heck sounds like we might prevent that recession through buying :)
the wheels of our economy have been negatively impacted.
[finding the future in the past, passing the future in the present]
[connecting people, places and things]
-----Original Message-----
From: "Terri Stocke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 14:48:51 +0000
Subject: RE: Terrorist and gas shortage
> Same situation here (metro Detroit).
>
> I filled up at 6:00 p.m., and could barely pull into the station. Gas
> was
> 1.57 then. An hour later it was 1.68. This morning on my way to work
> the
> same gas station went to 1.76. Relatives in other cities have told me
> that
> in some parts of Detroit and neighboring suburbs it has jumped to
> $5.00 a
> gallon!
>
> We have seen reports on grocery store runs, but I think that that
> will wane
> as the initial panic subsides. There really would be no reason to do
> such a
> thing, but I think it's human nature.
>
> I do find it interesting that when we hear of oil prices going down
> and
> wonder why it takes so long for that price drop to be reflected at
> our gas
> stations we hear the station owners say "Well, it takes quite awhile
> for the
> oil prices to affect our price", but when the prices go UP, we see
> the price
> change within a matter of hours.
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Matthew W Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: Terrorist and gas shortage
> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 15:23:46 -0500
>
> gas just jumped from 1.50 to 3.50 per gallon around here
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: P Broussard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 2:53 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Terrorist and gas shortage
>
>
> I live in the Midwest and _every_one_ is freaking out. There are gas
> lines out into the streets because people think the government is
> going
> to shut down the pipe lines or that the terrorist are going to blow
> them
> up! It's bad enough the gas stations jacked the gas prices up 20
> cents
> because of it. I am waiting for them to start a run on the grocery
> stores.
>
> Is anyone else seeing this kind of behavior? I refuse to give in to
> it
> but who knows I guess they could be right.
>
> Phillip
>
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