Posted on 08/31/2005 2:26:45 PM PDT by Pyro7480
WSB, via Hannity, reporting that a urban legend is going around about gas shortages, causing a panic in people, who are rushing to gas stations. Reporter said regular gas prices at one station was above $4.
Don't worry...
The price should peak at $42/gallon.
the sky is falling !
Not an urban legend they just showed pic from a chopper shot of the prices.
While pumping gas I talked with two ladies filling up next to me. One said the pipeline story was a lie because it is underground and the hurricane couldn't have damaged it. The other lady said and I quote,"I know what cause it, be George Bush, mmmhmmm George Bush."
I was pumping 87 octane and it ran out when I was at 3/4 tank. Price here was $2.79 per gallon. There were three deputies standing guard inside.
And why would gasoline run out? Do you know what percent of the gas supply in the US was impacted by Katrina???
LOL!
The scary thign about this is that a substantial number of people would pay that price.
I know exactly the kind of people they are, too. They're the ones who are going to run out tomorrow and get $5,000 on a trade-in for their 2004 SUV with 15,000 miles on it . . . and then turn around and pay $45,000 for a new hybrid.
Just so they can save about $1,500 per year on fuel costs.
The panic is happening right now in central Ga. Macon, Warner Robins too. LINES and LINES at every gas station. I'm waiting for the fighting and shooting to begin.
LOL!
I hear they taste like chicken!
I'm blessed with a work at home job too.
My half tank should last 2 more weeks.
Panic buying.
I filled up Saturday here in Blairsville GA for 2.61. Sunday it jumped to 2.71. Monday it was 2.79. This morning around 11:00 it was 2.89 and this afternoon it was 3.09. That's all mid grade.
I had to go to Cherokee NC this morning and just got back. On the way up, everyone seemed to have gas. Overall, it was probably around 3.09 avg for regular. When I left there at 2:00 this afternoon, of about twelve stations along the way, 7 were out of gas, 1 was out of everything but regular and the rest had three to four deep lines. The stations I pass along the way are in Murphy NC, Andrews NC, one in the Nantahala gorge, a couple between there and Cherokee and three in Cherokee.
In Deer Park Long Island the price is 2.99 for reg and no one is panicking. The gas stations have normal traffic.
Okay, you can have all the TVs you want. I need a couple more computers. And jewelry. I don't have enough jewelry to get me through the next crisis.
Our economy is going to come to a screeching halt.
Bye bye housing bubble.
...Got an email about an hour ago from sis-in-law; ditto in Gainesville, if that's not in fact where you are.
Of course in some areas of Atlanta, when people are stuck in gas lines the fighting and shooting dies down.
Gas stations in Upstate SC - two hours east of Atlanta are out of gas! The panic start here this afternoon. My husband just walked in, he said all the stations he passed on the way home were closed. Most of the Greenville stations have run our of gas.
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