Football fans can blame an ice-covered tree for knocking the NFC Championship game off the air for several minutes Sunday just as the Seattle Seahawks were rallying for the win. But as catastrophic as the transmitter shutdown was for Spokane-based Fox affiliate KAYU-TV, it could have been much worse. “We had a guy on duty on” Tower Mountain, KAYU General Manager Doug Holroyd said. “Had we not had people in place … it would have been the end of the game for those folks.” The series of events started at 6:05 p.m. Sunday when the tree, which was not interviewed to determine which team it favored, fell across a power line that feeds the KAYU transmitter on Tower Mountain/Thomas Clouse, SR. More here. (AP file photo: Seahawks' Jermaine Kearse catches a touch-down pass during the second half of the NFL football NFC Championship game Sunday)

Question: Did you behave well when the Seahawks-49ers game blacked out?