Lake Ontario moved like an ocean Wednesday. 

"Oh my god. I've never seen it like that. This is my first time," said Jewlie Schaffer, a Phoenix resident.  

Wind gusts moving from 50 to 60 miles per hour in the Oswego area led to waves crashing against the shore. 

"I feel bad for the people right off the shore," said Schaffer.

Despite the towering waves, Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow says much of the flooding damage already happened last year. 

"I'm sure there'll be some minor damage from the high waves but probably not too much," said Barlow.

While the city saw little damage other communities were hit harder.

"Well we have had a couple sizeable trees come down. We do have about 1,400 people without power right now," said the mayor.

At one point Wednesday, Oswego County had more than 4,000 customers without power according to National Grid. 

"Yeah, we're sitting in the car trying to stay warm," said David Seabrook, a Central Square resident.

Along county Route 84 in Central Square, residents say a fallen tree led to downed power lines and hours-long outage. 

"We're without heat so hopefully they'll get it up and running again, very, very soon." 

Along county Route 37, it appeared a small home for sale was blown on its side by the winds. Throughout the county, trees that were uprooted could be spotted. But the extreme weather doesn't alarm most in the area. 

"We all wish for spring but this comes with territory so we'll deal with it and move on and we're looking forward to at least some decent days in the future," said Mayor Barlow.

National Grid and the state had extra workers out to help with the restoration efforts.