(Editor's Note: SeaTac photographer Tony Miller went to Sea-Tac International Airport to take photos of stranded travelers during the recent snowstorm. Here's what he found.)

Highline gained hundreds of unexpected holiday guests as snow and bad weather trapped travelers at Sea-Tac International Airport.

First, crosswinds at the airport led to the cancellation or delay of dozens of weekend flights.

Then, Alaska Airlines, which along with subsidiary Horizon Airlines accounts for half of Sea-Tac's flights, ran low on de-icer. The cancellations hit Alaska Airlines particularly hard and continued into the week.

While a lack of de-icing fluid made the situation worse, it was reported that the stretch of bad weather had exhausted the airlines like Horizon's crews and equipment during the holiday rush. That they were running out of fresh crews for the aircraft, and had to delay flights for maintenance deadlines.

After three days in Sea-Tac's terminal San Francisco photographer Kyle Beserra came up with a Plan B to make it home to Sun Valley for the holidays.

"My brother has started driving from Idaho," Beserra reported.

But many surface streets remained snow packed, icy and rutted with treacherous gray slush across the so even that plan was put on hold.

Throughout the weekend, many people tried to figure out their next step but were afraid to leave the security area. They sought refuge in any cubbyholes the airports would provide. It wasn't unusual to see people with thousand dollar computers and iPods sleeping on cardboard under payphones.

Josue and Jessica, a married couple on the way to Montana, exhausted every option to get home.

"We looked everywhere, including Greyhound and Amtrak," Josue said. "We even looked up people on craigslist, to get us a ride there."

"I just want to say, more than anything, with all the people having the delays, it's been wonderful seeing the best in people come out," he added.