The difference in Texas and Florida compared to Puerto Rico is Texans and Floridians helped each other. That didn't happen in Puerto Rico, the people who had everything and weren't as impacted in San Juan, did nothing to help the other people trapped out in the rural areas. The Virgin Islands for example that was hit as hard or harder than Puerto Rico operated like Texas and Florida and helped themselves, they also had an excellent local government response, whereas Puerto Rico, didn't.