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Sea-Tac Airport Numbers Down 'a Bit'

The numbers put it in perspective.

Sea-Tac Airport, which is the major airport in Washington state, located between Seattle and Tacoma (The airport was recently renamed "Seattle") normally has 50,000 passengers a day flowing through the facility. The last count I saw was 2,750 for a daily total.

These numbers are emblematic of the downturn in many sectors of the United States' economy. It is going to be a long road back.

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.