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I do think it's a legit issue, but people are overreacting as usual. Some stations are waiting 4+ days for delivery when it's usually next day. As someone mentioned earlier, it's likely a much bigger issue in the smaller outlying towns.
I WORK FOR A GAS STATION! LET ME EXPLAIN....THE TOWNS ARE NOT OUT OF GAS. IT IS THE PUBLICS FAULT THAT THE GAS STATIONS ARE RUNNING OUT. YOUR ALL BUYING FASTER THAN WE CAN HAVE IT DELIVERED!! CALM DOWN. THE MAN WHO DROPS MY GAS OFF EXPLAINED THERE IS PLENTY OF GAS BUT THE PUBLIC IS IN A PANIC. IF U ALL BOUGHT GAS AS U NORMALLY WOULD INSTEAD OF RUSHING TO FILL UP EVERYTHING U OWN AT ONE TIME EVERY STORE WOULD HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY. WITH THAT BEING SAID STOP PANICING. BUY UR GAS AS U NORMALLY WOULD AND STOP GETTING ILL WITH THE CASHIERS. ITS MAKES MY DAY WORSE BEONG CUSSED OVER GAS KNOWING DAMN WELL THERES NOT A DAMN THING I CAN DO ABOUT IT CAUSE IM NOT SOME MAGICAL GAS MAKING FAIRY.
Sheetz on Miami Blvd was out of gas Friday I found gas on the way back to 70 on the corner of Angier. I don't see how that could be the cause of people over reacting. I was lucky to gas up the wife's car today at the BP on Fletcher Chapel Rd. Nothing but 93 left. Glad we both have fairly short commutes to work or we would be SOL.
Unless you are hoarding gas in your garage or filled up a 10,000 gallon tank in your backyard, I don't see why there would be any problem with topping off your gas - people depend on their cars for transportation around here (shameless plug: vote for the Wake County transit plan on November 8th) and if stations still have low supply at the end of the week, it could be the difference between making it to work or not this week depending on what car you have and how long your commute is.
The people that bought their gas "as they normally would" are the ones running around looking for gas right now.
Those of us who "panicked", i.e. prudently filled up our tanks over the weekend, are doing just fine.
YOU and those like you are the exact reason we are having a problem to start with. You abandon your normal buying habits because of panic and the end result is a mess for all. You normally buy a loaf of bread a week, forecast a hurricane and you grab 3 ...... take it easy, the world isn't coming to an end.
YOU and those like you are the exact reason we are having a problem to start with. You abandon your normal buying habits because of panic and the end result is a mess for all. You normally buy a loaf of bread a week, forecast a hurricane and you grab 3 ...... take it easy, the world isn't coming to an end.
It's called good planning, no panicking whatsoever. And your analogy fails because I did not get 3 tanks of gas, I got one.
YOU and those like you, with an empty tank of gas, and no way to get to work tomorrow, may start panicking soon...
The people that bought their gas "as they normally would" are the ones running around looking for gas right now.
Those of us who "panicked", i.e. prudently filled up our tanks over the weekend, are doing just fine.
I last got gas September 11th, before the leak as far as I know, today I needed some and there was very little to be found. I went to 4 stations that were either completely out or only 93, finally found one that had 87 (Glenwood at Millbrook/Duraleigh) and waited in line for 10 mins to fill up. So yeah. idk. Stupid.
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