Greets and saluts from the newly greened Ground Zero (the Port Authority started planting trees for the 9/11 memorial over the weekend). The firestorm over the Cordoba House proposed community center continues, with further reporting on possible problems with the the imam and developer as alternatively, slumlord and tax cheat (failing to pay property taxes on properties in New Jersey).

While those stories are troubling, and go to the character and judgment involved, there are real storms to worry about in the Atlantic Ocean:

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It’s possible that Hurricane Earl may work its way up the East Coast and may be affecting the NYC Metro area by Thursday/Friday. Between now and then, high surf is expected along the East Coast following the hurricane grazing the Virgin Islands today.