With temperatures going below the freezing mark overnight, many towns in the state faced water turned to ice.
Like two towns frozen in time, Colebrook and Hartland were literally encapsulated in ice. According to some residents we talked to, the rain wasn't too bad, but then the cold came. It transformed the towns' roads into mazes of fallen branches and trees to ominous chunks of ice.
"Today (Friday) was a lot worse than we usually get. Today was a lot of ice," said Sylvia Crunden of Hartland.
The Thursday night - Friday morning storm also knocked power out for thousands of people in pockets of the state.
One of the major power lines serving Colebrook fell victim to a massive tree made heavy by its frozen branches and it snapped breaking the line.
The damage was extensive in the northwest hills.
On route CT-20, a utility pole split in half. Crews had to cut off the branches from a nearby tree turning it into a makeshift power line.
And as Connecticut Light and Power workers restored the power lines, their job was not finished.
"The trees are just snapping all around and we had an incident last night (Thursday) where a C-L-and-P truck was parked and a big ash came down and went through the windshield," one worker reported to us.
Crunden's power was knocked out for a while but her generator kicked in. For many in the northwest hills this is their answer to keeping winters bite at bay.
"We have power for part of the house. You kinda have to be willing to wait for C-L-and-P because they have to get everywhere else," added Crunden.
C-L-and-P said it had dispatched one hundred crews Friday night and they were expected to work through the evening.
As of midnight Friday, some 6000 customers in the northwest portion of the state were without power.
