Ok, maybe I'm paranoid, but just filled all the gas cans, put in staybl
and I should be set, just for the price increase, if nothing else...
On 08/31/2017 01:43 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
Its much less awful than initial estimates. They had said we would be
down to just over 50% refining capacity, as it stands we are still in
the mid to high 70s, and as I understand it only one refinery is slated
to be offline for an extended time.
Its best to just get 20 or 30 gallons in reserve cans in the garage,
more if you have the capacity. It shouldnt be impactful, but we are
coming up on the labor day price hike, in conjunction with this, theres
going to be some gouging attempts, but its been made federally clear
that gouging wont be tolerated.
On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Cameron Crum <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
So a news report came out claiming that the gas stations would soon
run out of gas because the refineries are all shut down. So, guess
what started happening in Fort Worth, a run on gas. I went to fill
up my wife's car last night as it was running on about 1/8 tank and
all the pumps were busy. I thought that was strange at 10pm. This
morning, the local 7-11 where I make a morning stop had 4 deep at
each pump. At lunch, every gas station I passed was the same. My
truck was on E so I had to wait. I went home, emptied all my gas
cans into my project truck, and went back and got in line. For the
most part people were being courteous, but when I got out of my
truck, a guy in a black BMW and a woman in red sedan were going at
it over who was supposed to get the pump next at the pump in front
of mine. She was threatening to back into his car so he called the
cops. The truck in front of him pulled out so he got a pump and she
got a pump in less than 30 seconds of arguing. He told her he had
called the cops, so she then called the cops and claimed the guy
accosted her, making it a priority call so they showed up quick. He
pumped his gas and left and she waited for the cops. The look on the
cops face said it all, "why the f*ck am I dealing with this woman
with everything that is going on?" Fort Worth sent 100 offices down
to Houston so they are short staffed right now, and an argument at
the gas pump is not a high priority. Anyway, just a heads up as to
what might be coming to the rest of the country soon. Most of the
gas is refined down this way, so unless things get better fast,
there could be shortages in a lot of places.
