FREAKIER STILL: Bear with me as I make one last mention of TS Isaias, the little storm that could. And it truly short-circuited our piece of the power grid and melted away any notion that we’re ready for protracted power outages.

While authorities are now angrily targeting the shortcomings of our emergency readiness – with Atlantic City Electric and JCP&L in the crosshairs – I need to raise one final theory on the quite visible brownouts Isaias wrought, deadening backyard vegetation and…