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Showing Original Post only (View all)I got up at 3:45AM to get gas on LI... [View all]
And it didn't go particularly well. I decided to check out the situation last night because I am not desperate for gas at this time.
I drove by a gas station that has consistantly had gas. They were putting up a "no gas" sign as I was driving by. What I didn't realize at the time was that the line wrapped around two blocks.
I drove by another station that had gas earlier in the day. They were closed and cars were parked right up to the pump and down the block.
I drove by another three that were open earlier. They were closed. Then I drove by a couple where people were sleeping in their cars. I eventually found another open gas station with a long line. Some of the people had gas cans. Others were in their cars.
Every gas station that's operating has 1-2 cops parked there to keep an eye on things. I saw a gas station last night where people were parked on the street. The lady in the first car was asleep. Cars pulled up right at the pump in front of her. I'm sure there's going to be trouble coming from that.
This is a ridiculous situation. I can't believe that people need to sleep in their cars to get gas. This reminds me of some of the peak oil gas prophecies that are out there. It is an ugly sign of things to come if we don't get off of gas.