waboom
09-28-2008, 09:45 PM
Today I took the kids out bowling. On the way home, I passed 11 gas stations.
Only 2 were open.
All 11 were open a few weeks ago, right up until Hurricane Ike decided to slam the Texas/Louisiana area. The Friday before the storm hit, gas stations around me (the metro Atlanta area) had longer-than-usual lines of cars, as everyone wanted to top off in case the dire warnings about the refineries being taken out by the storm were true. (Guess so. Last I heard, 6 refineries were still off-line, and another 18 were not running near 100% capacity.)
So any gas station near me that does get gas, immediately gets a long line of cars, with waits of 45 minutes to get to the pump not unusual. All the stations seem to be charging $3.99/gallon, except for Costco & BJ's, which charge $3.94 whenever they get gas (and you should see those lines!)
So..... any other parts of the country experiencing this?
Funny side thought - I was initially thinking that if I had my 75mpg V1, I would be sitting pretty, not having to worry about sitting in line to get my gas. Then I remembered the 4 gallon gas tank, and realized that I'd still have to get in line as often as I currently do, as the ~300 mile range is about the same as my current car! (Assuming no PHEV option on the V1, of course.)
Only 2 were open.
All 11 were open a few weeks ago, right up until Hurricane Ike decided to slam the Texas/Louisiana area. The Friday before the storm hit, gas stations around me (the metro Atlanta area) had longer-than-usual lines of cars, as everyone wanted to top off in case the dire warnings about the refineries being taken out by the storm were true. (Guess so. Last I heard, 6 refineries were still off-line, and another 18 were not running near 100% capacity.)
So any gas station near me that does get gas, immediately gets a long line of cars, with waits of 45 minutes to get to the pump not unusual. All the stations seem to be charging $3.99/gallon, except for Costco & BJ's, which charge $3.94 whenever they get gas (and you should see those lines!)
So..... any other parts of the country experiencing this?
Funny side thought - I was initially thinking that if I had my 75mpg V1, I would be sitting pretty, not having to worry about sitting in line to get my gas. Then I remembered the 4 gallon gas tank, and realized that I'd still have to get in line as often as I currently do, as the ~300 mile range is about the same as my current car! (Assuming no PHEV option on the V1, of course.)