Gas prices in Atlanta area: $4 to $6 per gallon in last hour. Not kidding.

WSB Radio 750 Atlanta | 8/31/2005 | myself

[peacebaby]

like = look.

serves me right for typing without my eye glasses?

[lightman]

Back to the good old days of odd/even and minimum purchases. The minimum was $5.00 back in 1973...it'll be $50.00 this time around. Yipeeee!

[MissEdie]

That's my question, I was just told it was on the radio that gas in the Myrtle Beach, SC area was over $6.00 a gallon. Does anyone out there know if this is true? What kind of criminal charges could these people face?

[Alberta's Child]

Exactly. It's one thing if the market price is $5 or $6 per gallon, but anyone who takes advantage of a situation like this ought to be run out of business.

[Tuxedo]

It ranges from $2.57 to $2.79 in San Antonio, TX.

[andyk]

It's little free-floating rigs.

Oh, interesting.

[cripplecreek]

I always keep extra gas on hand. There's about 45 gallons in my F150, another 17 in my ranger and whatever is in the tank of my wifes Taurus. Also another 25 gallons in cans from about a month back.

I never panic because I'm always prepared.

[RightWhale]

The Gov is right on top of the situation. That's good, takes some of the load off the Pres.

[It's me]

Great. I am goin to Atlanta this weekend to take my daughter to college.

[MarineNav]

$3.09 in Louisville, KY. Higher prices will move north from Atlanta, where local radio in Louisville reports gas seen at $5.39. I gassed up today. I expect $4+ by the weekend in Louisville.

[FreedomCalls]

$3.05 here in Dallas TX area..

$2.65 at Wal-Mart in Fort Worth at 4:05 pm.

[Sender]

Is that legal?

Capitalism, my dear friend. Supply and demand.

[Right Wing Assault]

Whoa! I'm going to buy a 10,000 tank truck full of gas. I'll be down in a couple days! My price, only $3.50 a gallon.

Someone should take pictures of the prices on these stations and go after these guys legally. Sounds like they are looting peoples' wallets.

[andyk]

I paid $3.09 today in Boise. The station I normally fill up at was charging $2.73, but the lines were long.

[RightWhale]

My vehicle is gassed up, too. If necessary I could drive to safety. Of course, it would be somewhere between Alaska and the Yukon Territory where I would run out for good.

[nevergore]

I got ya beat......I've got five 55gal drums stored....

NeverGore :^)

[Arkinsaw]

Michael savage is now calling for price controls on gasoline. I guess he's off his meds today.

Economics 101...available at nearly every junior college. Michael should look into it.

[groanup]

All of this started with a couple of news reports on WSB am this morning that there "may" be some shortages for Atlanta because two pipelines that supplied gasoline to the area were inoperable. The station itself is now blaming the "internet" and the rumor mill.

[IronJack]

anyone who takes advantage of a situation like this ought to be run out of business.

... straddling a rail.

[conservativeinferno]

3.00 p/g in Columbia, SC. Up from about 2.45-2.62 this morning. Long lines and some stations are running low. Anyone know anything about a shortage here, or is it just a rumor?