Nora Zawacki, right, 9, reacts to getting hit by a wave as she plays with siblings Reva, 6, and Steven, 4, at Ocean Beach Park with their parents Jodie and Nick not pictured, on Monday, April 13, 2020. Nick said the family wanted to see the unusually high waves and take a break from isolation on what would have been the first day of the kids spring break. “They can scream out here all they want to, it´s music to my ears when the waves cover it,Ó he said with a laugh. According to the National Weather Service winds with gust up to 60-70 MPH hit southeastern Connecticut on Monday afternoon. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Tasha Blanco, right, of New London, and Jeannia Fu use megaphones as they participate in a protest at the York Correctional Institution on Monday, April 13, 2020. The event was organized by Connecticut Bail Fund as part of a week of action on CT Prisons in reaction to their response to COVID-19. “Free our mothers, free our daughtersÓ protestors chanted from their cars and megaphones outside the jail in East Lyme for about an hour both along the road and at Bridebook Park. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Waves crash over Wigwam rock off McCook Beach in Niantic Monday, April 13, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A New London Public Works employee trims branches off a tree limb that fell on two cars parked on Garfield Ave. near Williams St. Monday, April 13, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Mike Taylor, left, and Dwight LaComte ride the waves off Weekapaug Point on their stand-up paddle boards Tuesday, April 14, 2020. LaComte has been surfing for many years on many different kinds of boards. He likes the stand-up paddle board because it gives him better view of incoming waves and the board challenges his balance. "Whatever toy is on the beach, I'll get on it," he added. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Dave Gagnon of Enfield spends time using his metal detector Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at low tide on the east end of Rocky Neck State Park in East Lyme. Gagnon said he came to the park because since it was a nice day after the strong storm Monday and that storms churn things up making it a good time to use the metal detector and so far had found 3 coins from the 1800´s. Gagnon, who is a maintainer for a Connecticut town and currently only working 2 or 3 days a week due to the pandemic, also said he was taking advantage of his free time. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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People spend time on a sandbar at low tide Tuesday, April 14, 2020, on the east end of Rocky Neck State Park in East Lyme. People were out taking advantage of a nice day after the strong storm passed through the area Monday. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Kyle Trask-Kuchta, an employee at Village Wine and Spirits in Niantic, cleans the salt grime off the shop's windows Tuesday, April 14, 2020. "It was pretty gross from yesterday's storm, for sure," he quipped. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Caber Aslayan, of Gales Ferry, does a pull up on rings he attached to a field goal at Poquonnock Plains Park in Groton on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. “I miss the gym, but I´m just doing what I can to keep active,Ó he said of his decision to work out at the park. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Patricia Simon, a VNA nurse suspected of having COVID-19, stands in her doorway where she has been quarantining at her home in Oakdale as seen on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Simon tested negative but given the severity of her symptoms and the possibility that it was a false negative, she was told to quarantine with her husband and five children. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Nuno Amral puts pizza on a wheelchair as he and his brother Carlos, right, delivers a donation of Dominos Pizza to the emergency room L + M Hospital for employees on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. The chain franchises in NL, Groton, Mystic and Westerly have been donating pizza to area hospitals for three weeks. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Katrina Bercaw of Mystic spring cleans a friend´s garden Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in the Noank section of Groton. Bercaw said she is an adult education teacher in Norwich and has been doing some virtual online classwork, but she isn´t as busy as she usually is and working in the garden makes her feel productive. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Brothers Noah, right, 9, and Eli Pratts play basketball in their hoop on Sharaf Street in New London as their mother Sarah Pratts watches from a chair on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

A member of the Sub Base Security Forces wears a cloth-based mask while scanning ID´s as people drive up to enter the main gate Wednesday, April 15, 2020, at the U.S. Naval Submarine Base in Groton. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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A pair of walkers move along a sandbar at low tide along Bridge Street in Groton Long Point on Thursday, April 16, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Shirley Ready, of Pawcatuck, looks through her hand her hand as her dog Simba sticks his head out the window as she and her daughter Janet play a card game on Thursday, April 16, 2020 at Stonington Point. The two have gotten together to play a card game they call Fitch a few times while sitting in separate cars and wearing masks. “This is one of our favorite things to do,Ó said Ready, “it looks a little different now but it doesn´t have to stop. And I´m going to win.Ó (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Aidan Barriera, 10, of Glastonbury, second from right, Sarah, 7, left, Tiago, 13, second from left, and their father, Eric, right, playing goalkeeper, react after Eric, blocked a shot at the goal and threw it away while playing soccer Friday, April 17, 2020 at Samuel M. Peretz Park at Bridebrook in East Lyme. Eric Barriera said the family wanted to take a nice scenic drive to the shore and get outside for some fresh air. The kids wanted to play soccer and the family was familiar with the park because they have played there before while visiting family that has a beach house nearby. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Visitors to Yantic Falls, also known as Indian Leap, in Norwich stroll across the footbridge to view the torrent Friday, April 17, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Casey Emmett, co-founder of The Crop Project, pulls a bunch of Atlantic sugar kelp out of boiling water after blanching it so it can be hung to dry Saturday, April 18, 2020, at Stone Acres Farm in Stonington. GreenWave and The Crop Project brought the kelp that was harvested from a Block Island kelp farm to Stone Acres before going to Brooklyn, N.Y., its original destination. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Craig Wilson, co-founder of The Crop Project, cuts wet Atlantic sugar kelp off the line so it can be blanched and hung to dry Saturday, April 18, 2020, at Stone Acres Farm in Stonington. GreenWave and The Crop Project brought the kelp that was harvested from a Block Island kelp farm to Stone Acres before going to Brooklyn, N.Y., its original destination. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Dr. Oliver Mayorga and his wife, Kari, applaud while they watch a parade of local fire, police departments, ambulance services and family friends pass by their home Saturday, April 18, 2020, in Mystic. The parade was in honor of Dr. Mayorga who is an emergency physician and chief medical officer for L+M Hospital, Pequot Health Center and Westerly Hospital and was organized by Mystic Fire Department Chief Frank Kilbert and Deputy Chief Tony Manfredi , not shown, and with help from Kari Mayorga. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Ellen Nasser reacts to as family and friends surprising her with a drive by parade at her home in Groton for her 60th birthday on Sunday, April 12, 2020. þÄúBirthdayþÄôs are a big day in our family,þÄù said her son Bernie Nasser. þÄúNot being able to get together isnþÄôt easy,þÄù he said of why they planned the surprise event. Almost 10 cars of friends and family drove around the block twice and left gifts on the lawn for Ellen. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Bernie Nasser adjusts a birthday sign as family and friends get ready to surprise his mother Ellen Nasser with a drive by parade at her home in Groton for her 60th birthday on Sunday, April 12, 2020. “Birthday´s are a big day in our family,Ó said Bernie. “Not being able to get together isn´t easy,Ó he said of why they planned the surprise event. Almost 10 cars of friends and family drove around the block twice and left gifts on the lawn for Ellen. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Volunteers acting as ushers and helping to move cars stand by as Pastor Javier Santos offers a prayer Sunday, April 12, 2020, during a Resurrection Sunday drive-in service at the Crystal Mall parking lot in Waterford. The event was organized by Old Lyme Shoreline Community Church but welcomed all and featured sermons and music broadcast live on the radio. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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Siblings Tori, left, 8, and Axel, 2, Grant clasp their hands in prayer Sunday, April 12, 2020, as they join their mother, Samantha, all of Ledyard, for a Resurrection Sunday drive-in service at the Crystal Mall parking lot in Waterford. The event was organized by Old Lyme Shoreline Community Church but welcomed all and featured sermons and music broadcast live on the radio. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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Denise Dove Bernier of Mystic raises her hands in prayer through the sunroof as her Bible sits in front of her Sunday, April 12, 2020, during a Resurrection Sunday drive-in service at the Crystal Mall parking lot in Waterford. The event was organized by Old Lyme Shoreline Community Church but welcomed all and featured sermons and music broadcast live on the radio. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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Alan Macdougall, of Waterford, holds out his hands in prayer during a Resurrection Sunday Drive in Service at the Crystal Mall Parking Lot on Sunday, April 12, 2020. The event was organized by Shoreline Church of Old Lyme but welcomed all and featured sermons and music broadcast live on the radio. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)