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Ridgefield has big clean up job from Tuesday's storm

The clean up continues in Ridgefield and elsewhere after Tuesday afternoon's storm.  First Selectman Rudy Marconi says sustained winds of at least 80 miles per hour blew threw. Trees fell on three houses, but Marconi says it's likely more reports will come in of substantial damage. 

 

A tree limb crushed a car on Grove Street, trapping a woman and her dog.  She was pulled out by people in the area and generally speaking is in good shape.  Marconi says if you saw the car, you would wonder if anyone survived and the woman walked away with a broken arm.

 

Ridgefield will probably hire some outside crews to come in and help clean up.  Dozens of roads were blocked Tuesday afternoon after the wind blew in. 

 

Marconi says it was unbelievable how quickly it came.  Marconi's Assistant Director of Emergency Management called 10 minutes before, saying that he was tracking it and noticed like there could be severe winds.  Marconi called that an understatement, with gusts measured at over 90 miles an hour.  He likened it to the people in the midwest when a tornado hits with little warning.  Though he does say the town was spared, relatively speaking. 

 

There were 27 fire related calls and a few EMS storm related calls Tuesday in Ridgefield. 

 

Eversource Energy spokesman Mitch Gross says there were heavy rains and wind that took down lines, but also broken poles and lightning strikes.

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