Hot Stuff: France's Climate Change Summer Party

Record-high temperatures, drought, pestilence. The nation rocked the apocalypse like there was no tomorrow.

In an unusual move for our family, we planned a summer vacation months in advance of actually taking it.

Typically, our summer trips are last-minute decisions with frenzied booking and packing of a clown car until it’s overstuffed and the kids are forced to hold their breath for 6 hours while wedged between piles of crap in the backseats.

This is not ent…