Gas stations running out of gas in Irving Options

[v7guy]

It was 1 am and I was driving around trying to find gas, 4 of the stations were out of gas totally, one only had premium left.
A tanker was filling up one station and there was a line of 15+ cars waiting to fill up.

I found some for around 3.09, but finding gastook a little work. A very surreal expierence.

[pknowles]

Labor day weekend I had a similar experence. I was driving to an autocross with my wife behind me in the truck carring the tires and I stopped to top off the Camaro before the autocross. At the 4th station I finally found gas and I told my wife to fill up the truck no matter how much it costs. Paying an extra $20 for inflated prices is better then not having gas at all.

[AllZWay]

We are running out of gas here in Paris too. It is pretty crazy.

[BigEnos]

Went to my local station and they were out of 87 octane. Filled up with 89 instead. When Katrina ran through I tried to do the right thing and not fill up my tanks but I got screwed in the end and had to start buying a lot of gas at the top dollar prices. I'm trying to avoid having that happen again.

I for one will be glad when Hurricane season is over.

[Crazy Canuck]

weirdly enough, even in Canada, the same thing is happening:
http://www.canada.com/national/story.html?...da-ea842388ccf5
Yesterday were so many lineups.
From last Hurricane, the gas price went to 147.4 / litre ~ 4.70 US$ / gallon
Now the price is rougly around 99-119 all over the country... but some stations did make it go up to 179 or even over 2$ a litre.
Remember 1 liter = 1/4 gallon.
The oil companies are indeed just taking advantage to make more $.

BTW, looks like the hurricane is shifting east... and might spare Houston.
If that is the case, the amount of dammage won't be as bad.

[y5e06]

that sounds crazy. I've been paying attention as I drive around Austin (<200mi from houston) and I have not seen a single station that was out or had lines. We do have a huge number of people coming in though. 290 and 183 are just jammed at times. I go the backway home and so far I haven't had to deal w/ it.

[y5e06]

that sounds crazy. I've been paying attention as I drive around Austin (<200mi from houston) and I have not seen a single station that was out or had lines. The two places near my house (just off I35) were $2.55 $2.65/gal. We do have a huge number of people coming in though. 290 and 183 are just jammed at times. I go the backway home and so far I haven't had to deal w/ it.

[jensend]

At least one station in my area (southern NJ) was out of fuel this afternoon. I find this disturbing since there are refineriesin both north central NJ ans south western NJ. Perhaps they are proportioning deliveries in order to divert fuel to areas that lack a supply source (though I am more inclined to believe it's more a matter of generating a believable sense of scarcity to validate further price gouging). How many of you remember the previous two "energy crises"? Had a friend who worked for a refinery during the last one who told me that the biggest problem was finding places to store stockpiled crude and refined oil. Guess being a "child of the 60's has made me cynical. Time will tell.