We have been having ‘a bit of weather in Paris this week’. You may even have heard about it on the news! Raining cats, dogs and life jackets Firstly it’s been a bit wet. Well actually it’s a bit wet down by the river Seine. It must have been raining above every river running into the Seine for weeks. Because of that a statue of a soldier in the Crimean war, Le Zouave, on the Pont d’Alma by the Eiffel Tower became newsworthy a couple of days ago. It wasn’t because ‘he’ nearly drowned, because the level is still not as high as it was in May / June 2015, but because he was given a life jacket. Apparently when the feet of the 5.2m tall, 8 ton statue is under water, the river is flooded but there is no danger, but once his knees are covered the capital’s quays are closed and river traffic suspended. The life jacket was to shine attention on Climate Change and he wore it for only 24 hours. What will save him now? What a difference a day makes There may have been unrequited threats for a day or 2 but the day after […]
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