When you’re poor, you don’t have a credit card, and most of the stranded were especially strapped for funds because it was the end of the month. But even if they had had the money, it is not obvious that markets would have responded quickly enough to provide the needed supply; in times of crisis, they often simply don’t.
不仅贫困，没有信用卡，被飓风所困的绝大多数人还由于临近月底而身无分文。但即便他们有撤离所需的费用，市场似乎也不太可能迅速做出反应，供给所需要的资源。在危机时刻，市场常常失去作用，这也是军队不用价格体系分配资源的原因之一。