I am not here to create a panic.
But, what the heck is this?
Is is just a rumor?
I will post a couple of threads documenting this in a moment.
Hurricane Ike causing gas price issues in SC
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080351/posts
GAS GOING UP BY 5 PM EST
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2080238/posts
This is an over-reaction to disruptions expected as a result of hurricane Ike. Here in southeast Texas the lines are there but it isn’t a run per se. We are or have evacuated. Regular is around $3.60 per gallon which is up about a dime since hurricanes Gustav and Hanna. This will settle down.
So much gas is refined here in Texas that markets are reacting.
Ping and thanks for the heads up.
You see where Ike is headed? Guess where most of the US refineries are? And which major Texas city lies on top of the key East-West pipelines for fuel in this country? Everything goes through and under Houston and Baytown.
Include Sylva and Franklin NC in the list. I’d guess maybe spot shortages, but the word on the street is no further tankers in until next week. National data suggests Tuesday.
I’m in SW VA.
I heard a big gas station manager saying to another person that they were having problems getting shipments of gasoline. She said that they were nearly to the point of closing late last week, and said they are seeing similar supplies this week.
They’ve hyped this a bit even up here in Virginia. At my local station, price went up from $3.47 to $3.63.
I went ahead and filled my cars, because I figured if the unthinkable happens and some refineries are really knocked out, I’d like to have a month without worrying about my supply before I have to go back again.
But I really doubt the price will stay up more than a week or so.
In fact, the price increase should keep people from doing waht I did and buying up all the gas.
3.38 down .10 in Covington, Tn. Just north of Memphis.
I went up 15 cents today at my station. The Home Depot. I filled up at 2.64 in the Nashville area. Last night it was 2.49. Alot of refugees come here.
During hurricane Rita, the roads were jammed, people ran out of gas, and jammed things even more. This time they have extra fuel trucks ready to keep people moving. They are probably sucking up some of the supply. Plus gulf coast refineries and rigs will be shut down,
No problems up here in Chicago, other than the ridiculous amount of tax we pay on every gallon. Still at $4.15/gallon with no issues with supply. By all the overtaxed gas you want.
I was pumping at 3.669 while he changed the sign to 4.09
On 9/11 I got word the gas pipeline was to be or soon to be shut down.
Gas up a dollar here in GA, since 8 this morning...
Here in Raleigh NC gas at the corner station was $3.62 this am when I took my son to school at 7:45. I just went past it at 3 pm and it had increased to $4.89. No lines but I was stunned that there were actually a handful of people filling up at that price.
Today, Friday, gas prices here in Blairsville GA were about the same - maybe a dime higher than yesterday. But the talk of inflated prices and gas lines in nearby NC and TN have sent people in a semi-panic here. Every gas station I passed here today had full lines, 2-3 deep waiting. I needed normal errand fuel, but managed to pull in my closest station just in time to get an opening.
But people were already upset, and for no good reason. As I said, the prices were normal so far today.
Word spread around our area of TN last evening that gas prices would jump drastically this morning. People lined up at gas stations to fill up last night.
On the 10:00 news, one of the Nashville stations was poo-pooing the notion the prices would jump more than a few cents.
Prices yesterday ranged from $3.89 to $4.09 a gallon for regular. Today, it’s $5.29 a gallon for regular.
Disgusting.
NC, too.
There are lines all over Jackson Mich and around the state and price gouging.... I saw police at some stations keeping cars in lines. Gas is being raised in spite of no new loads arriving.
My second post.... I am staying with people in Jackson and he saw gas at BP at 5 PM.... a half hour ago.... for 6.55 in Lansing Mich...... and people were filling up....?