OT: No gas for the south

[jficquette]

[quote=Ex-SD]I live in the “Upstate” of South Carolina and only 15 miles from the North Carolina border. We have only had a few stations that have run short of gas (an only for a short time, when they do) while Asheville, (which is only 50 miles away) and Charlotte, (which is 90 miles away) are having major problems with fuel shortages. I don’t understand it either.[/quote]

How do you like living there???

John

[DWCAP]

The USA has been ignoring it’s energy infrustructure for a long time. Apparently one pipeline going down can cause gas shortages for weeks in one part of the country. Atlanta and Charlotte and the whole area in and around there are having problems from what I have heard. That is alot of people to have no backups or alt routes.

The problem is also being exasperated by peoples behavior. The system relys on people driving around on a half a tank. It cant deliver enough gas for everyone to be filling up whenever possible everyday. Everyone got worried that gas was running out, and they went out and bought up all the gas. Suddenly gas ran out. Gee, what a supprise. Then gas cant be delivered as fast as normal, and people demand for it has skyrocketed, and so we get long lines and fights and people staying home instead of going to the store because they dont want to spend the gas. You know that when you are stalking a big-rig to be first in line to get gas you have problems.

Unfornatually this is happening right when the bailout is hitting, so it gets pushed to back page news. If it had happened a month ago just before labor day the papers would have been screaming bloody murder on the front pages.

[DWCAP]

The USA has been ignoring it’s energy infrustructure for a long time. Apparently one pipeline going down can cause gas shortages for weeks in one part of the country. Atlanta and Charlotte and the whole area in and around there are having problems from what I have heard. That is alot of people to have no backups or alt routes.

The problem is also being exasperated by peoples behavior. The system relys on people driving around on a half a tank. It cant deliver enough gas for everyone to be filling up whenever possible everyday. Everyone got worried that gas was running out, and they went out and bought up all the gas. Suddenly gas ran out. Gee, what a supprise. Then gas cant be delivered as fast as normal, and people demand for it has skyrocketed, and so we get long lines and fights and people staying home instead of going to the store because they dont want to spend the gas. You know that when you are stalking a big-rig to be first in line to get gas you have problems.

Unfornatually this is happening right when the bailout is hitting, so it gets pushed to back page news. If it had happened a month ago just before labor day the papers would have been screaming bloody murder on the front pages.

[DWCAP]

The USA has been ignoring it’s energy infrustructure for a long time. Apparently one pipeline going down can cause gas shortages for weeks in one part of the country. Atlanta and Charlotte and the whole area in and around there are having problems from what I have heard. That is alot of people to have no backups or alt routes.

The problem is also being exasperated by peoples behavior. The system relys on people driving around on a half a tank. It cant deliver enough gas for everyone to be filling up whenever possible everyday. Everyone got worried that gas was running out, and they went out and bought up all the gas. Suddenly gas ran out. Gee, what a supprise. Then gas cant be delivered as fast as normal, and people demand for it has skyrocketed, and so we get long lines and fights and people staying home instead of going to the store because they dont want to spend the gas. You know that when you are stalking a big-rig to be first in line to get gas you have problems.

Unfornatually this is happening right when the bailout is hitting, so it gets pushed to back page news. If it had happened a month ago just before labor day the papers would have been screaming bloody murder on the front pages.

[DWCAP]

The USA has been ignoring it’s energy infrustructure for a long time. Apparently one pipeline going down can cause gas shortages for weeks in one part of the country. Atlanta and Charlotte and the whole area in and around there are having problems from what I have heard. That is alot of people to have no backups or alt routes.

The problem is also being exasperated by peoples behavior. The system relys on people driving around on a half a tank. It cant deliver enough gas for everyone to be filling up whenever possible everyday. Everyone got worried that gas was running out, and they went out and bought up all the gas. Suddenly gas ran out. Gee, what a supprise. Then gas cant be delivered as fast as normal, and people demand for it has skyrocketed, and so we get long lines and fights and people staying home instead of going to the store because they dont want to spend the gas. You know that when you are stalking a big-rig to be first in line to get gas you have problems.

Unfornatually this is happening right when the bailout is hitting, so it gets pushed to back page news. If it had happened a month ago just before labor day the papers would have been screaming bloody murder on the front pages.

[DWCAP]

The USA has been ignoring it’s energy infrustructure for a long time. Apparently one pipeline going down can cause gas shortages for weeks in one part of the country. Atlanta and Charlotte and the whole area in and around there are having problems from what I have heard. That is alot of people to have no backups or alt routes.

The problem is also being exasperated by peoples behavior. The system relys on people driving around on a half a tank. It cant deliver enough gas for everyone to be filling up whenever possible everyday. Everyone got worried that gas was running out, and they went out and bought up all the gas. Suddenly gas ran out. Gee, what a supprise. Then gas cant be delivered as fast as normal, and people demand for it has skyrocketed, and so we get long lines and fights and people staying home instead of going to the store because they dont want to spend the gas. You know that when you are stalking a big-rig to be first in line to get gas you have problems.

Unfornatually this is happening right when the bailout is hitting, so it gets pushed to back page news. If it had happened a month ago just before labor day the papers would have been screaming bloody murder on the front pages.

[jficquette]

DWCAP,

Your right. A good friend of mine in Atlanta said that whenever people drove by a station with gas they stopped and topped off their tanks.

John

[jficquette]

DWCAP,

Your right. A good friend of mine in Atlanta said that whenever people drove by a station with gas they stopped and topped off their tanks.

John

[jficquette]

DWCAP,

Your right. A good friend of mine in Atlanta said that whenever people drove by a station with gas they stopped and topped off their tanks.

John

[jficquette]

DWCAP,

Your right. A good friend of mine in Atlanta said that whenever people drove by a station with gas they stopped and topped off their tanks.

John

[jficquette]

DWCAP,

Your right. A good friend of mine in Atlanta said that whenever people drove by a station with gas they stopped and topped off their tanks.

John

[Ex-SD]

How do I like living here? Actually, it’s pretty good. I was born here and lived here until I went in the military. When I got out, I got a job that eventually sent me to San Diego where we lived for 30 years. When we were convinced that the housing market was going to take a big hit, we sold our home and our rental and moved back here in May of 2005. Our plan was to eventually move back to San Diego when prices bottomed out but the longer we live here, the more we’re leaning towards just staying here permanently. I retired in my mid 50’s so having to live any specific place in order to work is not something I had to worry about. Houses are reasonably priced and we didn’t have a housing bubble like SoCal.
We miss certain things about San Diego and I’m not fond of the three hot months that we have during the summer but we live right at the foot of the Smoky Mountains so we get a cool breeze just about every day of the year.
If prices fell far enough in San Diego, it might persuade us to take a hard look at returning but for now, this is not a bad place to live and the overall cost of living is dirt cheap when you compare it to California.

[Ex-SD]

How do I like living here? Actually, it’s pretty good. I was born here and lived here until I went in the military. When I got out, I got a job that eventually sent me to San Diego where we lived for 30 years. When we were convinced that the housing market was going to take a big hit, we sold our home and our rental and moved back here in May of 2005. Our plan was to eventually move back to San Diego when prices bottomed out but the longer we live here, the more we’re leaning towards just staying here permanently. I retired in my mid 50’s so having to live any specific place in order to work is not something I had to worry about. Houses are reasonably priced and we didn’t have a housing bubble like SoCal.
We miss certain things about San Diego and I’m not fond of the three hot months that we have during the summer but we live right at the foot of the Smoky Mountains so we get a cool breeze just about every day of the year.
If prices fell far enough in San Diego, it might persuade us to take a hard look at returning but for now, this is not a bad place to live and the overall cost of living is dirt cheap when you compare it to California.

[Ex-SD]

How do I like living here? Actually, it’s pretty good. I was born here and lived here until I went in the military. When I got out, I got a job that eventually sent me to San Diego where we lived for 30 years. When we were convinced that the housing market was going to take a big hit, we sold our home and our rental and moved back here in May of 2005. Our plan was to eventually move back to San Diego when prices bottomed out but the longer we live here, the more we’re leaning towards just staying here permanently. I retired in my mid 50’s so having to live any specific place in order to work is not something I had to worry about. Houses are reasonably priced and we didn’t have a housing bubble like SoCal.
We miss certain things about San Diego and I’m not fond of the three hot months that we have during the summer but we live right at the foot of the Smoky Mountains so we get a cool breeze just about every day of the year.
If prices fell far enough in San Diego, it might persuade us to take a hard look at returning but for now, this is not a bad place to live and the overall cost of living is dirt cheap when you compare it to California.

[Ex-SD]

How do I like living here? Actually, it’s pretty good. I was born here and lived here until I went in the military. When I got out, I got a job that eventually sent me to San Diego where we lived for 30 years. When we were convinced that the housing market was going to take a big hit, we sold our home and our rental and moved back here in May of 2005. Our plan was to eventually move back to San Diego when prices bottomed out but the longer we live here, the more we’re leaning towards just staying here permanently. I retired in my mid 50’s so having to live any specific place in order to work is not something I had to worry about. Houses are reasonably priced and we didn’t have a housing bubble like SoCal.
We miss certain things about San Diego and I’m not fond of the three hot months that we have during the summer but we live right at the foot of the Smoky Mountains so we get a cool breeze just about every day of the year.
If prices fell far enough in San Diego, it might persuade us to take a hard look at returning but for now, this is not a bad place to live and the overall cost of living is dirt cheap when you compare it to California.

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