SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
Weather
Forecast for March 2, 2015
A
Small Craft Advisory for Puget Sound & Hood Canal is in effect through midnight.
The
advisory is for wind & waves...north wind 15 to 30 MPH. Wind waves 2 to 4 feet.
A
small craft advisory means that wind speeds of 25 to 40 MPH are expected to
produce hazardous wave conditions to small craft.
Lions,
Lambs & March Weather (Cliff Mass Weather Blog)
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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES
Updated
Water Supply Forecast: 87 Percent of Normal at Dalles Dam, 84 Percent at Lower
Granite (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
Oregon’s
Signature Solar Energy Project Built on Foundation of False Hopes & Falsehoods
(Oregonian, Portland)
New
FCC Rules Could Spur City of Seattle to Finally Make Use of That Dark Fiber (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Notice
of Power Shutoffs No Longer a Job for Utility Staff in Idaho (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Marine Mammals Are Threat to Chinook Salmon on
Lower Columbia River (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Notice of Power Shutoffs No Longer a Job for Utility Staff in Idaho
- Can Oregon Go Coal Free By 2025?
- Northwest Power Pool Ends Market Operator Search
- Avista Chairman Earned Nearly $5.5 Million Last Year
- Skeptics Pan Haven Energy’s Claim of Ecologically Friendly Gas Project
- Grays Harbor PUD Warns: Scammers Are Posing as the PUD in Emails
- Washington State Utilities & Transportation Commissioner Philip Jones Pays Off Super Bowl Debt to FERC Commissioner LaFleur
- FERC Taken to Task on Potential Nuclear Plant Closings
- Pacific Gas & Electric Can’t Duck Pollution Lawsuit
- Can Public Power Get the G(irls) into EngGineering?
- Marine Mammals Are Threat to Chinook Salmon on Lower Columbia River
- Scientists Suspect Unusually Warm Water along California Coast Cause of Sea Lion Pup Stranding
- Updated Water Supply Forecast: 87 Percent of Normal at Dalles Dam, 84 Percent at Lower Granite
- British Columbia: Low Snowpack No Reason to Worry about Water This Summer
- Washington State Congressman, Olympic Peninsula Tribe Upset about Delayed Dredging at La Push
- Corps Dredging of Federal Navigation Channel Completed for Snake, Clearwater Rivers, Two Ports
- California: Feds Say Many Central Valley Farmers Will Get No Water Deliveries
- Oregon’s Signature Solar Energy Project Built on Foundation of False Hopes & Falsehoods
- United Kingdom: Plans Unveiled for World’s First Tidal-Power Lagoons in the UK
- Portland Group Leads $18.3M Natural Gas Savings Effort
- King County Copies Microsoft in Bid to Cut Energy Consumption
- Geothermal Homes Come to Richland
- Light Bulb Recycling Program Aims to Protect Environment
- 2008 Flashback: PUD 3 to Provide for Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Recycling
- Beyond The Substation: How Five Proactive States Are Transforming the Grid Edge
- Marijuana Bill Advancing through Legislature Would Clamp Down on Medical Side
- Washington State Senator: Share Marijuana Money to Fight Crime
- Washington State Medical Marijuana Trial Pits State vs. Federal Laws
- Tribes Discuss Legal Marijuana – Representatives Attend Washington State Forum on Regulatory, Social Issues
- A Harbinger for Oregon? ‘Green Rush’ Hits Washington, DC as Pot Entrepreneurs Flood Marijuana Business Expo
- Clean Fuels Bill Heads to Oregon House Vote despite Kitzhaber Questions
- New FCC Rules Could Spur City of Seattle to Finally Make Use of That Dark Fiber
- Google to Offer Own Cellular Network Plan
- Wi-Fi in the Sky – Google Will Soon Send Solar-Powered Drones into the Sky
- Midco Critical Of FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules
- How Superfish’s Security-Compromising Adware Came to Inhabit Lenovo’s PCs
- At Home with the Internet of Annoying Things
- When a Bad Facebook Comment is a Good Thing
- So long, Google+. Hello, Streams, Photos & Hangouts
- On the Eve of Turning 30, AOL Dials Up Mobile & Video
- Islamic State Threatens ‘War’ on Twitter Co-Founder
- Digital Life: What Happened to Voice Mail?
- No Clark County GOP Censure of Herrera Beutler
- Lawmakers Seek Support for Letter Backing Municipal Bond Tax Exemption
- Flu Taking Bigger Toll this Season
- Seattle Sets Twin Records for Warmest February, Winter on Record
- Seattle Real Estate Developer Ted Schroth Charged in Poisoning of 123 Lake Chelan Poplar Trees
- Girls’ Basketball: Mary M Knight Draws Neah Bay at State Tournament
- Shelton Girls’ Wrestling Academic State Champions
Esoteric
• \ess-uh-TARE-ick\ • Adjective - 1a: designed for or understood by the
specially initiated alone b: requiring or exhibiting knowledge that is
restricted to a small group; broadly: difficult to understand 2a: limited to a
small circle b: private, confidential 3: of special, rare, or unusual interest
Although
not entirely unusual, the sopranino ukulele is among the esoteric members of
the uke family. A smaller ukulele than normal; who would want one of those?
(ME!)
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Notice
of Power Shutoffs No Longer a Job for Utility Staff in Idaho (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Can
Oregon Go Coal Free By 2025? (The Energy Collective)
Northwest
Power Pool Ends Market Operator Search (Argus Media)
Avista
Chairman Earned Nearly $5.5 Million Last Year (Spokesman
Review, Spokane, WA)
Skeptics
Pan Haven Energy’s Claim of Ecologically Friendly Gas Project (Longview Daily News, WA)
Grays
Harbor PUD Warns: Scammers Are Posing as the PUD in Emails (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)
Washington
State Utilities & Transportation Commissioner Philip Jones Pays Off Super
Bowl Debt to FERC Commissioner LaFleur (Politico)
FERC
Taken to Task on Potential Nuclear Plant Closings (Fierce Energy)
Pacific
Gas & Electric Can’t Duck Pollution Lawsuit (Courthouse
News Service)
Can
Public Power Get the G(irls) into EngGineering? (American Public Power
Association)
FISH & WILDLIFE
Marine Mammals Are Threat to Chinook Salmon on Lower
Columbia River (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Scientists Suspect Unusually Warm Water along
California Coast Cause of Sea Lion Pup Stranding (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Updated
Water Supply Forecast: 87 Percent of Normal at Dalles Dam, 84 Percent at Lower
Granite (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
British
Columbia: Low Snowpack No Reason to Worry about Water This Summer (Victoria Times Colonist, BC)
Washington
State Congressman, Olympic Peninsula Tribe Upset about Delayed Dredging at La
Push (Associated Press)
Corps
Dredging of Federal Navigation Channel Completed for Snake, Clearwater Rivers,
Two Ports (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
California:
Feds Say Many Central Valley Farmers Will Get No Water Deliveries (Sacramento Bee, CA)
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Oregon’s
Signature Solar Energy Project Built on Foundation of False Hopes &
Falsehoods (Oregonian, Portland)
United
Kingdom: Plans Unveiled for World’s First Tidal-Power Lagoons in the UK (The
Week, UK)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Portland
Group Leads $18.3M Natural Gas Savings Effort (Portland Business Journal, OR)
King
County Copies Microsoft in Bid to Cut Energy Consumption (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Geothermal Homes Come to Richland (KNDO/KNDU-TV,
Tri Cities, WA)
Light Bulb Recycling Program Aims to Protect Environment (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
2008 Flashback: PUD 3 to Provide for Compact Fluorescent
Light Bulb Recycling (Mason PUD 3, Shelton, WA)
Beyond The Substation: How Five Proactive States Are
Transforming the Grid Edge (Utility Dive)
KILOWATTS FOR CANNABIS
Marijuana
Bill Advancing through Legislature Would Clamp Down on Medical Side (Longview Daily News, WA)
Washington
State Senator: Share Marijuana Money to Fight Crime (Vancouver Columbian, WA)
Washington
State Medical Marijuana Trial Pits State vs. Federal Laws (USA Today)
Tribes
Discuss Legal Marijuana – Representatives Attend Washington State Forum on
Regulatory, Social Issues (Spokesman Review, Spokane,
WA)
A
Harbinger for Oregon? ‘Green Rush’ Hits Washington, DC as Pot Entrepreneurs
Flood Marijuana Business Expo (Portland Business Journal, OR)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Clean
Fuels Bill Heads to Oregon House Vote despite Kitzhaber Questions (Portland
Business Journal, OR)
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
New
FCC Rules Could Spur City of Seattle to Finally Make Use of That Dark Fiber (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Google
to Offer Own Cellular Network Plan (Associated
Press)
Wi-Fi
in the Sky – Google Will Soon Send Solar-Powered Drones into the Sky (Mashable)
Midco
Critical Of FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules (KELO-TV, Sioux Falls SD)
How
Superfish’s Security-Compromising Adware Came to Inhabit Lenovo’s PCs (NY Times)
At
Home with the Internet of Annoying Things (Home Energy)
MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA
When
a Bad Facebook Comment is a Good Thing (Electric Co-op
Today)
So
long, Google+. Hello, Streams, Photos & Hangouts (GigaOM)
On
the Eve of Turning 30, AOL Dials Up Mobile & Video (AdWeek)
Islamic
State Threatens ‘War’ on Twitter Co-Founder (USA Today)
Digital
Life: What Happened to Voice Mail? (USA Today)
POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
No
Clark County GOP Censure of Herrera Beutler (Vancouver
Columbian, WA)
Lawmakers
Seek Support for Letter Backing Municipal Bond Tax Exemption (American Public
Power Association)
GENERAL NEWS
Flu Taking Bigger Toll this Season (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
Seattle Sets Twin Records for Warmest February,
Winter on Record (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
Seattle Real Estate Developer Ted Schroth Charged
in Poisoning of 123 Lake Chelan Poplar Trees (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Girls’ Basketball: Mary M Knight Draws Neah Bay at
State Tournament (Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
Shelton Girls’ Wrestling Academic State Champions
(Mason Web TV, Shelton, WA)
DIVERSIONS
The
Truth about the Sound of Music Family
Recreational
Excavating? Man Abandoned Backhoe in Big Hole He Dug in Rural Road
Nebraska
Police Find Marijuana inside Container Labeled ‘Not Weed’
Toronto
Police: Two Men Built Mystery Tunnel Just for Fun
SONG OF THE DAY
James
Taylor - Country Road
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