Two Articles on the Climate Crisis in Local Papers

I'm reading Tim Flannery's book The Weather Makers right now, so perhaps I'm a bit more alert to the presence of these stories, but it seems like the local news media is really starting to focus on what's happening to our atmosphere. Here are two recent articles from the Seattle Times:

West Coast climate change could threaten wine production, study suggests

and

Global warming: They're not laughing at Ron Sims now

Some choice quotes from each article, respectively:

"We say you will have a wonderful experience at Safeco or Qwest Field," Sims jokes, "because you'll be able to fish from the stands."

The West Coast would experience one of the biggest changes in season, resulting in a significant alteration to the quality of its grape harvest. Suitable grape-growing areas in California would shrink to a narrow coastal band, the researchers said, while premium wine-grape areas would shift into the Pacific Northwest and New England.

Hopefully, as Flannery predicts, the climate crisis will become THE issue, and we will continue to see stories like this every day--to the point that everyone begins to take the problem seriously enough to act.