DAMN! Yall are lucky! Here in Georgia, I have not seen anything less than $3. 45! I have heard it is because our stupid, dumb mass governor has these ridiculous "price gouging" laws. During the hurricane "shortages", stations were not allowed to raise prices, despite the limited supply or risk getting "government investigations"... Result: many stations totally ran out, were slow to get re stocked and are now making up for the profits lost when they were not allowed to let the laws of supply and demand work.
government intervention is a CROCK! Thank God this stupid governor is a lame duck and we can kick his butt out in two years!