After Super Typhoon Pamela hit Guam with over 200 MPH winds, the naval commander in charge of restoring power was fired because he didn't have it done throughout the island in 2 weeks.
Not his fault, it's the nature of the beast.
I was in Guam during that Typhoon, stationed at Anderson afb. Phenomenal destruction.
It took months for things to get back to normal, and that is with one of the largest airlifts ever.
I don’t think we had running water for many weeks. I lived on “C” rations for months as our chow hall had been destroyed.
That was an operational military base with airlift support. Imagine what civilians had to deal with.
One advantage civilians have is they can prepare for disasters a guy living in the barracks cannot.
One problem civilians have is they don’t prepare.
Aloha.