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Gas shortages are already happening

Posted by Yankee on August 31, 2005 - 5:40pm
Topic: Supply/Production

  • Indianapolis
  • Central Florida
  • Charlotte, NC ("I'm not asking anybody to panic," said Gov. Mike Easley. "If I find out we need to panic, I'll come back and tell you tomorrow.")
  • Phoenix ("Circle K Stores reported outages at ten to 15-percent of its 256 service stations in Maricopa County.")
  • Central Maryland ("I don't know when I'll get gas again," said one station owner in Laurel, Md.)
  • Dearborn Heights, MI ("I told them, '(We're) almost out of the gas. When are you going to send it?' El Jalal said. "He told me, 'We are behind two days.")

I'll try to update this, but have you experienced a shortage in your town? (more incidents under the fold).

  • East Texas (Frances Brown, Chevron cashier, said, "Monday, they had some customers come in here and actually threaten the morning cashiers, because we were out of gas and they wanted their gas. There's nothing we can do about that.") (!!)
  • Wilmington, NC
  • Milwaukee, WI (Robert Budzynski watched the driver ahead of him fill his tank, but when the retired sheet metal worker got to the pump and squeezed the handle, nothing came out. "I went inside and said, 'The pump isn't working' and was told it's probably out of gas. I said, 'Come on, the man in front of me just filled up and drove away,' " said Budzynski, of Milwaukee.)
  • Kentucky
  • Colorado Springs ("It’s really rare for us to completely run out of all three grades," she said. "I can’t remember the last time it happened.")
  • Columbus, GA (no real shortages reported, but an interesting account of what happens when people fear outages or rationing)

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