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In reply to the discussion: No gas! No gas! No gas! How bad is the situation in your area? [View all]MineralMan
(146,255 posts)56. Yeah, well, if you need gasoline, you should buy it.
However, that doesn't account for the people who brought multiple 5-gallon gas cans to the gas station, some of which they bought just before going there.
Buying what you need makes sense. Hoarding does not, in any way, and adds to the stress of the situation. Clearly, that gas shortage was not going to be a long-term thing. It was caused by a computer hack. The system is back on line now, and the fuel is flowing again.
Intelligent, thoughtful people do not make irrational decisions like hoarding. The two things are not compatible with each other at all.
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No gas! No gas! No gas! How bad is the situation in your area? [View all]
Shanti Shanti Shanti
May 2021
OP
There was really no shortage at all. Until people made a run on the gas stations.
Treefrog
May 2021
#2
The same people now have plastic bags of gas sitting on shelves next to the 1000 rolls of TP
Johonny
May 2021
#11
And all that gas in all those cans will sit in the garage and degrade by Labor Day
hatrack
May 2021
#60
Yeah I got all excited but then I just saw pessimistic reporting that it'll take a week or two
soothsayer
May 2021
#22
This side of FL gets most gasoline by BARGE, not the pipeline! Panic anyway! lol
Shanti Shanti Shanti
May 2021
#16
Its a southern thing, not a good time to go RVing, and there are tons here
Shanti Shanti Shanti
May 2021
#37
Headline news, "73% of Pensacola gas stations out", I-10 is draining them
Shanti Shanti Shanti
May 2021
#43
Montana? Why would it affect you? Its a major pipeline to the South East!
Shanti Shanti Shanti
May 2021
#49
Washington D.C. gas shortage reaches critical level, nearly 90% of stations OUT
Shanti Shanti Shanti
May 2021
#52
Texas: No lines. No problems...Thank God!! We don't need more probs around here!
LeftInTX
May 2021
#57