I went to my one and only Seahawks game of the season. It just so happened that the same day Seattle experienced some seriously challenging weather. It rained harder than I've seen it rain in Seattle in years. Then the wind picked up and things got ridiculous around town.

The game started at 5 so I left my house around 3:15. I sat in traffic and maybe, just maybe, broke 20 mph. For the most part it was just a stream of red tail lights. I got parked about 4:45 and walked to meet my group at FX McCrory's.

As I walked from my parking spot under I-99 I saw things I've never seen before. Water spurting up out of man-hole covers 4 feet high, parking lots under 8 inches of water, gutters under I-99 bursting with water at every joint, I-99 bursting of water not only at the gutters but at the concrete joints as well, and drains and spouts at a water capacity limit. Check out a couple shots that I took on my walk...

Part of the entertainment from the evening was individual stories. My buddy Adam had to walk a couple blocks and didn't wear clothing appropriate for the storm. He showed up soaked. Shoes, shirt, jeans, hat, jacket, I mean everything was totally soaked. He was drying off using napkins from the bar, going to the bathroom and ringing out this clothes.

We met some people at the bar we see up at Crystal Mountain who had taken the bus from Tacoma. They were waiting for friends from Spokane who had the tickets to the game. The pass on I-90 closed and their friends had to turn around. They got a phone call notifying them that their basement had flooded. They packed up their things and hopped back on the bus for home without ever making it to the game.

Adam and I were waiting for our friend Scott from Vancouver, Canada with our tickets. The traffic and border crossing was so bad that he didn't show up until halftime. So we got to the game at the start of the 3rd quarter. Too bad the adventure getting to and from the game was more exciting. The Sea-"Chickens" are sucking it up. You can see it's all mental. Left early the game was so bad. That and I had another holiday party to attend following the game that had more potential than the game.

A fun adventure none the less.