There are refineries all over the country. Take a look at all of these refineries.
U.S. Refineries Operable Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
Posted on 08/31/2005 1:34:35 PM PDT by Gardener
BALTIMORE (August 31, 2005) — Emergency managers up the east coast and elsewhere are reporting serious gas shortages.
"We may be facing a major fuel supply situation," reported a county-level emergency manager in South Carolina. "We in this county are cutting all non-essential services such as garbage pickup. It is a developing situation."
Gas stations in upstate South Carolina reported they were running out of gas. "The state is telling us the pipeline that services the northeast has been disrupted at the supply point in Louisiana, and that it will take a week and half for it to reach us," he said. "A lot of gas stations are out and closed in this area."
In North Carolina, a gas station on U.S. 74 reported it had only premium gas left and was selling it for $2.99. Station managers say they are unable to get gas from their suppliers. A nearby competitor station reported it had to close altogether because it was out of all fuel.
In Michigan, gas prices were as high as $3.92 for unleaded regular in Garden City, just one of many stations with high prices in the Detroit metro area. Forty percent of Michigan’s gas comes from the Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Katrina shut down a number of oil platforms, refineries and pipelines.
Time to start stocking up on: Ammo.
Yes, last week on the news there was a report of someone breaking into a school district motor pool and draining the tanks of 10 or so vehicles.
You're going to be hearing stories about panic-driven people running out and trying to store hundreds of gallons of gasoline in plastic milk jugs and bleach bottles in their houses, and then one night something will happen and the house will go up like a bomb.
I am ticked at the EnviroWackos and the Liberals in the Senate... This should never have happened... We should have some spare refining capacity -- just in case...
Link?? I haven't seen anything close.
*What Would Velvet Jones Do?
Whenever I bother to look it's cheaper.
New Orleans wasn't the energy source, but a majority of the east coast refined fuel came thru the area that has no power now for their pumps:
http://www.colpipe.com/ab_map.asp
I was in the Mt. Vernon section of Alexandria. Wish I had the option to ride metro. I work in Tyson's Corner, so metro is not an option for me.
BTW, I wasn't trying to by gas. I had to get that stupid VA state inspection sticker. I forgot it was the last day of the month. I always do that. :-(
"Why are folk rushing to the gas pumps when they should just chill and wait for things to settle."
Good question. Why don't they have all that stuff already? One of the aspects of being personally prepared (other than being called nuts and paranoid!) is that you don't add to the problem when things DO get a little bad.
That said, and ignorant of the number of pipelines serving the east coast, I'm hoping that there are several other lines coming across further north that can handle more of the load.
The gas stations are packed in Augusta,GA. The roads are very empty except the traffic jams at stations.
I wen tou ta little while ago to get gas, I am not standing in those lines. I might venture out after midnight.
My Durgango is full, my Ranger is below a 1/4 of a tank. I hope I can get gas by Friday night.
Here in Seattle area.
If everyone were aware of what is going on they would be checking their Y2K stash right about now. A lot of pipelines originate at NO.
Can anyone say panic buying?
Bingo.
I was just going to post that, at least in Alabama, they are rationing diesel to trucks. If the trucks don't run nothing gets delivered. I got this word from our trucking department in Alabama.
We need to have a consistent effort to CONFIRM these stories. Frankly, the gas shortage sounds a bit sensational at the moment.
Has there been any confirmation of gas companies allocating to regions or gas shortages????
The same holds true for the folks on the west coast of Florida, right off Tampa. The environmentalists are correct. US society should grind to a halt before the scenic landscape is blemished just to tap the extraordinary reserves that are there. Americans walked before property values went up so high and we can walk again to keep them up there.
My husband is a reporter in NC and just came from a news conference with Gov. Easley, he said NC is running out of gas.
Nationwide refinery capacity was being utilized at 95-98% (sometimes more) before this happened. Katrina has idled 8% of nationwide refining capacity.
Sometimes what looks like a panic is more like a softsell.
There are refineries all over the country. Take a look at all of these refineries.
U.S. Refineries Operable Atmospheric Crude Oil Distillation Capacity
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