Sorry....He works...she’s a slummer.
Oh I totally read that story wrong. I read that as the wife saying she went to work. But it was the neighbor saying he went to work to return to the disaster.
That does change the analysis a bit, seeing she wasn’t going to work at least that day, and that he’s a contractor.
I dunno. It’s bizzare though. Apparently emergency action did have to be taken wrt the utilities. He may have shut them off himself but he should’ve at least gotten the permits so everyone knew he did. This isn’t rural property here it’s a suburb.