puerto ricos infrastructure was poor before the hurricane arrived
The 2 massive back to back hurricanes destroyed new & old infrastructure alike. It ripped 65,000 power poles out of the ground regardless of how old they were. We should have at least tried to get temporary bridges & generators for clean water in there within a week. So at least they could live & transport rebuilding equipment. We did none of that & it took over 6 months to get vital roads open again.
New burdensome government building codes need to be imposed to require new & rebuilt structures & systems withstand Cat-5 hurricanes. It will take a lifetime to get that implemented as long as a deregulation government does not get elected & remove those regs leaving them all vulnerable again.
You really have no clue what type of a massive undertaking you are trying to describe, or how it would take far longer to implement.
All the time spent sending temporary fixes is time not spent fixing the permanent systems.
What a ******* monday morning quarterback you are, one with zero knowledge of the work required to respond to something like this.
When people are dying, you provide whatever resources are needed to prevent it. Food, clean water, temporary shelters, medical aid, evacuate the sick
These are Americans who were dying
You don’t just throw them some paper towels and walk away