Posted on 08/31/2005 1:34:35 PM PDT by Gardener
BALTIMORE (August 31, 2005) — Emergency managers up the east coast and elsewhere are reporting serious gas shortages.
"We may be facing a major fuel supply situation," reported a county-level emergency manager in South Carolina. "We in this county are cutting all non-essential services such as garbage pickup. It is a developing situation."
Gas stations in upstate South Carolina reported they were running out of gas. "The state is telling us the pipeline that services the northeast has been disrupted at the supply point in Louisiana, and that it will take a week and half for it to reach us," he said. "A lot of gas stations are out and closed in this area."
In North Carolina, a gas station on U.S. 74 reported it had only premium gas left and was selling it for $2.99. Station managers say they are unable to get gas from their suppliers. A nearby competitor station reported it had to close altogether because it was out of all fuel.
In Michigan, gas prices were as high as $3.92 for unleaded regular in Garden City, just one of many stations with high prices in the Detroit metro area. Forty percent of Michigan’s gas comes from the Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Katrina shut down a number of oil platforms, refineries and pipelines.
WTFIIWDP
WTF is it with dry pimps?
My son lives in the Keys and says that gas is always much higher there. Also when my cousins have visited the Keyes, they have always remarked about the cost of gas and other items being higher the further away from the mainland that they went.
Since my son just called and told me that the gas prices are going up and that state officials have already talked to them about rationing fuel at the Marina and for autos, I'm inclined to believe him. The cost of gas has been, I believe he said $3.49 for the last two weeks and they are getting ready to up the price today.
Although one pipe line has been reopened in Pasgagoula or Biloxie that isn't enough to help. The off shore driling rigs took severe hits. The refineries are in LA and they have no electricity. You can't use raw crude in your car and without the refineries up and running...
You have to remember that LA isn't just New Orleans but a great deal more.
Wahoo!!!! I just finished telling my son the same thing!
Calm down, take a deep breathe and THINK people. Everyone including station owners are getting their panties in a wad just because the MEDIA says that we won't have fuel.
This is a media stunt and they are sitting back and laughing at each and everyone of you that falls for their hype.
Uh huh. Pass that bong over here when you get a chance.
(steely)
Well, if that happens, the doe that visits my salt lick daily will be food before deer season opens.
I'll eat everything in my freezer first, but her days may be numbered.....
Oh, great, now my mouth's watering.
I am so glad you said what I was thinking..now I know I have no need of a tin-foil hat...
That sounds like a television commercial I saw recently...
I treat all red traffic lights as flashing red - if there are no cops around. Ever since Greguare became governor, we are not a state based on the rule of law.
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