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ryvr on September 24, 2008 - 5:35pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I was railing against the silly "gouging" claims a couple of weeks ago. If we had raised prices to $10 then, maybe it wouldn't be so bad now.

There are very few gas stations open here in Asheville, NC, and if a station gets a shipment, it usually runs out in a few hours, and they close. Lines are near a mile and winding around many blocks. Local newspaper is reporting fights breaking out. Restaurants and business are empty, and people can't get to work. Sure have been a lot of police sirens lately too.

I am having a lot of difficulty imagining the picture here if things get any tighter. It is hard to imagine social order would not break down completely.

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GreenMan on September 24, 2008 - 5:50pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I googled up this little gem: http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=9056750&nav=23iibbVz

Sep 23, 2008 08:19 AM

Three fights occurred Monday at Roadrunner Shell and management called police ... Station manager ... said people are panicked about the shortage.

Buncombe County deputy fire marshal Mack Salley said he's talked to local distributors who said they're sending trucks to get gas and they're coming back empty.

"Our deliveries have been at reduced rates for almost 20 days, so that's a long time not to be able to meet the market demand," Colonial Pipeline spokesman Steve Baker told the newspaper.

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