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There are several papers showing LESS storms in latter half of 20th century than first half.  Gotit?   As for fires, far less today than the 30s which some years lost 50m acres to fire.   Today anywhere from 366,000 to 8m depending on source.

And, CO2 is logarithmic so even doubling its levels would do nothing.   Sorry if that is difficult to understand.

As for ‘plotte’, it is Joual, Canadian old French that has more than one meaning…….Today, horse is Cheval not Joual.   Most Quebec swearing is religious, “Tabernac. Hostie.  Maudite. Cul. ”         Nasty French, am I allowed to give an example?  “N-que ta mere!”  “Faire le pipe.”

You have to be careful in France – “Kiss me”, “Baisse moi!” is the same as “F-ck me!”        Spent 2 weeks living on the most expensive street in Paris, Avenue  Foch, at 17bis; next door to the richest guy in France, Baron Phillipe Rothchild; his place the only mansion with its own garden. 2 armed men at the gate.  Flics.  Very pleasant chaps, getting to know us quickly.   His mansion used in a James Bond movie where the bad guy was cheating by changing the net heigh tin a tennis match!  Ha, ha.

Got the French prize in my $50,000/year school….. we copied keys in the metalwork shop, and got access to the Cadets armoury – 303s and Bren machine guns, just like in the movie “If”.  (is on YouTube); stole cigs and booze from the master’s storeroom – never taking TOO much and they never noticed………..one guy fertilised a Spanish maid – they tried to select the ugly ones, but on slipped thru.

The Bois de Boulonge at the foot of Avenue Foch (Dodi Fayed lived there, and Maria Callas) is strange at night…….left turn signal on, “looking of a female date.”, right signal, “Male date.”, BOTH, “3 some.”  full of expensive “Sporting Clubs.”