Huntsville AL . . . headed to Costco yesterday . . . husband had been driving my Expedition recently and I was exactly 50 miles to EMPTY. Low fuel. About 20-25 miles to Costco. Thought no biggie.
Got there 6+ cars in line at each pump. Friday afternoon so thought well I’ll shop and get gas when done. Still 6+ cars in each lane. Now 25~ miles to EMPTY.
Got gas . . .50.00+ dollars worth forget how many gallons at 1.84 or 1.86 a gallon.
Get home and read about this pipeline and shortages on Twitter. ooops
Son home for the weekend from Auburn. Filled up when he left Auburn. 180 miles to EMPTY. Houston We Have a Problem. About 225 miles to Auburn. So topped off his tank with the filled last week or so 5 gallon gas container for the mower. Whew. Now 350~ miles to empty. He’ll head out after the Titans game tomorrow.
Luckily Husband can work from home whenever he feels like it so no biggie . . . use to when I had my 2 Expeditions, the Escape, the old blue truck . . . I could fill them all and have an easy 1500 miles to weather any shortages due to hurricanes on the Gulf Coast in LA or TX . . . or tornadoes or whatever. Now, not so much with just 1 Expedition and his new Subaru and the old blue truck.
At least when son gets back to Auburn he can park his car and ride Tiger Buses until the shortage passes.
Now everywhere that I know of 10-15 miles around me, I’m 4 miles from the TN state line . . . have plastic bags on the gas pump handles.