Doucet: In Cape Breton, we don't suete the small stuff, but we do worry about climate change

The windiest place in Canada that’s not on a mountain top is Grand Étang, Nova Scotia.
It’s not something I was really aware of until I built my own house in the village. Part of growing up here was the great south east storms (les suetes) which roll in over the Cape Breton Highlands and blow down everything that isn’t nailed to the earth.
My grandfather had a “suete” rope attached to an iron ring by the barn door and the house porch at the other end. He need