We've all heard of shops and hotels around the South, raising their prices to take advantage of this disaster. We also know that this is illegal and morally atrocious. So why are oil companies allowed to raise their prices? I understand that their industry suffered a blow, but so did everyone else! Why can they get away with hiking prices even though they are swimming in billions of dollars of pure profit! We need these companies to keep down the cost of gasoline DOWN in order to keep this country from sliding into an economic downfall, yet they have proven that they don't care. Why are they not considered the price gougers?!