New England also has the dubious distinctinction of having borne the wrath of one of the most fabled hurricanes in recorded history...The Great September Gale of 1815. Here's a couple websites, wow, and all you other New Englanders, that should be of interest.

Maine Hurricane History http://pages.prodigy.net/cotterly/history.htm

New England Hurricanes
http://pixie.geo.brown.edu/esh/QE/Research/CoastStd/NEHurric.htm