Anyone ever noticed how whenever a commodity item has its "supply" interrupted by a natural disaster, the price NEVER goes back to the way it was PRIOR to the disaster?
Case in point, Gas prices in the south east.
The day before Katrina hit, the gas prices there where around 1.00 - 1.60 cheaper than in California (My folks live in Georgia so I get the info)
They where consistently this way for about 12 years, then after Katrina hit and the out right thievery stopped, the leveled off at around the same national average.
The Oil companies blamed the problems at the refineries, however those things where fixed within just a few months.. yet the prices never went back to the way they where...
Interesting huh? Hope we don't see the same thing here.. could be a way to increase margins..