CNN reports gas shortages in South East USA!

PrairieMule

I work for telematics company (think Onstar only for non GM cars). The call volume from Atlanta is freaking crazy. Last week it was Nashville, now its Atlanta. Lots of cars out there driving on fumes.

Maybe it's short term, Nashville cleared up in a few days.
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spgarbet

Pretorian

regular gasoline is around 3.8-3.9 in Nashville now, and there is plenty of it ( so what if 50% of gas stations are out of gas? who needs 4 gas stations on each crossroad anyway )

PrairieMule

the48thronin

there is a severe shortage of DIESEL in the entire south east.. from Washington DC through Florida to Texas.

gas stations with car diesel pumps are probably still selling, but the truck stops are either limiting to 48 gallons per truck per day, or selling out and waiting for fuel deliveries.

I ran into out of fuel stops in wildwood Florida ( a major fuel stop chain at a major place people going to MIAMI fuel up.) across the panhandle of Florida and up I 65 to I 59.

small mom and pop places are still selling till they run out, but the major chains who sell 3 to 10 tanker loads a day per location are struggling to keep fuel on hand and not always succeeding.
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AirlinePilot

I wouldn't worry! Everything will be OK in about a week.

Shocked

PrairieMule

I just got off a long call with a guy in a rough part of Atlanta looking for gas. During the call he spots a gas truck. So then he, bless his heart, and 3 other cars start chasing the gas truck to the station.
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Cashmere · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Mar 27, 2008 Posts: 1971

Thanks for the update 48th - you have valuable and direct observations, and I, for one, really appreciate your posts.
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tick66 · Tar Sands Joined: Apr 23, 2005 Posts: 37

And here I was envying the diesels for still having fuel in NC. Pretty much have to wait an hour for gas at my neighborhood. That is if you can find it. LoL I sat in line and kept Playin "Its the end of the world as you know it." It is a wander I did not get shot. Very Happy

the48thronin

Sitting tonight in Knoxville, tn at the flying j. They have enough fuel they are NOT rationing to 48 gallons, all flying js in AL, SC, NC, and VA are either rationing or out of fuel, their web site to check availability is crashed, but I did get through to it at 430 pm before talking about it on XM radio. gave out the web site it has been crashed ever since GROAN.

truck stops of America web site only lists KNOXVILLE tn as out of fuel. ( it is across the freeway and out of fuel)

Petro claims to have normal fuel at all stops.

I have noticed today several smaller independent truck stops with all but one fuel lane closed off.. Maybe they are slowing sales by limiting the number of trucks that can fuel at once?
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the48thronin

Just talked to my wife who unloaded her truck in San Antonio today. Flying j was limiting fuel in SA, T A was not limiting just north of SA but is limiting in dallas. The flying J in the houstoon area is closed midnight to 6 am and limiting fuel.
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FloridaGirl · Tar Sands Joined: May 30, 2007 Posts: 84

Check out this blog of people who are having trouble finding gas in Atlanta: Trouble Getting To Work Because of the Gas Crisis

A lot of people blame the governor, but I'm not sure what more he is supposed to do. They are mad at the governor for saying that there is no crisis.

They are mad at the media for saying it's because people are hoarding and topping off their tanks, because they know that's not the reason.

Some blame the emissions rules even though they have been waived for weeks.

Some can't get to work tomorrow.

Just a minor peek at our future post-peak oil. America is totally unprepared.

the48thronin

2 comments.

This fuel crisis is in fact a symptom of the systemic apparatus set up to deal with peak oil. where reserves are located, and where and how oil is distributed. The FAILURE to expand distribution systems to avoid a problem such as we are experiencing is a direct result of containment of oil infrastructure by those exploiting it then for profit. There was no expansion because there was no extra capacity to drive it. I am glad this short diesel thread was merged into the thread I thought I was posting it into when I started it.

second comment UPDATE

TA is still as of 10 am this morning out of fuel. ( I went and tried to fuel up there.) I noticed several other brands that had trucks fueling as I proceeded to wythville VA where I topped off the truck at a flying J that was listed as limiting fuel ( I took 59 gallons and it let me).

Tonight I am parked in Raphine VA where they have supplies ( this truck stop is owned by the oil distributer for this part of VA and of course their own stop would have supplies.

Again it is my opinion that this entire shortage is related to the failure of the refineries in the Houston area to provide fuel to colonial pipelione... Imagine that pipeline full of the water they pumped into it to force the remaining petroleum products up to the Washington area ( we cant fail to provide fuel to our lords and masters after all). Once they start pumping petroleum again the product will flow up the pipeline at 3-10 MPH 790 miles to Atlanta,
240 more miles to Nashville, or Charlotte, NC, 300 miles from Charlotte to Richmond, VA. 220 miles to lower NJ/Delaware. and another 100 miles to NY.

The fuel that was pushed up to Richmond ( to service Washington, DC, and to Carney's Point NJ to service Baltimore to Philly to Newark better last a while after Atlanta starts receiving fuel.
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