East Coast faces gas shortages, Six states declare state of Emergency

[lovuian]

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http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/16/investing/gasoline-prices-shortage-pipeline-leak/

A leak has caused the closure of a crucial pipeline that carries gasoline to the eastern United States, a disruption that threatens to drive up prices and leave service stations without fuel to sell.

A section of the Colonial Pipeline, which runs from Houston to New York, has been closed since Sept. 9 after a spill of roughly 250,000 gallons was discovered in rural Shelby County, Ala.

The major pipeline, one pipe of which has been severed, provides gasoline for an estimated 50 million people on the East Coast each day, according to company estimates. The cause of the leak has yet to be determined, according to the company's most recent statement.

You may want to fill that gas tank
I've read online Tennessee gas stations are out Anybody else?

The states have all declared states of emergency, citing concerns about "fuel supply disruptions" and "disruptions of gasoline" in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline spill.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/states-facing-gas-shortages-colonial-pipeline-spill/story?id=42153670

[CK_John]

1. IMO, whenever oil is treading down we have a refinery fire or pipe leak.

[Travis_0004]

2. Do you really think somebody sets a refinery on fire to make more money

Sure gas prices go up, but that refinery is out of service for a couple weeks and can not capatilize on it.

Is there a rotation they go through? How does this work?

[CK_John]

10. Yes, and I read the pipe line was severed but they didn't say how..

[bigwillq]

3. I wonder if that's why

All the pumps were out of service at this station I usually go to.

I live in CT

[lovuian]

4. yes that's why

It's happening all over randomly
I've read gas stations around Nashville have been hit hard

[bigwillq]

5. Thanks

For posting the article

[lovuian]

7. I was just giving the heads up

they haven't resolved distribution problems yet
it seems ....tankers are on route from Houston by the sea

[Phentex]

6. Neighbors were asking which stations still had gas but there are two lines that run through here

and only one is shut down. Costco still has gas.

[lovuian]

8. Phentex where are you

I suggest people start finding out because it may get worse

[lovuian]

9. Which Nashville-Area Gas Stations Are Out of Fuel? With the gas shortage hitting Middle Tennessee,

http://patch.com/tennessee/nashville/what-nashville-area-gas-stations-are-out-fuel

As the fuel shortage hits the Nashville area, local stations are expected to run out of gas sometime this weekend, despite the governor's emergency effort to prevent an interruption in fuel service.

[lovuian]

11. Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and North Carolina

http://abcnews.go.com/US/states-facing-gas-shortages-colonial-pipeline-spill/story?id=42153670

The states have all declared states of emergency, citing concerns about "fuel supply disruptions" and "disruptions of gasoline" in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline spill.

[SwankyXomb]

12. Here in California, that's just business as usual.