Posted on 11/02/2012 12:28:43 PM PDT by yoe
With patience running thin and tension running high in the fight for fuel after Superstorm Sandy, the scene at area gas stations has been chaotic.
On Friday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said gas is finally on its way. But not soon enough.
Speaking at a news conference, Gov. Cuomo acknowledged there is a shortage of fuel, but said “there is no reason to panic.”
Try telling that to drivers at the Hess station at 44th Street and 10th Ave. As CBS 2′s Tony Aiello reports, drivers coming up from the South are waiting six hours to fill their tanks at the station.
(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...
Hey Guv.....Call Guiliani....He’ll tell you what you SHOULD do to solve this....
You don’t leave the car running while you wait (until the pumping starts, at least - then the lines start moving). People are lining up hours before the stations even begin pumping; you sit & shiver in the car. NJ.com had pictures of people pushing cars; this morning I saw people needing a jumpstart after leaving their flashers on (with engine off).
People with full tanks on Sunday are running out of gas five days later.
I guess those Volt drivers with their electric cars were pretty smart, eh?
Oh wait, the reason there’s no gas is because there’s no electricity.
Never mind.
I live where it snows a lot. So when a big storm is forecast I fill my truck to the brim, and also fill enough gas cans to fill my truck again. When the power goes out for several days I limit my driving, put my refrigerated foods outside in a cooler so they stay cold, and cook on my grill or a firepit.
What we are seeing in these big cities is a snapshot of what will happen should the electric grid fail on a large scale.
Oh I also have my ammunition stockpiles checked regularly for this very scenario.
I live where it snows a lot. So when a big storm is forecast I fill my truck to the brim, and also fill enough gas cans to fill my truck again. When the power goes out for several days I limit my driving, put my refrigerated foods outside in a cooler so they stay cold, and cook on my grill or a firepit.
What we are seeing in these big cities is a snapshot of what will happen should the electric grid fail on a large scale.
Oh I also have my ammunition stockpiles checked regularly for this very scenario.
“What we are seeing in these big cities is a snapshot of what will happen should the electric grid fail on a large scale.”
9/11 gave them a forewarning of this; apparently the lesson wasn’t learned (Battery Park City was uninhabitable for months).
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