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First I love Culebra and Luis Peña beach I've stayed on little and cayó norte as well I can't imagine what happened to poor little Cumbria and her islets THAT BEING SAID look the taino were thriving there for millennia before the aztecs slaughtered and enslaved them I've gone on weeks long kayak trips in the carribean with nothing except weed and wine and woman I digress get the cheap sevylor of other inflatable for 150$ it is 11 lbs and you can put two of them in dufglebag and they hold 600lbs and are full of air and are totally comfortable. I put my wife in my boat and we paddle to offshore islets and reefs with snorkel gear Ok back to the carribean. And PR PR is one of VERY FEW ISLANDS that are tall enough to make weather and shelter from storms PR has El Junqūe. An enormous 4000 ft tall rainforest in the middle of its roughly 150 l by 59 tall The ONLY REAL THING YOU NEED IN THE CARTIBEAN is water. And SHADE it's 80 degrees all the time and the ocean is also 80 deg Most islands are just low corral outcroppongs and the hurricane wind rolls right over and takes everything out like nothing. There's nothing to stop it AND the hurricane is ESSENTIAL for life in the Carribean. The energy MUST be dissipated or the region would become uninhabitable The Atlantic being vast and deep. Is the dominant factor in the carribean The wind is incessasnt for the east The west is leeward and is where all the reefs and resorts are SAN JUAN is on the north western side is is leeward for the most part The hurricane ( I don't like this name thing) just the year. 17. Went from southwest to Northeast over San Juan The aircraft engine or loud and incessant howling is it You never forget it. ME. 92. Andrew or 92 HOMESTEAD was GNARLY FAST AND TIGHT THAT was the last close call for Miami

Prepper Ping - FReeper Prepper in Puerto Rico (first hand FReeper account)
There is much to learn in this report; OODA Loop !

A report from one of our Preppers who survived a glancing blow From Hurricane Irma ..
and then a head-on attack from Hurricane Maria.
The biggest enemy of Preppers is complacency and not being adequately prepared, even though you think you are;
and failure to keep an ongoing assessment of routine tools and maintenance as well as seasonal adjustment.
Throughout this post you will learn of what worked, and what didn't work, as well as praise given where it belongs,
as well as the blame for failures.
Also, he has much good to say about our FED.gov response that you won't see in the news or mainstream media,
and has offered a serious critique on local PR politicians.
Learn from his example, his forethought, his prepps, what worked, and then his experience.
This is an outstanding report !

H/t to Sergio