Much of the eastern shoreline powerless

North Stonington (WTNH) - Besides the mess it makes of the roads, another danger of freezing rain is the power outages. And there were plenty of them all over the state. Power crews are making progress. Connecticut Light and Power (CL&P) is reporting outages around the state. Hundreds of them are along the eastern shoreline.

As the rain drops fall, so do the tree branches. CL&P crews are a welcome sight for Theralene VanDine, of Stonington. Her power went out while she was still asleep.

"When I got up, my stove was not lit up and that's the first thing," Theralene said. "I go to turn the stove on, to get a cup of coffee."

But, for Theralene, there was no coffee, no lights, no heat. "I dress in layers," she said.

There was also no baking of the cookies she was hoping to make this afternoon.

Detelj: "A little bit of an inconvenience not having your power?"

Theralene: "Oh yes, it always is when you don't have it cause then you can think of all the things you should be doing."

By Wednesday afternoon, nearly 40 percent of the CL&P customers in North Stonington were without power and crews were out in full force chasing after downed power lines and trees coated in ice and collapsing under its weight.

In North Stonington, there are actually several sets of crews roaming around town. Some are restoring power and others are looking for trees to trim back to prevent more outages.

Meanwhile folks like Theralene wait and hope that their heat and lights come back on before they are really left in the dark. Even as sunset approaches, she still manages to look on the bright side.

"At least we're not in the mountains somewhere and they're waiting to come and get us and lift us off somewhere," Theralene said.