pk: They can say "This line is insane. I can only give gas to the next 30 people. I'll triple the price and take the next thirty people willing to pay that." Folks can then assess their options and decide if they can find other options. Carpool. Take the smaller vehicle (Oh my god. You would not believe how many folks try to take all their vehicles out of harms way, instead of thinking that a family of four can fit in one car). Realize they're far enough outside the storm path that they're very likely to be safe.

And if they aren't "far enough outside the storm path that they're very likely to be safe?"

The poor already have fewer options than the rich in the event of a hurricane. They typically don't have second homes to go to, don't have jobs they can easily take time off for to get out of harms way ASAP, don't have reliable transportation to begin with. Tripling the price of essentials makes them even more vulnerable and "shit out of luck."