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Originally Posted by SkyDog
Prices ranged from 2.79 to 3.99 between my office and home. Lines were incredibly long. Gov. Purdue says that we will *not* run out, that it is an urban legend.
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Problem with that is ... we're ALREADY out in some places.
Now, is that because of a shortage or panic buying or whatever ... {shrug}.
The "why" isn't as important as the "what" out here in the boonies today.
We've got police trying to direct traffic around a couple of the stations now, the lines at running about 45 minutes as of 4pm or so, and there's already been several pushing/shoving/nose-to-nose confrontations. It doesn't take much for tempers to flare in long lines, add the heat, and add the pressure of "no gas, no job" & this may get ugly in at least isolated areas.
I think the guv's prepared text (I haven't heard him directly but I've seen the planned transcript) will prove accurate -- basically a 3-5 day wrinkle with scattered outtages/shortages. Problem is, that's all that matters if you're in one of those areas that are high & dry.
edit to add: Oh, btw, I appear to have hit the prize-gouging lottery when I bought my gas earlier. Station two blocks away is fifty cents cheaper, and that's about what all the others who still have gas are pricing as of 4pm.