Posted on 05/11/2021 3:51:28 PM PDT by conservative98
CHAMBLEE, Ga. - More than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers, as the shutdown of a major pipeline by a gang of hackers entered its fifth day Tuesday.
Government officials acted swiftly to waive safety and environmental rules to speed the delivery of fuel by truck, ship or rail to motorists and airports, even as they sought to assure the public that there was no cause for alarm.
Sponsored Links Video from our partners Brought to you by Taboola Forget the 30yr mortgage if you owe less than $356K. (Do this instead) LowerMyBills NMLS#167283; 3306 The Colonial Pipeline, the biggest fuel pipeline in the U.S., delivering about 45% of what is consumed on the East Coast, was hit on Friday with a cyberattack by hackers who lock up computer systems and demand a ransom to release them. The attack raised concerns, once again, about the vulnerability of the nation’s critical infrastructure.
A large part of the pipeline resumed operations manually late Monday, and Colonial anticipates restarting most of its operations by the end of the week, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said.
Motorists may still feel a crunch because it takes a few days to ramp up operations, but she said there is no reason to hoard gasoline.
"We know that we have gasoline; we just have to get it to the right places," she said.
S&P’s Oil Price Information Service put the number of gas stations encountering shortages at more than 1,000.
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Perfect. We leave Saturday for a road trip to NOLA.
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Put the car in neutral and drift down hill.... It’s fun!
I’ll trade you some toilet paper for some gasoline.
LONG, LONG LINES IN BIDEN'S MARXIST AMERICA
Explain again why we have the Department of Homeland Security?!?
“they have abandoned their tanks and are walking back to Germany...”
Dr. Jill should bring baskets of cookies to people waiting in line. I hope the gas “crunch” does not stop Joe from continuing his active Presidential schedule of non-stop trips and summits.
“More than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers”
Sounds perfectly ‘WARRANTED’ to me - the supply is cut off, so stock up to have a chance of riding out the storm.
May have to revise timeline .... three or four weeks may drop to two weeks
Tell Biden(Obama)the 1970’s called, they want their gas lines back.
I shouldn’t have visited Jimmy Carter ,LOL
“Explain again why we have the Department of Homeland Security?!?”
To hunt down non-existent White Supremacists. Why do you ask?
Is Homeland Security in charge of private companies cyber security?
The problems of Colonial are their on, they have had years to correct these security problems and they did not.
Guess I’ll use the Tesla this week...
Such a mob shut down play.
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