Our country involved in a big war in one part of the world. A hurricane doing massive damage to three states. Having to almost come to fisticuffs over a tank of gas because almost all the gas stations in my home town are out and likely won't get more for some time.
Looks like I'm 3 for 3.
Man I wish I wasn't.
I'm sure its just like this all over the country. Literally overnight there was an 20 cent jump in the gas price and, apparently hearing that gas was going to be running out, everyone dashed out to fill up their tanks. I must admit that even I was not immune to this madness. I spent about $47 at 2 different stations to fill up my truck for the next week or so, doing my part to make this self-fulfilling prophecy come to pass.
Everywhere I turned just lines after lines of people waiting to get gas. Some stores had limits on how much one could purchase (the stations I went to had a $20 limit and one had a 20 gallon limit. Some places ran out in the morning even before the rush hit. Most all seem that they will not be able to get their usual orders filled. Some might not be able to get more gas for the next week. Some nearby towns in the area, Cochran and Sandersville in particular, apparently had already run dry if the any of the stories around here are to be believed. One rumor I heard that I would be greatly interested in ascertaining the veracity of is wether or not some dealers are not ordering / selling gas in protest to the prices at which they would have to order and resell to the customers at. Somehow I doubt such is the case, but in any event it would be nice to find out a definite thing one way or another.
In any event there was madness galore with some people trying to rush to the banks to withdraw enough to fill their tanks and others like myself trying to get between multiple stations to go ahead and get filled for the week. I managed to take enough time out of the insanity to drive a gentleman from one station t the car lot he worked at. Apparently the owners decided with an empending gas crunch that it would be prudent to fill up most of the company cars. Unfortunately the pick-up that this gentleman was in wouldn't start up again after he filled 'er up. So we pushed it out of the way and I took him back to the car lot to get some help. I was just glad to get my good deed for the day out of the way.
Makes me wish I could recieve the local station out where I live, but I can't even get it on my DishNetwork package. I would like to know the full extent of the "damage" in my area.
Just remember again tonight that you need to say another prayer (or whatever passes for one in whatever your religion is) for those hardest hit by the hurricane. Also say another for our economy, because if this is any indication we're all in for tough times ahead and can use all the help we can get.
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