On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 03:05:49 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, February 11, 2019 at 4:33:35 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:32:12 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On 2019-02-11 3:00 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> >
>> >> When I lived in Philadelphia, that was common.* In New England, no big
>> >> deal.* People were batter at driving in snow and the highway crews are
>> >> better equipped to deal with it.* In all my years in CT, if I could get
>> >> out my driveway I could get to the store.
>> >
>> >We always get a chuckle over the traffic chaos that results from very
>> >small amounts of snow in the lower half of the US. It seems that is
>> >takes only about a half inch of snow to bring the transportation
>> >infrastructure to its knees.
>>
>> Wait until you get a tiny hurricane.
>
>We call 'em tornadoes
>
>This far inland, hurricanes arrive pretty well spent. A few days of
>rain or gloomy weather is about as far as it goes.

We call them cyclones. We only get the tail end, which mainly means
rain. But it can lead to severe flooding.