elementary Burglar (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
26. Boeing
Shareholders Sue Over 737 MAX Crashes, Disclosures (Reuters)
27. Farmers
Nervous as Major Northwest Crops Are Weeks Late in Planting (Northwest Public
Broadcasting)
28. City
of Olympia Tells Homeless Campers Under 4th Avenue Bridge They Have to Move (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Last of WW2 ‘Doolittle Raiders’ Dick Cole Dies Aged 103 (British
Broadcasting Corporation)
Beyond the Summer of Love, ‘Get Together’ Is an Anthem for
Every Season
Tiny Bees Found in Woman’s Eye, Feeding Off Tears
This Is the First Ever Photo of a Black Hole
FBI’s ‘Art Cops’: In Hot Pursuit of Renoirs, Rembrandts Ruby
Slippers
SONG OF THE DAY
Roxane Elfasci – Clair de Lune (Debussy, Acoustic Guitar)
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