1、Excerpt from Supply Chain Resilience and the 2017 Hurricane Season|1 Static on the Relief Channel In mid-September 2017,all the news channels in Washington,DC,and across the country had shifted from the flooded homes in Houston,and the crowded highways and empty gas stations in Florida to the incred
2、ible power of Category 5 Hurricane Maria as it was on a collision course with Puerto Rico.Not long after the images from Houston faded,Hurricane Maria devastated the islands of Puerto Rico and St.Croix in the US Virgin Islands on September 20,2017.Within nine days,televisions across the country were
3、 inundated with images of the San Juan Mayor,Carmen Yuln Cruz,pleading:“Were dying here.We truly are dying here.I keep saying it:SOS.If anyone can hear us;if Mr.Trump can hear us,lets just get it over with and get the ball rolling.”1 This coverage received the ire of the President,who responded in r
4、etorting tweets.US mainland public perception was further driven by other media reports that indicated the islands supply chain had totally failed.Some volatile headlines in the days and weeks following landfall included the following:CNN,September 26:No gas.No food.No power.Puerto Ricans fear their
