State Of Emergency
Precisely!!
Probably some disgruntled union workers acting stupid in a time of crisis.
I worked in disaster relief and know many disaster volunteers that travel to the disaster scenes. I know two who will tell you that the people of New Jersey are totally obnoxious and the worst in America for working with in a disaster.
They will not go back to New Jersey in a disaster volunteer capacity and warn all who go what is coming. That is, be prepared for a terrible experience with terrible people.
The electric workers incident is just proof of the typical.