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The station in KY closest to my mother refuses to raise his prices until he gets a shipment that costs a higher price. He sells it for a fair price based on the delivery that he is selling. In other words, until the tanks in the ground are empty, and he has to refill them the price is unchanged. And that is as it should be. Whether the price goes up or down, only depends on what he pays for the delivery.

Those such as them are the ones I try to give the majority of my trade to. A local store owner last night was saying he was going up a dollar before opening the store the next morning. He was having his clerks tell the customers. His price went up because he got a delivery that last night. He could have just closed his pumps that afternoon and waited till this morning to begin selling again a dollar higher which I suspect is what a lot of stations pulled. Too many stations in Knoxville simply ran out too fast. I could believe it if it was say 50 miles out of town but not across the street from the blasted terminals.

What is even more strange is in our area the stations closest in to the regional tank farm are running out first. The shortages hit East Tennessee yesterday and Kentucky today. A lot of southeast Kentucky's gas is trucked in from Knoxville.

[NCC-1701]

I’m getting to this thread a bit late. My wife and I were wondering just how widespread the price increases are. In Memphis, the highest Iv’s seen is $3.99 pg. I’ve seen the reports on this thread about the prices in the southern USA. Is Ike going to affect the prices in the northeast, northwest, or western USA? Just curious.

BTW, prayers are with those of you who are in harms way. I wish all of you a lot of luck getting through this disaster. Good luck and God speed.