Dispatches from East Haven on Hurricane Irene

Hurricane Irene arrived leaving a path of destruction that hit East Haven particularly hard. According to the National Weather Service, the danger hasn't passed yet as wind and flooding is expected to continue.

Reports say that some homes have been destroyed by the flooding, and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy visited the area to survey the damage with Mayor April Capone. As of 1:55 p.m., 5,905 East Haven customers were without power.

Here's what people had to say about the hurricane.

"The fact that our haunts at the Haunted Isle in East Haven are probably destroyed... Is enough to make me cry :(" - Morgan Festa (@Morg_Ashley) via Twitter.

"We just paddled out in a canoe to a neighborhood totally under water along shore in east haven. Cars submerged. Insane." - Ryan Bernat @(RyanBernat) via Twitter.

"Never experienced a hurricane to prepare for in my life. - Paul M. Fiore via Facebook said before the hurricane hit.

"The governor of CT & the mayor are visiting my street in East Haven because its THAT BAD." - Michael Greenberg(@GreenbergMusic) via Twitter.

"I wish I was in East Haven just to see the craziness right now." - Lauren Novella  (@lnovellz) via Twitter.

According to the National Weather Service:

DESTRUCTIVE SURF FROM HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO PUMMEL THE ATLANTIC FACING SHORELINES, WITH SEVERE BEACH EROSION AND WASHOVERS EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. AS TROPICAL STORM IRENE DEPARTS, MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING.