Boat owners gather their belongings along the shore in Dartmouth, Mass., Aug. 20, 1991, after Hurricane Bob swept through southern Massachusetts. New England is known for its fickle weather, powerful nor'easters and blizzards. Destructive hurricanes, however, are relatively rare and typically don't pack the same punch as tropical cyclones that hit the Southeast. Hurricanes usually lose some steam, becoming tropical storms, or extratropical storms, in northern waters. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)