extent, the rapidity, the rate of change, how much coastline will be 
inundated, how fast the West Nile virus will move north, how fast the 
tundra will melt. There are a lot of questions about how much and how 
fast; but the fact it is occurring, clearly, number one, is true; and, 
second, it is great cause for concern.
  These are not abstractions. Our lives are changing today because of 
this. The ski industry in the Cascade Mountains in Washington 
essentially was shut down this year. My son is a ski pa