[CGASMIA68]

Wrong.
When all lanes are N bound there is no way for the fuel trucks to get to the stations.
Thats the problem not supply and demand

[treetopsandroofs]

Didn’t they CLOSE OFF the south-bound lanes because of this and then people screamed at the traffic jams?

[lacrew]

I wonder if a few extra pipelines would be helpful.

[PapaBear3625]

There was plenty of advance warning that a hurricane would be coming. One problem was that Florida's anti-price-gouging law prohibits "grossly" raising prices during a state of emergency. This eliminates much of the motivation to spend extra to ensure stockpiles.

Some steps:

1) When hurricane initially looks like it might hit Florida, tell people that the price of gas WILL be allowed to double if mass evacuation is announced, and that they should fill up now. This will create an early rush to fill up, and drain the gas stations enough to create room for more gas.

2) Tell the gas stations that the ONLY stations which will be exempted from the "anti-price-gouging" laws will be stations which were full to capacity at the moment the state of emergency was declared. This will create an incentive to pay extra to get a full fuel truck on site.

[vooch]

sorry - price controls never solve supply shortages.

motor traffic jams were North bound only. not south bound