Basic supply and demand. Once supply starts going down and demand goes up/stays the same, the price will increase. It’s a matter of time.
Stop denying it. If you don’t think a hurricane, no matter how small, will wreak havoc on this region (which wasn’t prepared for it) even after the storm, you’re insane and living in a cave. NYC is the US’ biggest city (more than 2x bigger than #2 on the list which is LA) and will take a LOT of resources (including fuel) to get it back up and running and rebuilt.
You think Katrina was bad in New Orleans with 360,000 people? Try Sandy in NYC with 8.2 MILLION. And that’s just NYC…not including MD, NJ, etc.