Mostly a non-event here in Fredericksburg, VA but around my boss's house 20 miles east it looks like a bomb went off.
Even though some of you might dismiss the severity of the storm, it's still a catastophe to the family that's watching their home float down the street whether it was done by a Cat 1 or a Cat 5 hurricane. Please don't call them pussies and such. Just like Katrina, Ike, and the other big ones, it's not the wind that does the most damage. It's the flooding that kills and causes the most damage. Turn on the TV and look at what is happening today in VT and NH.
Look at it this way, maybe the NE will now be more sympathic when another big one blows through the Gulf coast.