I don't get the idea of scrambling from Portland either, with AF jets at McChord and Navy jets at Whidbey, all closer and presumably on duty 24/7. Not sure what hours the Air National Guard keeps.

This morning's news says the couple in the float plane had no idea that AF1 was in Seattle or that airspace was closed as they flew from Lake Chelan back to north Lake Washington at Kenmore Air. SS interviewed them and inspected their plane for 90 minutes. Man that woulda' been a pain if they had a dab of left over recreational herb in their luggage.