[Wag]

It's not gouging if you have the option to buy elsewhere or, more importantly, not buy at all.

When natural disasters occur and people still REQUIRE water, food, fuel and can't get outside their locale to get it, price increases are considered to be gouging.

While the current administration is considered by some to be a disaster, it really doesn't qualify because we can sit on the sidelines of this mad rush for product and be unaffected by it since we have the option to do so.

--Wag--