For a new resident to be successfully integrated into New Hampshire society, they must become familiar with the following New Hampshire weather-related terms.
Barometer: your son/nephew/co-worker gave you one a few years ago, that hangs on the living room wall. Having a barometer is a New Hampshire tradition, like father's chasing kids around with power tools .
Blizzard: when enough snow falls that your Fish & Game Club meeting is cancelled. This is a good time to make snow angels on the graves of your ancestors, catch a snow flake (or two or three) on your tongue, make hot chocolate, and plan trips to Alaska, where it is warmer.
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In an astounding fluke of fate, hurricanes and tropical storms have been named for some illustrious and prodigious New Hampshire writers...
Strange as it may seem, on August 18th in Barrington NH, a teenager reportedly angered by two horseback riders, attempted to attack them with an .... err.... OAR.
Lightning strikes are a common occurrence in New Hampshire as attested to in New Hampshire Peculiar Freaks of Nature....
According to the Union Leader, the United States Government (aka Uncle Sam) was holding a 600-acre plot of land at Squam Lake for ramson, pending payment of a huge estate tax bill by the children of Walter Koeing.
Reportedly ADP, a national payroll company, MISTAKENLY faxed the names, addresses, social security numbers and income information for at least 80 people to the wrong person--to Paul Dullea of Nashua NH.
It could only happen in New Hampshire.
After New Hampshire's floodwaters receded, Eric Brand's koi goldfish were discovered on the third fairway at the Nashua Country Club.
For years Massachusetts has refused to pay all that is owed to New Hampshire through a Flood-control pact.
