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1 posted on 09/12/2008 3:20:44 PM PDT by Pokey78
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Gov. Riley (Alabama) declares state of emergency over possible fuel shortages price gouging.

2 posted on 09/12/2008 3:22:16 PM PDT by library user
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Ain’t no possibility here.Some stations are already out of gas.


3 posted on 09/12/2008 3:23:15 PM PDT by silentreignofheroes (In my day,Flunking gym was not an option , even for Stupid Kids!)
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I am from Bama and I have seen some gouging. It is a shame people try and make a profit off of disaster.

God protect anyone who stays in Galveston. The pic on drudge makes it look really bad.


4 posted on 09/12/2008 3:23:47 PM PDT by modest proposal (2008: the year we realized about half of america has lost it)
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Why hasn’t the Messiah appeared in the Gulf of Mexico to still the storm and calm the sea? Doesn’t he care?


5 posted on 09/12/2008 3:23:58 PM PDT by treadstone801 ("Bigfoot takes pictures of Sarah Palin")
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The refusal to let the market set its own price during emergencies is the reason gas always sells out. Now we can all take solace in the fact those evil capitalists didn’t get to raise prices while we sit here with no gas.


6 posted on 09/12/2008 3:24:40 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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I emailed Sessions and Shelby (Senators - Alabama) this morning over this situation.

Congress knew after Camille that we shouldn’t put “all our eggs in one basket” meaning putting most of the oil production down there.

DRILL ANWR NOW!!!!!!!!!!!


7 posted on 09/12/2008 3:26:39 PM PDT by proudofthesouth (Homosexuality IS a choice! There isn't any biological reason for it. They CHOOSE to be that way!)
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Most stations in Jacksonville AL are out of gas, the ones that have gas are limiting your purchace to 8gl’s. I saw gas at $5.99gl on I65 in Cullman this afternoon. Its like 1974 as far as the lines go.


8 posted on 09/12/2008 3:29:26 PM PDT by Arkansas Tider (Army EOD)
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Could someone please explain to me why the gulf shutting down is causing such drastic things to happen?

I know some of our gasoline comes from the off-shore drilling but I thought that surely there would be other sources to take up the slack during this time.

Does Alabama rely more heavily on gulf oil?


10 posted on 09/12/2008 3:40:50 PM PDT by modest proposal (2008: the year we realized about half of america has lost it)
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North Mississippi we had gas at $3.51 this morning. By Noon it was $3.71 and by 5pm its at $4.50/gallon. There is no way to justify the increase because none had shipments today. The gas on the next delivery may cost more but today’s increase is simple price gouging.People are panicking and there are lines at the pump. Many stations are out of gas, some just out of regular and they are working on the others. Damn shame. They should publish the names of the higher ups of the gasoline industry and let the mad consumers take care of them. One is a little more caring when their name is on the line.


11 posted on 09/12/2008 3:45:33 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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Huge shortages of gas here in NC. $5 a gallon, if you can find it.


14 posted on 09/12/2008 3:52:34 PM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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Already started in Mobile, AL today. This morning on the way into work, I passed no less than three stations at $3.63/gallon. This afternoon, the cheapest I saw was one at $3.72 and two or three at $3.82 (all in West Mobile). The predominant pricing in midtown and downtown was $3.99 per gallon.

Interesting that the downtown prices rose faster than the suburban prices.


17 posted on 09/12/2008 3:56:49 PM PDT by the lone haranguer
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I guess everybody is panicing because there are longs waits for gas and gas stations are running out of gas here in Bham. FYI


21 posted on 09/12/2008 4:06:48 PM PDT by kcat
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Gas dropped .4 cents in my area of Cal this morning.


24 posted on 09/12/2008 4:13:43 PM PDT by dragnet2
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