[Between the Lines]

All that text dedicated to describing the symptoms but not a single sentence to tell us what caused the shortage?

We have been asking that question for many days now. We are told the pipeline is running at only 85%, but that is normal in the off peak seasons.

[angkor]

random thoughts:

didn’t something like this happen in charlotte during katrina?

vaguely recall charlotte is at the terminus of refineries/pipelines from texas, and that those major lines and refineries were closed before and after ivan.

i definitely recall that shortages were predicted for the region (but not for weeks, more like a few days).