READYING FOR TURBINE TIMES: Relatively soon or thereabouts, an array of turbines will take root off the coast of South Jersey, though not off LBI … for now. Jersey-Atlantic Wind LLC will have the, as some say, dubious honor of the state’s first windmill builds.

Thinking positively, some very real reads should be gained with the placement of those 380-foot-tall turbines. Either they will validate the stance of those who see too-nearshore wind power as highly inadvisable, or they could elevate…