My bro in Charlotte confirms that any city that gets its gas from the Gulf pipeline is experiencing shortages, as he is, but cities that get gas by sea, as we do in northeast Florida, are not experiencing shortages. Oddly while Charlotte has shortages, an hour's drive to the south in Columbia, SC, there are no shortages. Got it here tonight for 3.65. Anthony '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo) --- On Wed, 10/1/08, george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM> wrote: From: george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM> Subject: Re: Fuel Shortage in the Soutland Spreading Fast To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 3:50 PM Spot shortages hell- it's bigtime... although the Atlanta Urinal Constipation claims that things are starting to ease a little. Onliest thing available right now is regular, and you'll probably have to search hard to find it. Just like in '74, people will line up just to top off their tanks. Reports of idiots calling 911 in order to locate operating gas stations are true. Our fuel supplies come from the Gulf Coast through the Colonial Pipeline, which was shut down for a few days after the hurricane- don't know whether this is on purpose or not. Refineries, too were shut down, and it takes a while to get 'em back into operation again. Some refineries stayed shut down even longer due to power outages. We've had some relief, getting an EPA bye for "foreign" fuel (dirtier) delivered by tanker truck, but it still ain't pretty out there. Last night on the news was a report of a theft of the entire supply of some rural volunteer fire department.
George/ATL '89 WesTiico, "Wernher" '67 Kombi, "Puddles" |
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