It goes without saying – yet I shall – Ian the Demon was as bad as a ’cane comes … and then some. The then some was the totally unnecessary ass kicking it planted on us, for days on end. Ian has spawned an unprecedented six-day tropically enhanced coastal storm.

As I recall, hard northeast winds began last Thursday and have blown nonstop right up to my rendering this column complete – amid ongoing small craft NE winds bearing a wicked mist.