I fully realize that I am not just talking to my neighbors this week. With every extra degree of warmth, more folks are coming to visit our area. And I have to imagine that if I were coming onto LBI for the first time this year, I’d be thinking that it looks as if we’re not really ready for summer.

Well, I can assure you, we will be ready. But yes, I get it. There is a lot of that yellow “Caution” tape around.