Since I went sorta cheery in last week’s column, I’ll shift to the way-wary side of things this week by respectfully acknowledging the arrival of March and its weather-worn Ides.

Older LBI’ers won’t forget the horrific one-two-three-four-five-six punch of the Great March Storm of 1962. Also called the Ash Wednesday Storm or No-name Storm, it occurred between March 5 and 9.