You can bring your own water to baseball games. Secondly, you couldn’t buy water for cheaper, because there wasn’t any. 27 million people were trying to prepare at the same time. There where no supplies. 3 days before the storm there wasn’t anything. Shelves were completely bare. Retailers could not keep up. Gas stations were empty and still are. And will be for quite some time.
Additionally, the coastal areas of FL are very wealthy. The interior is made up of middle class and poor. There is only so much they can afford to prepare.
The free market doesnt work in a disaster area. Unless you have experienced a disaster of this magnitude, you are speaking from a position of ignorance.
Oh btw, I am fortunately well prepared and well supplied. Our middle school and local sports complex is full of people from the southern part of the state. They arrived here with what they could carry. How does the free market work for them?
I guess you missed the suggestion that tap water can be saved in any type of container, including plastic bags.
Tap water is available in every home, but having stayed in Florida during most winters for the past 40+ years, it does have a distinct odor and unusual taste {but it is potable}.