Yes, why don’t flood victims just act like rational consumers and comparison shop for the best deal on water between price gougers? Let the free market decide who dies of thirst!

When the flooding subsides, all the gougers should be rounded up and placed in stocks in the middle of NRG stadium. Then the good people of Houston can jeer and throw rotting food at them. This can be broadcast to their eternal shame. Then they can go to jail and have their ill gotten gains seized.