This is a reasonably fair article although I want to make a couple key points.
The comparison point of the Haiti earthquake Makes No Sense! Deaths in Haiti we're maybe 230,000. Deaths in Peurto Rico are < 100.
Troops Deployed comparisons make no sense! Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. It's GDP is $8 billion for 8 million people vs $100 Billion for 3.5 million people in PR. Peurto Ricans are 28x more productive per capita which has huge implications across the board for the level of response required. But it's not unfair to consider the average Peurto Rican is 28x more able to prepare, endure, and contribute to recovery efforts than the average Haitian.
Also Peuro Rico has 10,000 local US National Guard which are not being counted in Atlantics figures. That means actual US troops in PR are roughly equivalent to Haiti deployment actually.
Other reports I've read are that USMS Comfort did not initially deploy because PR locals wanted field hospitals not ship-based. Not because the Federal gov decided themselves not to send it.
And finally - to lead with "Almost two weeks after the storm abated, most of the island’s residents still lack access to electricity and clean water." First of all it will be months before most residents have power, mostly because the pre-existing state of their grid. I've read it needs to be rebuilt entirely. Second, clearly there is access to potable water as you can't live this long without it, and NYT reports as of yesterday Oct 4 a total of 34 deaths attributed to Maria including 15 "indirect" deaths which occurred after the storm passed.
