Posted on 05/13/2021 7:22:21 AM PDT by cann
Officials are warning people not to pour gasoline into plastic bags amid panic over a shortage of gas in southeastern states. The shortage comes after a massive hack of Colonial Pipeline, which supplies about 45% of the East Coast's total fuel, by a Russia-based criminal group.
From Maryland to Florida, social media posts show vehicles waiting in long lines for gas. At least two tweets — a photo of a car trunk holding clear bags filled with gasoline and a video of a woman pouring gas in a plastic bag — suggested panicked customers were storing gasoline in bags. While the posts were found by Snopes to be several years old, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission nevertheless posted a flurry of tweets advising people not to carry gasoline in plastic bags or any other container not approved to carry fuel.
"Do not fill plastic bags with gasoline," the agency tweeted Wednesday.
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December 12th 2019——that’s when that video is from. Everyplace is reporting that as “now”.
Use a bucket take it home and fill up your bathtub , I bet someone has tried this ,LOL
Oh man... I just bought a box of 15 gallon kitchen bags...
proves people have been idiots for a long time...
Gasoline in Plastic Bags + static electricity = Big Yellow Plume
No need for the bucket, just put a small kiddie pool in the back of your SUV or pickup and just fill it up at the pump!
Yes.
But she double-bagged the gasoline so its OK....))
There is the problem. Why is it that people have been so removed from reality that they actually think a plastic shopping bag would hold gas? It seem to s complete miss on understanding how things work.
Just when you think the headlines are fake. She’ll have that all over her car before she gets the engine started. Hope she doesn’t go BOOM!
Dont talk about my mom like that
Do you know some gas tanks are plastic ?
Ahhhhh! Nothing like making your own Napalm.
Yes it’s a different material than a .7 mil clear trash bag.
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