THERE AND NOW: As cable work for Ørsted’s Wind 1 commences at Island Beach State Park, the company held a two-hour, explanatory town meeting. Questions were fielded and answered by experts. Responses were understandably brief, meant to keep the get-together reasonably short and to prevent creating more questions during the answering process.

“Good question” and “Thank you for asking” flew freely. Politeness prevailed.