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Miguelito Loveless

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5. I don't think declaring an emergency helped

Reply to catsudon (Original post)

Tue May 11, 2021, 11:30 PM

May 2021

People have already demonstrated they can’t handle the minor inconvenience of wearing a mask. If this goes on for a week and stations run dry, I expect it to go Mad Max out there.

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Everyone is panicking': Some Richmond-area motorists scramble for gasoline as shutdown of key pipe [View all] catsudon May 2021 OP

Stations were open this pm in NoVA but prices were $3 per gallon. Nt spooky3 May 2021 #1

coming home tonight in NOVA. I saw lines at three gas stations in my area. rogue emissary May 2021 #4

Just tell them that toilet paper is low and is going to be rationed ToxMarz May 2021 #2

People "panicking" are idiots relayerbob May 2021 #3

I don't think declaring an emergency helped Miguelito Loveless May 2021 #5

It helps a lot -- it stops all price gouging obamanut2012 May 2021 #8

A good point. Miguelito Loveless May 2021 #10

It helps, yes... moose65 May 2021 #13

Gas is already $4 a gallon in my area now ansible May 2021 #6

There's a long thread in GD with the OP complaining that gas is "way too cheap". Dial H For Hero May 2021 #9

They're determined to echo the 1970s bucolic_frolic May 2021 #7

I just said this to my husband forthemiddle May 2021 #14

The stations running out is not unexpected when people mass panic and rush to buy it up same as cstanleytech May 2021 #11

It's temporary, FFS! Jilly_in_VA May 2021 #12