Seattle 47°35'42.73"N 122°19'53.41"W

After the tragic ending of the Big Game, I flew up to Seattle to watch the 49ers, my hometown team growing up, take on the Seahawks. Seattle is another city vulnerable to earthquakes, since it lies on the boundary between the Juan de Fuca and North American plates. The Juan de Fuca plate subducts under the North American plate. The Juan de Fuca plate goes under the  North American plate, creating an underground fault line, which creates earthquakes such as the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake, and volcanoes, such as Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier. The last eruption in the area was the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.

On my flight up, we flew right past Mount Rainier, which was a glorious view. It is rarely sunny in Seattle, but it sure is glorious when it is. After the aircraft touched down, I rented a car and drove into the city. Traffic was already a mess, 3 hours before the game. Finally arriving at the stadium, I parked and entered. The stands slowly filled, before the opening kickoff. CenturyLink field, regarded by many to be the loudest stadium in the NFL due to its acoustic properties, leaves your ears ringing. Dwarfing the Sodo district of Seattle, the Stadium, and its baseball counterpart Safeco Field, rose high above the surrounding buildings.

The port of Seattle, with its huge cranes, was just to the west, and to the north was downtown, rising high into the air. As the second half started, my ears were already ringing. It was tied, 13-13. At the end, however, Seattle pulled ahead to win it, 34-27.

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This picture shows how a plate subducts under another plate.