TXDOT spokesgal:
The plan was to have fuel resupply at rest areas. Trucks aren't making it to rest areas(filling up strandees before they get there.) Gas was donated by 2 oil companies, and TXDOT is having difficulty buying sufficient fuel.
Superdome Redux?
Join the crowd.
I've made four scouting attempts to find gasoline today and wasted gasoline in that effort.
There ain't none nowhere. I don't expect any new deliveries tomorrow. The Houston refineries are shutting down in preparation for the hit.
The Kroger here closed well before 5 because it's closed now. Like I said it was stripped clean by 8 this morning anyway.
We're down to the point where you have what you have and that's all you're getting. If you're on the road now, good luck. You might turn off the AC for better mileage and enjoy those 98 degree temperatures at 1 mph.
so TXDOT is having trouble buying fuel - in the middle of the refinery hub of the US, so now its the federal gov't fault?