Cromwell in repair following storm

CROMWELL, Conn. (WTNH) -- Few areas were harder hit than Cromwell after Wednesday's storm, so much so that crews were still on the scene Thursday afternoon, 24 hours after the storm hit.

The day after there were branches and trees down, but at least folks in Cromwell didn't wake up somewhere over the rainbow.

"It was almost like a wizard of Oz scene with the house dropping," said Julie Ritter. "There were trees and branches flying around. We were running from room to room to see what was going on."

Dirk Behremovic was at work when the storm blew trees into his yard and onto his fence.

"Now I'm coming home. Tree in pool, tree here,tree there. My tomatoes are gone," he said.

His electricity was gone for a while too, but it wasn't nearly as bad as last October's Nor'easter when he lost power for a whole week.

Utility crews were out all night restoring the power. At the height of the storm, around 4,000 customers were without power in Cromwell, nearly 60 percent. Over night they had that number down to just a couple hundred, but there are still side streets with trees down on wires.

Tree crews were also hard at work. They had the tree that hit Paul Beaulieu's house cleaned up before he even got home.

"I saw pictures of the tree that was up there. I couldn't believe it," he said. "So it's not as bad as we had originally anticipated."

Like so many of his neighbors, he couldn't believe how localized the storm damage was.

"It seems to be just right here though," he said. "It's like the hand of God came down and blessed us with this devastation."