Well, this is it: February, the proverbial “dead of winter,” the polar (in every sense) opposite of LBI’s sunny summertime season. Ain’t no mini golf or sunset cruises. Ain’t no banger wait shifts, or surreys pedaling down the street. And the fat rodent says six more weeks of winter. If he were one of those rats that live in the rocks at Barnegat Inlet, he would know better- at least10 more weeks of winter for LBI.

To be honest, we’ve been getting off pretty easy. As long as that bay isn’t a frozen slate with chunks of salty slush…