Or could be in a situation at any given moment to not have Cash/Funds/Credit on hand and having to wait for the problem to be resolved. Like those that live paycheck to paycheck or may have just paid all the bills to keep the Utility companies from shutting things off. Or just spent Hundreds of Dollars at the Pharmacy on Meds to stay alive.
Should I keep on listing more things ?
Not everyone has piles of money.
I want to get the concession for dehydrated water or even better just good old Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) ..... I know it will sell to crowds like that. Best thing you can buy for a hurricane this big is insurance and a plane ticket to a nice B&B IN the midwest for a few weeks......
That may be the case with some. For most of the crowd, I'm going to guess it was poor planning. And for at least some of the ones who didn't initially have money for supplies, I'm going to guess that a significant percentage didn't have money because of bad financial decisions.