This Week In Petroleum {lowest gasoline stock level in 40 years}
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089437/posts
Also a fire temporarily shut down the only pipeline serving the greater area. The fire would have been no big deal except stock level were already very low.
“Also a fire temporarily shut down the only pipeline serving the greater area.”
That probably explains why it was a newsworthy local problem.
Shame on the journalist for not bothering to mention it.