Asking again. WHERE do you send the soldiers along an 800-mile long, 350-mile wide swath of damage? Do you just air drop them wherever and let them figure it out? No coordination whatsoever?
I lived through Hurricane Ida in New Orleans in 2021 (on the 16th anniversary of Katrina, interestingly enough). A very small, but very powerful storm that made landfall right at the cusp of Cat 4/5. The eyewall went over my house, shifting it on its foundation. The levees and floodwalls held, thankfully, but the main transmission tower for the entire city fell into the Mississippi River, plunging us all into darkness. Heat index was over 100 for every one of the absolutely miserable 10 days that we were without power.
It took 72 hours for help to arrive. We knew it would take at least that long, because we were told it would take at least that long, repeatedly, in the days leading up to the storm. Once they got there, the National Guard worked tirelessly to distribute ice and food, as well as to rescue people by boat and helicopter. Active duty military never came. Why would they? The Cajun Navy deployed immediately, restaurant owners started cooking up their food that would otherwise spoil and distributing it for free, neighbors helped neighbors. I get the feeling you've never actually been through a natural disaster, and you're just spitballing about the what the response "should" be. And it's actually kind of insulting to those of us who HAVE survived these events.