OH MY GOD Atlanta is having a run on Gas

[jersey_emt]

Prices are all over the place in Jersey. As low as $2.79 for regular up to $3.50 for regular. It's only a temporary surge, it will (a) stabilize in the next couple days, and (b) return to the prices they were before the hurricane in a couple of weeks.

Crazy things happen when the oil supply is interrupted. We just need to deal with them for the time being. Not like we have a choice on the matter...so no point in bitching about prices.

 

[baconbitz]

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[jersey_emt]

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It seems so short of a time ago that we were all bitching about gas costing close to (and over in some areas) TWO DOLLARS A GALLON.

Just a couple of months ago I was frustrated at having to pay $2.30 a gallon for 93 octane. Now I find myself wishing for the prices I once complained about.

 

[spike blue]

LOL i work in a shell gas station here in south florida and today was too busy a line for 25 to 50 cars filling up their cars , LOL that s*** is so bad but damm people are so stupid i hate that the prices here are $3.20 a gallon for premium

 

[pluto316]

Pissed off about gas prices?

http://www.***********.com/gasprices.html

That's a hotel, smart guy.

 

[pluto316]

bulls***. My life is in danger I'll find a way. I'll hike it out of there if I have too.

I am getting really tired of this s***. I am so sure you could just up and leave your house right now and leave everything behind if there was a storm coming. You see what happend there? Mass looting the second the cops are gone, what if the storm wasn't that bad? Well, you left your house and everything you had was stolen. What if you didn't have a car to drive out of the city? What if you couldn't afford to stay in a hotel after the shelters are full (and believe me they do fill up)?

You have no clue.

 

[benimal]

Couple limited supply for the Atlanta (Southeast US) region with the fact that 90% of oil production in the gulf is now shutdown and you get a little bit of confusion. I heard tonight on the news that the oil production in the gulf currently amounts to 50% of the production for the US. If we can't even get that 5% that we consume from our own supplies, then we become wholly dependent on other suppliers. That makes people nervous...

Ben

atlanta for one gets about 70% of its gas from the gulf area

 

[SpicyMchaggis]

My buddy has a nice blue barrel of C16. Prices get too crazy, I'll just steal his gas. <3

 

[the_saint]

I am getting really tired of this s***. I am so sure you could just up and leave your house right now and leave everything behind if there was a storm coming. You see what happend there? Mass looting the second the cops are gone, what if the storm wasn't that bad? Well, you left your house and everything you had was stolen. What if you didn't have a car to drive out of the city? What if you couldn't afford to stay in a hotel after the shelters are full (and believe me they do fill up)?

You have no clue.

You're right. If the mayor told me to get the F out of dodge ('because that's usually what they do when the storms aren't that bad), I'd tell him to get bent. I'd stay at home and potentially risk death just to try to protect all my junk. Because I know my life is NOT worth more than...say...$200K. (deadhorse


If I had no wheels, I'd take all my irreplaceable stuff (photos & important docs.) put them in a garbage bag, put that garbage bag in a duffle bag and get to steppin'. If I couldn't afford to stay in a hotel (I would hope they would make some kind of accommodation for the people displaced by the hurricane) I'd sleep in my car...or if I didn't have a car, I'd sleep on the street (homeless people do it all the time) and if I was lucky, I might get arrested for it and get a roof over my head for a little while.

Or maybe I have no clue.

 

[Mr. Win]

you dont have a clue... people have what we call pride and dignity some have work so hard to have maybe a small slice of what you have. Its hard to up and leave it to live on the street when a storm is coming (that doesnt make sense to me). Shelters are no walk in the park... esp in lower income areas. The people you see looting generally come from these shelters because they made it through the storm.

Some people can only afford to send thier kids away and do that instead of themselves. I dont think you have the right to judge someone untill you are in thier shoes.

 

[Protege5Gurly]

Maybe its just me but everyone seems to think people are rushing to the gas stations before the "shortage" ... I think its more due to the fact that we all know the prices are going up no matter what -- so get it while its cheapest

Pe@ce

 

[Autox MSP]

Like i said, homeowners insurence covers all your junk. On 9-11, when i ran out of the pentagon I thought there was gonna be bombs dropped on my house. I was ready to drive the hell out of the city.

 

[the_saint]

It's official. I'm a dumbass. I'd rather save my skin than loose some stupid ******* material goods.

 

[Kooldino]

The people waiting in line for gas are the same people who hoard the grocery store at even the slightest hint of a snow flurry in the winter.

Morons.

Either that or...you know...maybe they're out of gas.

(screwy)

 

[Kooldino]

this is what happends when corporations own the govt

Then I guess corporations own more of the gov't in Europe, because they pay more for gas than we do.

 

[Pirana]

When gas was at $2.35/gallon, Exxon was predicted to make over $33billion in profit this year....now you can only imagine their profit. Meanwhile our airline companies, charging $80 from LA to FL, will crumble into little aluminum pieces...

 

[MiaTurbo]

Pissed off about gas prices?

http://www.***********.com/gasprices.html

BS

 

[Kooldino]

That's a hotel, smart guy.

That's not what the paragraph said. Why do you say it's a hotel?


Man, I can buy a gallon of milk for less than what gas goes for.

 

[genericuser]

Man, I can buy a gallon of milk for less than what gas goes for.

hmm.. note to self.. buy cows.... get farm... convert car to run off dairy.

 

[eting_pro5]

I had a friend say he saw $6 for gas....