If Cuba had attacked Puerto Rico with 1000 soldiers

[Tom Rinaldo]

7. In the first six days after the hurricane made landfall here, the Navy had deployed just three ships

"SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - The Trump administration is rushing military hardware and personnel into Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as it becomes increasingly clear that the U.S. government response to Hurricane Maria so far has been inadequate and overmatched by the scale of the disaster.

In the first six days after the hurricane made landfall here, the Navy had deployed just three ships, citing concerns that Puerto Rico's ports were too damaged to accommodate numerous large vessels. But harrowing reports of isolated U.S. citizens struggling in the heat without electricity and running low on food and water have now spurred the Pentagon to throw resources into the relief effort even though they haven't been specifically requested by territorial officials..."
http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2017/09/as_puerto_rico_struggles_to_re.html

So local officials may share part of the blame. But drones were flying over Puerto Rico the next day. The scale of the devastation was visible The delay over a full mobilization is unconscionable.

And three ships does not a flotilla make.