From France, one of this blog's roaming correspondents who hails from what can be the steamy Northern Territory capital, Darwin , sent a report about the present atrocious weather over there . In Nice , which boasts it is nice , believe it or not ,it was about to stage an Iron Man competition , in which friends of our correspondent were competing . Because of the heat, the course had been reduced in size . Our Darwin reporter said the conditions, with associated air pollution , reminded him of the build up to the wet season in the Top End known as the Mango Madness period . What is an apt name for an Iron Man competition held during global warming madness ? Les French Fries Stupide ?