Reply #51: $11 for a bale of hay?!

[kentauros]

While I only know that's possibly three times (or more) the normal cost, it makes me think of those people that gouge for basic needs after a hurricane. In that instance, it's against the law. Why can't that be applied here, too?

By the way, I'm in Houston, and while we have gotten some scattered storms in the last week or so, it's still nothing like a good day's rain. Mayor Parker recently put the whole city on mandatory water rationing, though that's also just for things like watering lawns. I don't know if it includes washing cars, but I think power-washing is banned for now, so vehicles are probably included.

Almost two weeks ago I read that we need 15 inches of rain to break the drought. Locally, that would flood us. It needs to rain further north, recharging the rivers, lakes and ponds on down to the coast.