True, a few people helped the hurricane victims by sending supplies to Miami for free. Certainly these people should be commended. Those who express contempt for people who sell products to natural-disaster victims at high prices should look closer to home for someone to criticize. This law was favorably mentioned, with no hint of irony, in an article reporting that building contractors and construction supplies from several states had poured into Atlanta immediately after it suffered massive tornado damage. The Electric Shaver Victims of natural disasters need to communicate with one another also.
Market prices are the only practical method.
Everyone in the stricken area will value the products being made available, but people will want those products to go to those they believe can put them to the best use. Price controls prevent this from happening by censoring communication among victims. A friend of mine who lived in Charleston, South Carolina, when Hurricane Hugo hit in 1989 saw firsthand the harm done by this censorship. Electricity was out for several days in my friend's area, and so lots of people were anxious to get gas-powered electric generators. Unfortunately, the local hardware store had only two and was unable to get more because of price controls.