It's not quite that bad over here in Canton. I went to pick up Em from PreK on Thursday and was running low on gas. I was going to get some that morning, but I decided to wait until the afternoon to avoid the morning commuters. At 2:30, the two closest stations were out of gas. I kept driving and found 3 more stations close together. 2 were out. The other was a Chevron and it had a line out into the road. I kept driving and found 3 more stations who were out. Then, I found another Chevron. They had a line, but it was in the decel lane, so I got into it. It took us about 10 minutes to get to a pump, but they had an attendant directing traffic. There was no limit on what you could get. I haven't seen anywhere with limits posted. On the way home, I passed one more gas station, another Chevron, that had gas. That one didn't have any lines, but looked normal busy
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My husband insists this will all be done by Tuesday and it will be business as usual - I don't think this is based on anything he's read, just his "educated" guess. I don't know...
Thank you so much for the gasbuddy.com link! There was a place they listed in our zip where someone posted less than an hour ago that they had gas. I think I need to get some day clothes on and go get some ASAP!
We were able to get gas yesterday for the first time in a week down in Roswell. There are absolutely no stations here in Cumming that have gas, and they haven't had any for at least 3 days now.
We were lucky enough to see the tanker pull into the Shell station on Holcomb Bridge. I've got hubby scouring the web right now to try to find something so that we can get the other car filled up.
Woldflowerz, in the comment above says gasbuddy.com can help you find a place - I just went over there and someone posted at 10 this morning that there was gas near me.
I bet you could go look up your zip and see if anyone near you has posted there's an open gas station. But don't wait! I don't imagine it will be there long!
We've been using gas buddy as well as a couple of other sites. Hubby was able to find gas at the Texaco near where I work this morning. They and the Chevron both had gas, with lines several hundred deep. It's ridiculous.
We didn't have gas in Nashville for most all of last week, but we seem to be back to normal now. I'm trying to be mindful of my tank as I'm driving further South this week.
Georgia's gas is supplied by two little pipelines from the Gulf of Mexico and after all the disruptions in the Gulf due to those two hurricanes, there's just not enough coming our way to keep up with the demand. Atlanta has one of the longest commutes in the U.S. so I think that doesn't help either.
However...I read a conspiracy theorist yesterday who said this is actually a government plot to experiment with how gas shortages affect people on a statewide scale. I thought that was pretty interesting, lol!
Fuel is so expensive in Britain that it is estimated most vehicles carry only a quarter of a tank of fuel. When there is a disruption (or a rumour of a disruption) motorists rush out and fill the tank ("panic buying") and create a shortage. I never let my tank drop below a quarter of a tank and try to keep it full, a habit from my Armoured Corps days when keeping your vehicle "bombed up" and ready was second nature. Similar problems arose in asia recently with rice and cooking oil shortages and rumours of shortages that became real shortages. I believe governments should introduce a "panic tax", when a rumour threatens to create a real shortage the government imposes a tax (say, ten or twelve percent) to slow consumption and inhibit profiteering. The extra revenue can go towards easing the real or imagined shortage.
On Monday I went on a gas hunt and found a station near my work that had gas. I sat in a line for 45 minutes and finally went in to pay for my gas. Instead of them giving me a limit, I could fill my whole tank, which of course I did.
I felt kind of guilty, knowing the gas wasn't going to last as log as if we were all just getting a quarter tank, however, I consoled myself that I have a family and we have NEED for our car as far as getting to school, groceries, etc.
Now, the guy at the pump across from me, he filled up his tank - then started whipping out GAS CANS! He probably got 40 gallons of gas. It was nuts - and that's why the gas shortage hasn't ended yet.
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No gas from the mountains to TN. Scary...
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Thank you so much for the gasbuddy.com link! There was a place they listed in our zip where someone posted less than an hour ago that they had gas. I think I need to get some day clothes on and go get some ASAP!
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We were lucky enough to see the tanker pull into the Shell station on Holcomb Bridge. I've got hubby scouring the web right now to try to find something so that we can get the other car filled up.
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I just went over there and someone posted at 10 this morning that there was gas near me.
I bet you could go look up your zip and see if anyone near you has posted there's an open gas station. But don't wait! I don't imagine it will be there long!
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We've been using gas buddy as well as a couple of other sites. Hubby was able to find gas at the Texaco near where I work this morning. They and the Chevron both had gas, with lines several hundred deep. It's ridiculous.
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However...I read a conspiracy theorist yesterday who said this is actually a government plot to experiment with how gas shortages affect people on a statewide scale. I thought that was pretty interesting, lol!
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I never let my tank drop below a quarter of a tank and try to keep it full, a habit from my Armoured Corps days when keeping your vehicle "bombed up" and ready was second nature.
Similar problems arose in asia recently with rice and cooking oil shortages and rumours of shortages that became real shortages. I believe governments should introduce a "panic tax", when a rumour threatens to create a real shortage the government imposes a tax (say, ten or twelve percent) to slow consumption and inhibit profiteering. The extra revenue can go towards easing the real or imagined shortage.
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On Monday I went on a gas hunt and found a station near my work that had gas. I sat in a line for 45 minutes and finally went in to pay for my gas. Instead of them giving me a limit, I could fill my whole tank, which of course I did.
I felt kind of guilty, knowing the gas wasn't going to last as log as if we were all just getting a quarter tank, however, I consoled myself that I have a family and we have NEED for our car as far as getting to school, groceries, etc.
Now, the guy at the pump across from me, he filled up his tank - then started whipping out GAS CANS! He probably got 40 gallons of gas. It was nuts - and that's why the gas shortage hasn't ended yet.
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