This past week on LBI, at the shore, on the East Coast, it feels again like the days before Superstorm Sandy. We follow something like cones of uncertainty in the news. We prepare by stocking up – this time with Purell, disinfecting wipes and canned goods.

We still gather in public, join friends for a celebration or happy hour, but the conversation turns to the impending, uncertain threat. We make jokes and laugh it off with gallows-like humor.