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I can go 200+ miles on a full tank of gas, there are a dozen different cities, a chunk of another state, and even part of another country in that radius. I don't think they're taking out the electricity for that far.
I didn't say anything about the power being out. If the computer that runs the gas pump don't accept your piece of plastic or even your cash, the gas pump don't turn on. There was a small taste of what could happen just a couple of weeks ago.

If the pump doesn't take my plastic I go somewhere else. Got 200 miles to work with. Oh yeah the mighty internet worm. I'm glad you broguth that up because it's a shining example of how overly paranoid people are. I was on-line most of that day didn't even suspect anything bad was happening, if it wasn't for the newstories the whole next week I'd have never found out about the thing. Much ado about nothing. I'm sure a few people were inconvenienced, but life goes on. So far nobody's thrown up any example that would have any more affect on me than some parade I didn't know was scheduled to go right by my house, wait a couple of hours or find an alternate route, no big deal.