Hurricane Maria and its fallout weren't heavily covered. From what I hear from friends down there, power and water are still hard to come by, and the utilities

Hurricane Maria and its fallout weren't heavily covered. From what I hear from friends down there, power and water are still hard to come by, and the utilities are not providing things like bagged water, which is mandated in WA State after a few hours without water pressure. If what happened in Puerto Rico happened on the West Coast, but from an earthquake, we would have seen a much larger response and better media coverage. Partly due to utilities here planning, training and funding resources for such an event (with water distribution warehouses sprinkled through Seattle), basics like clean, potable water would be in much better supply.