Ophelia Is Gone … So Are the Sandbars; Trying to Resume Local Summer After the Battering

Last week’s extended storm was a real kick in the teeth.

When all was said and done, we had close to 7 inches of rain, eight days of onshore wind and five days that hit over 40 mph. And then there’s the misery factor. Not sure how you measure losing your best time of year. Maybe you measure it by text messages, especially when that super-positive friend of yours finally texts something like “Not gonna lie, this is wearing me down.”