When it comes to weather, no news is usually good news. Odds are if the whether has become newsworthy, things have gone quite badly wrong. The flooding in Louisiana — and the various tragedies associated with it — is the dark side of this truism. The brighter illustration is that, as of this morning, almost no one is talking about either Hurricane Gaston or Hurricane Hermine. Gaston blew out to sea without ever reaching land, and Hermine, as of yet, has not managed to form. Going into the last week of summer, conditions outdoors are tranquil, if a bit hot.