August is rapidly coming to a close and in Italy the national holiday month is just about completed. As you know, most people leave for holiday and the towns become very quiet. It is far too hot for them because most do not have air conditioning there. And even with the heat of the month they also have Mt. Etna erupting, shakes, heat, and so on. And here in the US we have had such tremendously crazy weather, one day hot and sunny the next torrential rain in areas unlikely. Even in the day of information and technology with the heat in Italy it causes Internet defective problems, sometimes it works and sometime, not so much. The inconsistency of all around us keeps one guessing.