"There are quite a few of them, actually." She was, in fact, married to two. "Most of the Sullys are human." Why not use another prominent family instead of her own. Not that she intended to throw them under any bus, she just didn't want any undue attention drawn to her own.
"It's better than letting the stuff go to waste. With the electric gone, I don't see those places being of use to anyone until something is figured out." And it was all pretty overwhelming for her husband.