> I am in my 50's, so hardly "very young" :) Interesting! So you remember a normal life without internet. > During these times you mention, were hospitals clo

> I am in my 50's, so hardly "very young" :) Interesting! So you remember a normal life without internet. > During these times you mention, were hospitals closed? Shops closed without anything coming in? No banks working? No fuel? Nothing being brought to the people? Plenty has been written (search Puerto Rico Maria 2017) if you're curious. Everything tries to continue operating the best they can. Some places have generators so they can open some hours but fuel is difficult to get (wait in line all day for a few gallons). For many things electricity isn't that vital. Water is critical. Supplies trickle in but slowly, so most places run out of everything. Share with neighbors and figure it out. It's all very difficult, but society doesn't collapse. This went on for months (or a year+ in more remote areas). > with the rest of the country coming in Puerto Rico is an island so there is no rest of the country to come in from. Things arrive by ship which take a good while and there were also a lot of problems with cargo being blocked at the ports, so even with donations arriving they were held up. That's a whole another can of worms.