Comment on the differences in the response of the US government to natural disasters in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico, and suggest that political considerations might have impacted the response.
The U.S. General now on the islands says that the troop quantity is inadequate. In comparison there were over well 300 military helicopters alone in Houston, not including the Texas National Guard, Coast Guard, HPD and Life Flight.  In Florida, a massive force of the US Navy vessels was brought in and fuel was brought in to ensure that there was no gas shortage.  Houston is the heart of the petroleum industry. Hmm. Why? It's Florida and Texas. They vote for president. Contrast this to Puerto Rico where the strategy was to drop goods into distrubution centers  for the local government to distribute, with no forethought that there would be no way to distribute those goods without gasoline and adequate transportation. All while keeping the port locked down from foreign vessels because of an imperialistic age old law. How stupid.