Give it up for the 2010 WNBA Champions, the Seattle Storm. (Applause.) Congratulations, Coach, on winning a second title.

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The vessel was being towed back to its winter home in Seattle when it ran into a severe storm off the Alaskan coast.

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Then on New Year's Eve, the drill barge Kulluk had to be cut loose in a severe storm while being towed back to its winter home port in Seattle.

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