Q: Why Don't Gas Stations Have Gasoline-Fueled Electrical Generators On Hand?

[cleanhippie]

89. No. Do you need someone to explain the most likely and probable

scenario for you...AGAIN?

Ok, I will.

The question was asked, why didnt folks stock up on gas and supplies before the storm? The answer you gave was that they probably didn't have any money to buy that stuff. Which begs the question: where did they get the money to buy the supplies that they couldnt buy before the storm? In places where there is no power/services, people are not going to work because there is no power/services, so they couldn't have picked up a paycheck, and if they did, where did they cash it? Sure, maybe this worked out for a few folks, but common sense tells us that folks that could not pay for supplies before the storm most likely are still unable to pay for supplies after. (Which opens a whole other topic, but that is for another thread).

The point here is, IMO, that folks in line trying to get gas now have the ability to pay for it, which means that they most likely had the ability to pay for it BEFORE the storm hit, and chose not to. Perhaps if those that COULD have gotten their supplies before the storm hit (it was not some surprise thing, there were several days of warnings)and not be in the way of those that really could NOT afford to get the supplies.

This is about poor personal choices that affect more that the individual making the personal choice. This is the crux of this election: are we in this together, with everyone making smart choices that minimize the impact on others, or do we just do what we want a forget about how our choices effect others?