"Broken supply chain" in Puerto Rico? How about air drops?

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Were there earthquakes in Texas one month prior? Two weeks before was there an earthquake in Florida? Did the entire Caribbean suffer from earthquakes on the same day as Haiti?

"an Army unit was airborne, on its way to seize control of the main airport"

That would lead me to believe the airport was "controlled" by someone else so it has to be taken ... not the case in PR. Haiti is also three times the size and population, lot more room to put stuff.

From your linked article:

In Haiti, the United States was able to deploy active military combat brigades, quickly install a military commander and militarize the airspace at the invitation of Haitian officials.

If that was being done in PR this place would be on fire saying that Trump was taking over PR and violating all sorts of laws.

From your article:

In Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories, the nearly 140-year-old Posse Comitatus Act limits the role that active military personnel can play.

Maj. Gen. James C. Witham, director of domestic operations for the National Guard Bureau, said that immediately after Maria’s landfall, Puerto Rico requested only communications equipment and fewer than 200 military police officers.

“Let’s make this clear — this is an operation of the government of Puerto Rico,” Rosselló said. “We set the priorities. . . . We are taking action, and there are results.”

In Haiti:

Air Force combat control teams were in the air the next morning. The airport, which became “the island’s lifeline,” Keen said, was secure and operational by nightfall.

Very different situation in Haiti ... we took over, invaded as it were. We can not do that in PR.