How hard would it be to deliver MRE's, bottled water, and maybe baby formula from helicopters?
They can only fit so many pounds of food and water in a helo. And you don't dare deliver just "some" because you'll have a riot on your hands as 30,000 people fight for it. Plus the helos are busy plucking people off roofs. Makes more sense to make a huge delivery with trucks.
And speaking of trucks, there is limited access to the area. Big trucks with heavy loads can't travel on many secondary roads because of their weight.
I think the initial help should have and could have been local and state help. IMHO.
that is the very minimum I expect to see.....and a country and military as great as ours should have no problem accomplishing just that.