Gas prices here haven't risen even though we went thru and are still going thru the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. About a week and a half before storm hit, Governor Cooper declared a state of emergency, mainly to allow farmers get get crops out of the fields. This allowed them to exceed weight limits on roads, and hours of work rules. A pleasant side effect was gasoline prices were frozen, which means no price gouging before and after the storm. I bet the oil companies are happy with his decision.