Next time you say, "Category 1's don't do shit" remember this video...

[Suu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86pNkK0uVMI

That's what just happened in Newfoundland when Igor hit as a "tiny" Cat 1.

[Adios]

That is one damn well built barn!!!

[Suu]

No shit, right? Those Canadians know how to build!

[Adios]

Made me jealous. Now I wonder if my buildings could stay together like that.

[East Coast Hustle]

Most nor'easters > category 1 hurricane.

I mean, that thing doesn't even have snow.

[Suu]

Your Nor'Easter's have SNOW?!

Our's just sorta have horizontal freezing rain that instantly create black ice.

[East Coast Hustle]

ours are basically a category 1 hurricane that dumps 3 to 6 feet of snow (depending on time of year) and can, in mid-winter, come with windchills of 20 to 50 degrees below zero.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

ours are basically a category 1 hurricane that dumps 3 to 6 feet of snow (depending on time of year) and can, in mid-winter, come with windchills of 20 to 50 degrees below zero.

Maine is a different monster than Southern New England, though every so often we get a storm that basically shuts Boston down. They're usually conveniently timed to rush hour.

[Jasper]

How are you people alive?

Why do you live there?

[Nephew Twiddleton]

How are you people alive?

Why do you live there?

We are made from heartier stock than the rest of the US. We lovingly refer to the rest of you as pussies.
To be fair, Mainers say the same thing about Southern New Englanders.

[Jasper]

Those pussies and their...non-floating-away-barns... 

[Suu]

The Northeastern US: We're children of Cyclones.

If it's not a Nor'easter, it's a hurricane, if it's not a hurricane, it's a frontal storm, if it's not a frontal storm, it's an isolated supercell, and right now, it's a gorgeous day in Providence. Currently 81 degrees and not a cloud to be seen...Gotta enjoy it while it lasts, because starting in November there's only really like a 30% chance we'll see the sun, especially since at the solstice it's only at 25 degrees in the sky.

We do this shit for science.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Don't forget that March through May is basically one continuous rainstorm.

New Englanders,
singlehandedly keeping the vitamin D industry afloat.

[East Coast Hustle]

How are you people alive?

Why do you live there?

the further north/east you get in Maine, the more you can be assured that you are surrounded by REAL people.

[Suu]

Don't forget that March through May is basically one continuous rainstorm.

New Englanders,
singlehandedly keeping the vitamin D industry afloat.

I'm the most unhealthy in March, I have to admit. Mostly because all it does for January and February is stay just above freezing so it sleets for days on end, and when it's not sleeting or the rain isn't freezing, then it's just gray and damp. Then we get that occasional cold front which will throw us below freezing, we'll get an inch or 2 of snow which will freeze solid and it won't get above 10 degrees for a week...but the sun will be out.