An inspector from Norwich Public Utilities examines a tree felled by winds from Tropical Storm Isaias at 87 Orchard St. in Norwich Tuesday, August 4, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Jose Santiago, of Norwich, goes airborne after launching himself from a rope swing as Ryan Flanders, of Hebron, and his nephew Chad “CJÓ Chaput, Jr., 12, of Windham, watch from the edge of the Shetucket River in the Baltic section of Sprague Monday, August 3, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Norwich firefighters David Rose, left, and James Justice feel the effects of the heat after taking shift on the tower ladder battling a blaze at 57 Prospect St. in the Greeneville section of Norwich Monday, August 3, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Farmhands Bianca Berman, right, and Dasha Klein, 18, harvest kale and Swiss chard respectively, at Wehpittituck Farm in Stonington Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Moran, 29, has leased the land from David Rathbun, who´s family has owned it since colonial times, for eight years. Moran grows vegetables and flowers and raises laying chickens on about 7-acres of the property. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Farmer Jimmy Moran fills pint containers with sungold cherry tomatoes at Wehpittituck Farm in Stonington Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Moran, 29, has leased the land from David Rathbun, who´s family has owned it since colonial times, for eight years. Moran grows vegetables and flowers and raises laying chickens on about 7-acres of the property. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Farmer Jimmy Moran feeds his 123 laying hens at Wehpittituck Farm in Stonington Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Moran, 29, has leased the land from David Rathbun, who´s family has owned it since colonial times, for eight years. Moran grows vegetables and flowers and raises laying chickens on about 7-acres of the property. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Felicia Stevens, owner of The Drunken Palette, works on restoring the mural in New London City Hall Thursday, July 30, 2020. The mural, which spans all four walls of an anteroom off the City Council Chambers on the third floor, depicts city landmarks and was painted by a city employed sign painter in 1941. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Kianna Dailey, right, of Voluntown, laughs with friends Samantha Dowd and Sean Keegan, both of Montville, as they pick flowers at Scott's Orchard Farm Market in Waterford. The farm´s pick-your-own flowers runs through the summer as well the stand with local produce and plants for sale. Located at 451 Boston Post Road it´s hours are 10-7 on weekdays, 10-6 on Saturdays and 10-5 on Sundays. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

A great egret flies to the shore of a salt pond along Shennecossett Rd. on the UConn Avery Point campus in Groton with an eel in its beak Monday, August 3, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Instructor Lori Lee Miller holds a pose as she leads a Yoga for All class at UConn Avery Point in Groton on Monday, August 3, 2020. The class, hosted by Town of Groton Parks and Recreation, is every Monday at 6:15 through the summer. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Norwich firefighter Michael Stadnicki, right, and Lt. Kyle Seitz use a pike pole to ventilate the third floor windows from the department´s tower ladder to battle a blaze at 57 Prospect St. in the Greeneville section of Norwich Monday, August 3, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Friends Gabby Saunders, left, of Westerly, and Amaya Butler, of North Stonington, both 15, jump in the air as they pose for photos taken by local photographer Noelle Wolcin, of Stonington, at Dodge Paddock on Tuesday, August 4, 2020. The girls have been best friends since they started kindergarten together at Pine Point School and will be attending different schools for the first time this fall after graduating. “I just wanted to do something special for them,Ó said Gabby´s mother Sarah Saunders who hired Wolcin. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Eric Hamburg works on reinforcing windows at 15 Bank Street in New London in preparation for Tuesday afternoons storm Isaias. Hamburg, who owns the building known as the Lawrence Hall Building, is rennovating and plans on replacing the windows and didn't want the temporary glass to get damaged. "I saw that wind prediction and decided to get down here, better to play it safe than sorry with this stuff," he said as he worked. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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Mark and Mary Bellandese of Waterford work together to secure their 30 foot cabin cruiser at Ferry Slip Dockominiums in New London Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 2020, in preparation for the arrival of tropical storm Isaias later in the day. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Emergency vehicles can be seen through the leaves after a tree fell across North Bride Brook Rd. In East Lyme during Tropical Storm Isaias Tuesday, August 4, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A small crowd gathers on the sea wall at McCook Park in Niantic to watch the surf from Tropical Storm Isaias Tuesday, August 4, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Khaliyl Holland takes advantage of the waves from tropical storm Isaias Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, to spend time skim boarding on a private beach along Pequot Avenue in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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A sailboat rests on the rocks below the Crescent Beach Bluffs in Niantic during Tropical Storm Isaias Tuesday, August 4, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A tree rests on a house at 195 Dunham St. during Tropical Storm Isaias Tuesday, August 4, 2020 in Norwich. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Artist Eileen Eder, of Guilford, uses a pencil and white chalk as she sketches a scene of the Mystic Seaport as she works on Bay Street in Mystic on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. Eder says she was working on some color testing before participating in a plein air painting event, the Artists of Mystic Festival, on Saturday, August 8, 2020. During the event, which runs from 12-8, artists will be working downtown. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Art Newman, of Newman Enterprises, Inc., Property Maintenance, puts limbs and branches from a down tree, caused by the strong wind Tuesday from Tropical Storm Isaias, into a wood chipper while clearing the debris from a property along Hillside Road Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Linemen, from Groveland Electric of Groveland, Mass., work rehanging power lines Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, that were damaged Tuesday due to Tropical Storm Isaias, on Yantic Lane, in the Yantic area of Norwich. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Baxter Menzies, 16, left, of Stonington and Seamus Greaves, 17, of Noank, chat during their lunch break from installing new windows and siding on a house Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Stonigton Burough. This is the first summer the young men have worked construction and are working with the owner of the house, Antu Cerretti, of Incline Village, Nev.. Cerretti has a construction company, Cerretti Construction, in Nevada and asked friends in the area if they knew anybody that wanted a summer job helping him work on the house he and his family owns as an investment property. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Gary Winthrope, Tucker Callahan, Robert Cumberland and Theodore West, not shown, all 14 years-old and of Stonington, spend time together fishing Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, at Spellman Pond in Stonington. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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East Great Plain fire department assistant chief Richard Huntley, Jr., spreads absorbent on spilled fluids from a two-car motor vehicle accident on Salem Turnpike at Old Salem Rd. Friday, August 7. 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A tree crew from Lucas Tree Experts clears branches from the wires as a line crew from Eversource stands-by to restore power along Jordan Cove Rd. In Waterford Thursday, August 6, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Server Desarae Schenk takes an order from Patty and Bob Spayne at the new Cafe Marina restaurant before opening for dinner Thursday, August 6, 2020. “This is my happy place,Ó said Patty. “I´m so happy they´re open again.Ó The restaurant, housed at the Marina at American Wharf on the downtown waterfront, is operated by Mystic restauranteur Jon Kodama. The location had been closed the last two seasons. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Supporters gather around Crystal Caldwell, center in white, as they wait outside for the court appearance of Philip Sarner and Emily Orbay in New London Superior Court Friday, August 7. 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Zach Ridenour, 15, takes a look at some of the vintage cars parked along Broadway in Norwich for the 3rd annual First Friday Car Show and Global City Norwich Virtual Art and Music Show Friday, August 7. 2020 in downtown Norwich. Downtown streets were lined with fancy cars of all eras, with local restaurants, food vendors, arts venues, and downtown businesses open as part of the community event. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Francesca Biasucci, of Old Lyme, carries a bucket of water to her vehicle where she will fill a large plastic bin with water while her cell phone charges Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, at the Old Lyme Police Department. Biasucci said, before noon, that this was already her second trip of the day to the Old Lyme Police Station to get water for toilets, washing hands and dishes. Power outlets were available to charge electronic devises and a garden hose was available, in background, for people to fill their own containers. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Pest control expert Chance Brokett of Guardian Pest Control looks for the entrance of a cicada killer burrow Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, so he can spray an insecticide powder into it, in the yard of an Old Lyme home. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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A cicada killer stings a cicada again Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, as it works to drag it into its burrow in the yard of an Old Lyme home. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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People look at the paintings on display amongst the farm equipment in the barn during the "Art in Waterford: Past + Present + Future" juried exhibit Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, at the Jordan Green in Waterford. The event was sponsored by the Waterford Historical Society. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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State Sen. Cathy Osten, right, talks to Nancy, left, and Scott Kaune, center, while campaigning door to door along Partridge Hollow Road on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, in the Gales Ferry section of Ledyard. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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