The gas shortages here in Jackson, MS (for folks not familar w/ the area--that's a 3hr. drive north of Biloxi) are severe. My place of business was closed on Friday due to the shortages. If you go out driving, you will see abandoned cars lining the roadways.
However, it is possible to get gas if you can find a station that has gas and you're willing to wait in line for 4+ hours.
I'm choosing not to drive anywhere except to our Church (two blocks away) until at least Tuesday.
Thanks pollyg107
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=3802127&nav=2CSfe6Nr
The gas shortages have caused some criminals to go to extremes. Hinds County EOC director Larry Fisher says that overnight Thursday two gas tanker trucks were hijacked on their way into Mississippi . State officials may now have to provide security and escort them to gas stations.
"There was another distribution point somewhere in Georgia , and they were coming across. There was one coming out of Texas . They both got stopped at a road block. They were hijacked, the gasoline taken away from them. This gas is being sold as high as 20 dollars a gallon," said Fisher.
So far, the hijacked fuel trucks or the people who stole them have not been located.
It's hard to get gas in Meridian, too.
I understand it's hit or miss, with long lines.
"If you go out driving, you will see abandoned cars lining the roadways."
That sounds like Portland when it snows. ;o)
Are you still have severe gas shortages or long gas lines?
Our Exon was open today --- no lines --- gallon of REGULAR = $2.69 9/10. Call it $2.70.