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 | Todd Erskine uses a tennis racquet to clear snow from his car in the aftermath of a weekend snow storm Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, in Seattle. Thousands of travelers remained stranded across the Pacific Northwest, but help in Western Washington should arrive in the form of rain by Christmas, the National Weather Service said. Before then more freezing cold and snow could bedevil residents and travelers click to open  |  | A worker at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport sprays chemicals on an American Airlines Inc. plane, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, in Seattle. A series of storms has stranded thousands of people at the airport as dozens of flights were delayed or canceled click to open |  | A pedestrian walks down the middle of a snow-covered street in the aftermath of a weekend storm Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, in Seattle. Thousands of travelers remained stranded across the Pacific Northwest, but help in Western Washington should arrive in the form of rain by Christmas, the National Weather Service said. Before then more freezing cold and snow could bedevil residents and travelers click to open |  | A pedestrian crosses snow covered Stewart Street in downtown Seattle as snow continued to fall in the region on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008. click to open |  | Photographer Anthony Evora uses an umbrella to keep falling snow off of his camera Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008, as he takes pictures of winter scenes near the Space Needle in Seattle. The winter beauty was also expected to bring hardship to the area Saturday night as high winds, freezing rain and heavy snow were forecast for most of Western Washington click to open |  | A giant star on a Macy's store shines as heavy snow falls late at night Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008, in downtown Seattle, which rarely sees such major snow levels. Very few cars were on city streets at night, but there was heavy pedestrian traffic as people took in the sights and sounds of the winter storm. click to open |
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