I filled up tonight just west of Chattanooga. Price went up a dime from this afternoon, to 3.58. There was sign on the gas pumps saying please don’t buy more than 10 gallons due to the gas shortage in the southeast. There was a constant stream of 10- 15 cars waiting to fill up.
Well, here in Kingsport TN, last night regular unleaded was $3.62. This morning I just filled up for $3.99 and every single gas station was lined up with people waiting to get gas.
That’s a .37 cent increase overnight and the gas station managers expectation was it will go to the $4.50-$5.50 range by this evening.
How much is gas now? Yesterday I paid 3.79 and was happy to do it. After hurricane Ike (I live in Houston) you are lucy to find a gas station that is even open/functional.