NJ STATE OF EMERGENCY: Gov. Mikie Sherrill held a press conference today to update New Jersey’s response to the storm. “We’re not out of the woods yet,” she said, calling the statewide effort “incredible.” Sherrill said this was New Jersey’s first statewide blizzard in 30 years, noting “snow totals of over a foot across the state and two and a half feet in some places.” She said winds reached up to 65 mph and visibility was “essentially zero for hours.” She praised workers who kept the state moving through the storm. “They pushed through a very difficult and very dangerous night,” she said, noting crews who cleared rail platforms, restored power and worked on major roads in whiteout conditions. Sherrill said 365,000 outages were reported yesterday and “over 90% have been restored,” adding that about 35,000 customers remained without power. She thanked more than 5,000 utility workers, saying some “came from as far as Ohio and Kentucky” to help. . . . #news12nj #blizzard #poweroutage ...