I still had more than half of a tank of gas in my car, but went out this morning to fill up, just in case...I live in NC, and there are reports of expected shortages. The stations in the Chapel Hill area were already out of regular gasoline, so I filled up with the super unleaded for $3.49/gallon. Almost $20 for five and a half gallons of gas. That's up about a dollar a gallon from the beginning of this week.
"I still had more than half of a tank of gas in my car, but went out this morning to fill up, just in case"
I know we're all susceptible to this kind of thinking (me too), but obviously this is just what's going to cause a problem.
I stopped for a couple packs of cigs last night and put in my usual change from a $20. (which in this case I think bought me all of 3.something gallons!).