Mariners lead the AL West by 9 games. Largest division lead in all of baseball and our biggest since the end of the 2001 season. Imagine if we had even an AVERAGE offense.

are there any 'canos in the PNW capable of going 6 or 7 in intensity?

We certainly know that Krakatoa caused some major cold here. The winters of 1883-84 and 1884-85 both had top tier stuff here. Feb 1884 and Dec 1884 in specific. Both months were truly extraordinary for cold, duration of cold, and snowfall. It is a serious bummer we have no records for 1816-17 and 1817-18 for this region in the wake of the Tambora eruption. I'm not sure if there is any possible way to reconstruct that winter from things like tree rings and sediments or not. My guess is probably not.

“Oh man, this famine will be both great for my summer figure and for my job security as all of the old people die off.”

If you're talking about a mega eruption (VEI 7+) or a mega earthquake just in our region the earthquake is certainly much more likely. Everyone always talks about the big subduction quake, but for Seattle the next Seattle fault quake is the thing to really dread. That is overdue by a factor of about 3 now. I would say it's a toss up whether a VEI 7+ eruption will happen somewhere on the planet or a very major quake here will happen first. If you're talking about a super volcano (VEI 8 ) then the big quake will very likely happen here first.