“Puerto Rico did not because their local authorities were inept.”
Inept and/or corrupt
To make a ‘rescue’ after a hurricane work in Puerto Rico....the President would have to declare martial law, and put some US Army general in charge of the isle for 90 days. Any political figure or mayor who gets in the way....arrest them and remove them to some detention center for the remaining period. Thats the only way to make the system work correctly. It’s a shame that their developed behavior goes to this type of childish act but it is....what it is.