[ctdonath2]

Indeed it can.

Immediately after Hurricane Katrina blew thru, there were rumors that the gas pipeline to Atlanta would be shut down for repairs. In mere hours, there were lines at every gas station, many/most ran out of gas, the GA governor issued a state of emergency to freeze gas prices*, and I didn’t go to work the next day because I didn’t know if I’d have/find enough gas to get home or deal with emergencies.

And that was just a rumor.

(* - My Canadian wife found the “state of emergency” cynically amusing, because the “outrageously high” gas prices had mearly reached Canadian levels.)

[blam]

"Immediately after Hurricane Katrina blew thru, there were rumors that the gas pipeline to Atlanta would be shut down for repairs."

Those are natural gas pipelines. You do not have gas, in pipelines, for automobiles going to auto gasoline stations.