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Hydro dams are cool

Sat., Aug. 19, 2017

With record high electric usage as we all try to stay cool in the near or 100 degree temperatures, it got me to thinking about the folks who want to remove or breach the hydroelectric dams on the Snake River.

On calm days as the windmills stand idle, please turn off your air conditioners, so you may experience what it would be like without the dams generating abundant electricity.

Thank you Cathy McMorris Rodgers.

Mike Cloke

Clarkston

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