My husband works in Charlotte, NC. Last night he could find no gas there at all.

[lildreamer316]

Not that he went all over the city, mind you, but he went to at least four stations and found none, with the ppl he works with telling him they had a hard time finding any either.

We live two hours north in Greensboro, NC..we have gas here, but only certain stations. One Sheetz only had 87 grade, another had that and the mid-grade. In my little suburb, the Shell station on the corner a half-mile down the road is completely out.

I made him go fill up the Honda Del Sol (thank god we have that - 37 to the gallon, hell yes!) today, so that I could be assured he would make it back home tonight.

Sheesh. What the hell, man.

[YDogg]

1. parts of NC are hurting for gas, for sure. I've heard a bit about Asheville & gas probs.

:wtf:

[tpsbmam]

11. In Asheville

I know people who haven't been able to get to work because they can't find gas (one couple: he couldn't get to work one day, she couldn't another....and they were already short the money for the mortgage this month), when people make it to work I know some who haven't had enough gas to get home, the biggest hospital has had to decide who is essential and who isn't and take nearby motel rooms for those considered essential, there are people who've driven by 30 gas stations looking for gas and all have been out of gas, gas lines range from 15 minutes (I got VERY lucky today.....the good deed I did not 10 minutes earlier came back and gave me a big smooch) to 4 hours. When I finally got gas today, there was a woman next to me who made about 12 calls on her cell phone telling people where they could get gas. The local tech college has canceled classes through tomorrow, students are missing school, some businesses hare having a very hard time operating (e.g., mowing businesses) if they can operate at all, some small businesses are in trouble because business is down everywhere (except towing)......

We have next to no gas. It's really bad.

[YDogg]

15. i saw a list a couple of days ago from WNC about what services were operating in various communities

I hope it gets better soon ...

:hi:

[tpsbmam]

16. Thanks, YDOgg.....this, too, shall pass. Soon I hope! n/t

[G_j]

23. I missed a day of work also

I was lucky to find gas the next day, before the station I was on line at, ran out. They say it may last another week or so.
This is a big lesson on how vulnerable we all are.

[lurky]

2. Gas shortages? I hadn't heard anything about that.

What's going on?

[lildreamer316]

3. According to this poster, a pipeline is broken.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=8123232&mesg_id=8123387

I'm trying to find out more about it now. I watched our local news station covering the shortage last night, but I don't recall a mention of this. I must have left the room or something.

Yep, it's bad all over the state. Unlike the poster's gov in the thread above, our gov. stepped in to prevent price gouging. Husband filled up for $3.55 a gal. today. Not too bad considering what we have been dealing with.

[tpsbmam]

14. It's not broken.....

they're just not back up to full power. It's at about 75%. The problem is that the distribution is all over the fucking place. I know people in Raleigh -- they've had no problem with gas. They hadn't been paying attention and were shocked when I told them how bad it was here. Same is true for Atlanta, Nashville and some other areas. Some areas are fine, other areas are getting screwed.

[Lancer]

4. Chapel Hill, too.

Tuesday I went to 5 stations within a 2-mile radius. They were all out of gas, all grades. Pump handles shrouded. All the numbers taken down off the price signs, too. Finally, I found an Exxon that had gas but premium grade only. $4.32 a gallon. Friends say it's 4.99 in some parts of SC.

I want to go home to Greensboro Saturday for the Obama rally, but if I can't find any gas in CH or Durham, I'll just stay here. :(

[lildreamer316]

5. This may have some info..

http://www.durhamgasprices.com/

Try plugging in chapel hill and see if that comes up too. I find it to be pretty accurate. If the station is out, you won't see an update for more than one day.

[Lancer]

6. Hey, thanks! n/t

[Bill219]

7. Cornelius and the surrounding area into Concord

Very very long lines at the few gas stations that do have gas

Many gas stations you drive by just have empty stalls with plastic bags over the nozzles.

Luckily my wife and I filled up the Prius 2 days before all the shortages started happening. Only down 2 bars from a full tank as of today.

[K Gardner]

8. I posted about this yesterday.. Knoxville is sending tankers of gas

over to NC so they can fill up the school buses for the kids, and people in TN are driving to KY for gas. Its crazy !

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4083815&mesg_id=4083815

[lildreamer316]

9. Sorry I missed that.

I tend to just skim the Greatest these days.
I hope we can fix this soon...

[1Hippiechick]

12. There was a "run" on gas in Tennessee - businesses closing early this week, I think. n/t

[ThePowerofWill]

10. Ha! Same here

I don't live in Charlotte but farther west I was on my way to work which is 30 miles away. I was on the E. I went all the way to work in a panic this morning because not a single station had gas on the way. When i finally got to work the station across the street had some.

On my way home today city police in the town of Conover had to direct traffic in 2 separate spots because one store got some gas.

[Marie26]

13. It's crazy here

And just short of full-blown panic. People are waiting in four-hour lines for gas, only to be turned away when the station runs out. EVERY gas station I've seen is totally closed today. The problem has actually got worse over the past few days as more stations close. The freeways were backed up & at least one exit blocked because people literally ran out of gas on the highway. Police are guarding gas stations & there's been reports of fights & near riots at some stations. The mayor's promising that Charlotte will get a shipment of gas on Friday, but that people should conserve gas until this weekend. I don't know why this isn't appearing in the nat. news - it's a really big story.

[sarcasmo]

28. You won't see it on the national news, because it would spread panic around the rest of the country.

[Lex]

17. Look at all these closings in Asheville due to NO gas!

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080925/NEWS01/80924118

Scary.

So far Durham seems to be okay. For now.

[NC_Nurse]

18. Atlanta has the same problem. It's worse every day. Long lines when they get

some too. Supposed to get better next week, from what I heard here...

[dkofos]

19. With refineries in Georgia, louisiana, Mississippi, I wouldn't think there would be a problem.

Some one seems to be messing with supply.
Hell even Galviston has gas.

[Skip Intro]

20. How can it be that bad in NC, and supply seems fine here in SC?

I live in a suburb of Charleston, and, while the price of reg unleaded is around 3.80 gal, I haven't seen any stations out, no lines. Yet three to four hours away, it sounds like chaos. Seems strange.

[Jamastiene]

22. SC always has a cheaper and better supply of gas.

I don't know why. Of course, now that you've announced your area actually has gas, we know to go there now for our gas. Thank you. :P :evilgrin:

[Skip Intro]

24. lol - come and get it

you know, I've had for some time a growing wish to see the technology that alot of people have disappeared into to just fail one day - no cell phones, hell, no computers, etc - watch society snap out of this self-imposed anti-social dreamstate and come back to what is real. I don't know that running out of gas nationwide would be, in the end, such a bad thing. It would be a big adjustment, and a lot of people would think it would be the end of the world, but it wouldn't - we'd adapt. I remember when this area was hit by hurricane Hugo almost twenty years ago, and suddenly, people who have never spoken to each other were outdoors, cooking out, talking, visiting. I get the feeling we may need some kind of shock back to the basics. Part of me says, let it come.

sorry, rambling...

:smoke:

[KamaAina]

21. Didn't you hear? Britney's new single has been delayed!

We only have time to report one boring actual news story at a time. Today, it's the Wall Street bailout. Sorry!

Signed,

The Main$tream Media

[Pastiche423]

25. Damn, lil'd, you scared me to death

I just spoke w/my dad who lives west of Charlotte. I asked him if he has gas for his car. He said he had a full tank and wanted to know why I asked.

I told him. He then said, oh that must be why the fellow at the shop asked him if he had gas. Once he realized the seriousness of the problem, he promised he would not drive anywhere until he heard the crisis was over.

Dad is 83 years old and lives 3,000 miles from me. It is scary and frustrating knowing I can't help him much from this distance.

[lildreamer316]

26. Sorry dear.

As I said, I dunno if it's ALL over Charlotte, but it is certainly bad in some areas. Husband works off of Old Pineville Rd; kinda near the airport.

Yes, I would tell him to play it close to the vest, so to speak, for a few days.

[Marie26]

27. It's the whole county

as far as I can tell. But Rock Hill, SC, right across the border, has plenty of gas. It's very weird.

[Pastiche423]

29. Oh hon, I'm not blaming you

I appreciate you making the post. My dad doesn't pay attention to current events as much as I do, so he needed to know about the shortage.