the unseen edition

At this point, I think many people have heard that our paper did not come out today. Technically speaking, I believe it was 13,000 early editions that actually saw the light of day. Last night, near the start of our Thursday night Seahawk game, the sky opened up and it rained like you wouldn't believe. At Sea-Tac airport gusts were reported at 70 mph and I believe we got over 2 inches of rain in just a few short hours. Our printing facility was out of power, along with millions of other people in the Pacific Northwest. When the printing facility was built, the power company was involved and they had established two different grids to provide power. In the past, one grid has gone out---but the backup grid was always able to print out the paper. In this case, both grids have gone down. Therefore, no power and no paper. So, I have included A1 and the sports cover that very few people have seen---except through E editions.