I live in Madison, Mississippi — more than 200 miles from the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I tried to buy gas on the way home today. The first three stations I tried were sold out. The fourth had a line that contained about 25 cars out on the street and the cars were 3 deep at the pumps. I’m going to try again early tomorrow morning. The same thing happened the weekend before Gustav hit. I don’t really understand the siege mentality.