Go Hawks

The Seahawks are the news of the day. Did you watch the game?  Boy, that was a real nail-biter, but they pulled it off and the party is still going strong this morning.  Even our quiet neighborhood sounded like New Year's Eve after the game.

Seven hours of TV football watching was over my personal limit yesterday, but at least we can look forward to some fresh commercials after a steady diet of the stupefying "A Man and His Truck."  In past years, we've often had a symphony concert the afternoon of Super Bowl Sunday, but I just checked the calendar and that doesn't seem to be the case.  Sorry, Dad-- Go Hawks!

I'm sure the San Francisco fans were happy to leave our City of Gloom behind, in more ways than one.  This picture of Mt Rainier was taken from an Alaska Airline flight.  On Friday, the Paradise Ranger Station 5,000 feet up was experiencing warmer weather than Las Vegas-- almost 70 degrees.

A strong ridge of high pressure has brought amazing warmth to the middle levels of the atmosphere, trapping the cold, dense air at the surface where we've been creeping around in the foggy 30's and 40's. There's no chance of rain or snow for another week, and the air stagnation advisory continues. But nothing can dampen the happy mood in Seattle this morning.