IT’S A WARM DAY AND JUST A TINY
CHANCE OF A WIDELY SCATTERED
SHOWER.
THAT’S A LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST
FOR TODAY.
A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
RIGHT NOW LET’S GET MORE IN THE
POST-STORM SITUATION WITH
METEOROLOGIST DARREN SWEENEY.
HI, DARREN.
>> HI, BOB, YEAH.
I’LL SHOW YOU SML OF THAT WORK
TO BE DONE.
YESTERDAY YOU AND I WERE BOTH
HERE IN OUR STUDIOS TALKING
ABOUT THESE WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO
70 MILES PER HOUR, AND WE
COULDN’T HAVE SAID -- IT WAS
SUCH A CALM MORNING A LOT OF
FOLKS WERE LULLED IT WASN’T
GOING TO HAPPEN AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN 12:00, 2:00, THOSE POINTS
WE TALKED ABOUT, BOOM, JU
HAPPENED.
AND TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE
DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND.
KEEP THEM COMING, SHARE IT AT NBCCONNECTICUT.COM OR USE THE
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FACEBOOK.
WE’LL FIND YOUR PHOTO AND
THERE’S A HUGE GALLERY ON OUR
NBC CONNECTICUT APP.
SHERYL FROM WINDSOR LOX HER
HOUSE BURIED UNDER THE TREES
THERE.
SANDRA FROM MIDDLETOWN, LOOK AT
THE ROOT SYSTEM OF THIS TREE.
THAT’S GOING TO TAKE DAYS JUST
TO GET IT REMOVEDAN GET THINGS
BACK TO NORMAL THERE.
ALSO WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS SCENE
FROM MILFORD.
SO WITH ALL THESE TREES DOWN AND
ALL THE POWER OUT ACROSS THE
STATE NEARLY 569,000 AT LEAST AT
ONE POINT PLUS A THOUSAND PEOPLE
LOST POWER.
SO LET’S TALK ABOUT FOOD SAFETY. NOW, IF FOOD IS SAFE ACCORDING
TO THE USDA FOR AN AVERAGE OF
ABOUT FOUR HOURS.
MANY OF YOU ARE WELL BEYOND
THAT.
IF IT’S RAW TOSS IT OUT.
IF TEMPERATURES GET ABOVE 40
DEGREES FOR FOUR HOURS.
AND THE RULE IS WHEN IN DOUBT
THROW IT OUT.
THE USDA SAYS NO TASTE TESTING,
NOT A GOOD TIME FOR THAT.
AND HURRICANE NAMES, WE’LL TALK
ABOUT IT COMING UP.
>> THANK YOU.
6:35.
RIGHT NOW CAMDEN IS REELING FROM
THE TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS.
WE CONTINUE OUR TEAM COVERAGE
LE IN HAMDEN RIGHT NOW AND
THAT TOWN NO STRANGER TO CLEANUP
AFTER STORMS.
>> Reporter: THEY’VE HAD MAJOR
DAMAGE IN THE PAST AND NEIGHBORS
TELL US THERE ARE TRANSFORMER
FIRES LIGHTING UP BOTH SIDES OF
THE STREET AND ONE BY ONE TREE
AFTER TREE CONTINUED TO COME
DOWN.
THIS IS THE WORST OF ONE OF
THEM.
YOU CAN SEE THIS REALLY LARGE
TREE WAS COMPLETELY UP ROOTED.
IT FELL ONTO NUMEROUS POWER
LINES AND CRUSHED THE ROOF OF
THIS HOME.
THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HOME AT
THE TIME.
IN SHELTON THERE WAS A RENTER
INSIDE THE BASEMENT OF THIS
HOME.
THAT PERSON HEARD A CRACK AND IT
WAS THE SOUND OF THIS LARGE
TREETOPLING ONTO THE HOUSE,
PIERCING THE FRONT WINDOW AND
LANDING IN THE LIVING ROOM.
POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS AND UTILITY
COMPANIES WERE LEFT RESPONDING
TO NUMEROUS CALLS AROUND THE
STATE.
>> IT JUST ROLLED IN REALLY
QUICK, REALLY FAST, TOO FAST.
IT’S SCARY.
>> ALMOST IN SLOW MOTION I SAW
THE TOP OF THE TREE JUST FALL
FORWARD.
>> Reporter: SO YOU CAN SEE
THERE WAS CERTAINLY A LOT OF
DAMAGE DONE JUST TO THIS HOME IN
PARTICULAR AND THERE ARE
HUNDREDS AROUND THE STATE JUST
LIKE IT.
THERE’S A GOING TO BE A LOT OF
CLEANUP NOT ONLY TODAY BUT
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, I’M SURE
THE REST OF THE WEEK.
AND I CONTINUE TO CHECK THE UI