Great point SoCal. Any major disaster more than a few hundred miles from east Tx, west La would take a while to be reacted to. Pivoting anything as large as the FEMA relief effort quickly just wouldn't happen.

One thing I did this week was to start rotating my fuel supply. Our fuel prices have jumped 34 cents since last Friday. 21 cents in the last 2 days. I could easily see $3 gas by the end of the holiday weekend. I seriously doubt it'll go back to around $2 before the end of the year, if ever again.