[Jagshund]

It doesn't matter if the refineries are leveled by the hurricane; the point is that there is NO WAY every station in the Southeast was topped off with the "new" fuel that would cost them more $ in the last 12 hours. This is station owners getting greedy by raising their fuel prices due to the potential increase in price/lack of fuel. Sonny Purdue, our village idiot, actually did something smart today by instituting "gouging" watch statewide.

Although the NEW fuel that will be delivered will be worth more due to the lack of supply, and the 'old' fuel is ostensibly worth more as it sits due to the increase/lack, the owners are not going to take a hit by selling the old fuel at the old prices. This is why we have every reason to be outraged at the instant rise in prices.