Driving up Aurora at 6:00 tonight we pulled off just before crossing the high bridge to gape at the massive and mysterious firework show flaring over Lake Union and cracking booms into the night sky. It was quite a show; wonder what the heck it was for?
We heard/saw that too. A little sleugling turns up this:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?s=f434f6ca342fe3fbc7db09a26504dc62&showtopic=533120&st=0
We were equally confused: http://seattle.metblogs.com/archives/2007/01/fireworks_1.phtml#266867