There are a number of important industries in New England but the two most important are the timber industries and the fishing industries.
The timber industry helped make the fishing industry successful by giving the shipbuilders ample supply for the needed wood to build ships so that fisherman could go out and catch the cod, which was basically worth its weight in gold.
I believe it is B) Weather experts miscalculated the storm. The Miami hurricane developed pretty quickly going from a tropical storm to a category 4 storm in less than 24 hours.
