Judging by the relative calm on Main Street at midweek since Labor Day, East Hampton’s population has returned to the seasonal, weekend-versus-midweek, boom-and-bust pattern of pre-Covid-19 days.

Hurricane Helene’s path from the Gulf of Mexico to Appalachia is a stunning reminder of how little separates much of the United States from massive weather disasters.

We salute the people who make the elections run so well in difficult times.

Thousands, if not tens of thousands, of what looked like little tropical fish-tank fish were swimming near the surface.