[PapaBear3625]

Why are there lines and shortages in NC?

And why are there no lines, shortages, or high prices in Pennsylvania?

Because different places mandate different gasoline blends. So if a hurricane disrupts Gulf refiners when they were about to brew a batch of your state's blend, then you are out of luck.

It would make too much sense for the state to suspend the requirements so that any state's blend could be sold in NC.

[thackney]

Fact Sheet: Increasing Fuel Supply in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/09/20080915-7.html

The EPA has waived certain fuel requirements in order to make it easier to use the supplies we have domestically and increase flexibility in what we can import. This waives requirements for gasoline sold or distributed in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, part of Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

[All Blue State]

The HURRICANE has disrupted supply. We, in Nebraska, get our oil from Oklahoma and Kansas. THIS HURRICANE is getting less attention because it is in Texas, not New Orleans where the squeaky wheels reside. The Texas gov’t has more efficiently and effectively handled the crisis, and continues to do so. Ask the Galveston Residents,:
“life changes, work out the details and get on with it.”