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Gas crisis in Nashville

post #1 of 33
9/19/08 at 7:14pm
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Madness. The city is running dry. People are fighting (two murders today at gas stations reportdly) I'm stuck in line at one of the few remaining places in the area with fuel. Don't know if I'm going to make it home tonight....
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post #2 of 33
9/19/08 at 7:26pm
Did I miss something today? What the fuck is going on over there? Why are there murders at gas stations?!

I think MissZooey's right. It's a blink kind of day.
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post #3 of 33
9/19/08 at 7:40pm
You should check and see if you can get gas from any door-to-door gas salesmen. Though so far I think that's only being tested in parts of Pennsylvania.
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post #4 of 33
9/19/08 at 7:42pm
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There is no way I'm going to make it. I'm about 8 miles from my house and I'm going to park and walk home. Follow me on twitter! My wifels car is good on gas but I told her I don't want her out in this mess so feets don't fail me now.
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post #5 of 33
9/19/08 at 7:47pm
Bancroft You've got Twitter too? Let me add ya on to mine.
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post #6 of 33
9/19/08 at 7:58pm
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as I walk I'm going to shake my fist angrily at nothing while muttering to myself.....
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post #7 of 33
9/19/08 at 8:01pm
And seeing how it's Nashville. All you've got is country music. May god have mercy on your soul sir.
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post #8 of 33
9/19/08 at 8:21pm
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New plan: Bar until 11. 2 for 1 beers over walking.
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post #9 of 33
9/19/08 at 8:36pm
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Originally Posted by Bancroft Agee View Post
New plan: Bar until 11. 2 for 1 beers over walking.
Can we follow you home on 'Stagger'?
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post #10 of 33
9/19/08 at 9:36pm
This same shit happened in Chattanooga last week. I can't wait to move out of this state.
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post #11 of 33
9/19/08 at 11:36pm
It's bad in Houston too, but that's because of the hurricane.
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post #12 of 33
9/19/08 at 11:42pm
Some stations in GA were out along the interstate.

Did you try anything off the beaten path?
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post #13 of 33
9/19/08 at 11:58pm
I'm living about an hour east of Nashville, and the crisis has subsided (I hope). Things were down right illegal here last week though with some places charging as high as $5 a gallon while the guy across the street charged 4.50. As of right now, most places are at $3.40
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post #14 of 33
9/20/08 at 12:07pm
Shit has been spurred by panic buying. Bunch of fucking retards. I got up at six this morning(thats late for me), and figured I would go ahead and gas up for the week. Morons lined up around the corner everywhere. Then find some place by the interstate no waiting no crowds.

I hate this fucking state.
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post #15 of 33
9/20/08 at 1:04pm
That trailer for Fast and Furious 3 is looking more realistic by the day.
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post #16 of 33
9/20/08 at 1:16pm
I wish this happened in Jersey. Too many people on the god damn roads around here, hell, too many people period. We can lose some to gas station shootings and be just fine.
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post #17 of 33
9/20/08 at 7:59pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Anthony View Post
I'm living about an hour east of Nashville, and the crisis has subsided (I hope). Things were down right illegal here last week though with some places charging as high as $5 a gallon while the guy across the street charged 4.50. As of right now, most places are at $3.40

You should report price gougers asap. They get fined $10,000 every day they have unrealistic prices. These bastards need to be run out of town on a rail.

When I lived in SC every Hurricane would see these leeches come out of the woodwork.

Here's the link
http://gaswatch.energy.gov/
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post #18 of 33
9/21/08 at 10:07am
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it's Sunday 8:00 a.m. and I'm in line for gas. Limits are being imposed and people are on Craigslist trying to sell 5 gallons of gas for 85 dollars. I think we're going to start hunting tanker trucks in packs on the interstate ala Mad Max. I'm going to dust off my hockey mask and find a dune buggy.
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post #19 of 33
9/21/08 at 10:09am
I call shotgun! Literally!
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post #20 of 33
9/21/08 at 10:32am
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You're going to need a mohawk, some shoulder pads and a girl on a dog chain Singer. We will not be providing these but Dental is offered.
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post #21 of 33
9/21/08 at 8:23pm
Just waited in line for gas for two hours here in GA. Thanks for kiboshing any progress on alternative fuels for the last 8 years Bush!
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post #22 of 33
9/21/08 at 8:24pm
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Originally Posted by Ron Vogel View Post
Just waited in line for gas for two hours here in GA. Thanks for kiboshing any progress on alternative fuels for the last 8 years Bush!
I filled the tank today...you know how long it took? 10 minutes. Sucks to live in Atlanta, I guess.
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post #23 of 33
9/21/08 at 10:13pm
I live in Goodlettsville, just 15 minutes from Nashville and they had the only place open yesterday... fucking Mapco. So I got in line and waited an hour to fill up. I got it... and then the place closed again and I haven't seen another open one since.
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post #24 of 33
9/21/08 at 10:28pm
This is like a really bad episode of Charmed or Buffy, demonstrating what happens when "evil" wins.

I haven't heard a peep about this on the news by the way. Insanity.
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post #25 of 33
9/22/08 at 9:18am
Every other station here in Norcross has the gas.

It's odd. The stations I figured that would be empty have full tanks. I think it's all in relation of where a station gets their supply. Some companies may be limiting supply to keep from having a national shortage, while others are continuing to deplete their reserves to keep stations full.
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post #26 of 33
9/22/08 at 3:40pm
According to one of the news feeds I follow on Twitter (BreakingNewsOn), October crude oil futures just jumped up 24.3% -- or $25 per barrel -- to $130 a barrel now. And that's the largest daily gain in oil futures in history.

Found a story about it at Bloomberg.
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post #27 of 33
9/22/08 at 3:53pm
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/busi...pumps_low.html

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Gas remained hard to find around much of metro Atlanta on Monday morning, as lingering supply complications in the wake of two hurricanes had many motorists driving miles out of their way in a search for fuel.

Overnight deliveries replenished supplies, at least partially, at some stations that were closed Sunday. But others remained dry. And some that did have fuel, like the Shell station at Clairmont and North Decatur roads near Decatur, were running out as cars lined up during the morning rush hour.


“I should be out, maybe before noon,” said manager Andy Jiw, shortly after putting a bag over another nozzle. By 7:30 a.m., cars were lined up five and six deep behind the only two pumps with gas.

Maureen McCarthy, who lives near Emory University, waited in line as the needle on her fuel gauge hovered at empty. She was late for work.

“It’s a nightmare,” she said. “I’ve gone to four different stations. When I saw this one I was like ‘Hallellelujah.’”

State and industry officials say the problem stems from supply interruptions from the Gulf, where refineries are still rebuilding capacity after the double whammy of hurricanes Gustav and Ike, and the required use of cleaner-burning fuel in metro Atlanta. That means gas can’t be easily diverted from other areas where supplies are ample.

There were mixed signals about how soon the shortages will abate. Industry officials say refineries are rapidly restoring supply, and state officials say they’re taking steps to boost the flow. Some station owners, however, say they’ve been warned not to expect normal supplies for days to come.

Adding to the frustration, metro Atlantans who find gas are paying well over the national average for it. The average price in the area Monday morning was $4.01 a gallon, about 30 cents higher than the U.S. average, according to AtlantaGasPrices.com.

Spot shortages began more than a week ago but appeared to peak by Sunday evening, when it was hard to find open stations in many areas. Nearly all stations in the Fayetteville and Peachtree City areas, for instance, were gas-less. Earlier Sunday, gas was available at only three of 13 stations along a five-mile stretch of Roswell Road in north Atlanta and Sandy Springs.

Monday morning, outages were scattered among stations throughout Henry County. At the Locust Grove exit off I-75, about half the stations had fuel while the others were tapped out.

BP station clerk Shedrick Fambro said the store expects a delivery of fuel today, but it’s not a sure thing.

“It may be sometime this week, we really couldn’t tell,” Fambro said. “We had 2,500 gallons Saturday and sold out of all but high octane by the afternoon. We were out of the high octane by Sunday.”

Many stations in the Stockbridge area had working pumps, but the Kangroo store on Jodeco Road, selling BP gas, was awaiting a delivery.

“We’re hoping to get some more in today or tomorrow,” said clerk Brenda Singleton.

At least one fuel supplier is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to temporarily loosen fuel sulfur standards to restore supplies in metro Atlanta. That way, gas could be trucked in from other cities to metro Atlanta, where cleaner-burning fuel is required because of air quality problems.

Tex Pitfield, president of Saraguay Petroleum Corp., on Friday fired off an e-mail to Gov. Sonny Perdue and the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA), urging the state to lobby federal officials to allow imports of higher-sulfur fuel.

“The Governor’s office needs to be at this point a leader and stop hiding their head in the sand,” Pitfield wrote.

Bert Brantley, spokesman for Perdue, said the governor’s office is doing all it can, from extending the time gas haulers have on the road to deliver fuel, and increasing the amount they can carry in one trip, to providing as much information to the EPA as possible.

“It’s up to GEFA to decide how bad it is,” Brantley said.

Jill Stuckey, the director of GEFA’s Energy Innovation Center, said she hasn’t heard similar complaints from other suppliers in Georgia.

“We’re living under EPA’s rules right now,” said Stuckey, who works as a liaison between suppliers and critical users such as farmers and hospitals. “If others come forward and say this is too burdensome, we’ll certainly take a look at it.”

Stuckey said the hurricanes hit at a time of year when fuel supplies are already stretched thin. The system is sending fuel oil up to the Northeast, and suppliers in metro Atlanta are switching from summer to winter formula gas. This week, her unit had to arrange a special shipment of fuel to Children’s Hospital of Atlanta and Henry County government.

But she said Chevron, Conoco and Marathon Oil are reporting supplies from the Gulf Coast are now at 80 percent, up from just 30 percent last weekend. That should start showing up at the pump soon.

“We’re doing good,” she said. “It’s going to get better.”

Staff writers Katie Leslie and Rachel Pomerance contributed to this story.
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post #28 of 33
9/22/08 at 4:02pm
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Originally Posted by jl1718 View Post
Shit has been spurred by panic buying. Bunch of fucking retards. I got up at six this morning(thats late for me), and figured I would go ahead and gas up for the week. Morons lined up around the corner everywhere. Then find some place by the interstate no waiting no crowds.
Yup. Drive a ways out (40 or 50 miles) and you'll find gas for $3.69/gallon and no lines. People would rather wait in line, have their lives threatened and pay $5+ though, I guess. Friday morning I was trying to get to the gas station to put air in my tires on without knowing about any crisis. Couldn't even get near the BP on Harding there were so many cars--could barely get down the street it was so jammed up.

You might think people would stop driving to conserve, but they're not. There are still tons of cars on the road today, as many as usual, if not more. Just glad my roommate has an extra bike.
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post #29 of 33
9/22/08 at 11:52pm
A bike is just one of those things that I encourage everyone to have and maintain. Even if it's impractical for getting to/from work, or dealing with your kids, it's excellent for little trips and errands. I use it for all my grocery shopping, for example, and I've never had a problem doing so.
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post #30 of 33
9/23/08 at 12:29am
Do you have a basket for groceries? Or do you let the stuff hang off the handlebars?
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post #31 of 33
9/23/08 at 12:35am
I'm a handlebar guy. Never invested in a basket for the old one, and since it got mangled, I just haven't had the money to try it for the new ride. They seem like they might be convenient, but ah well. I double-bag all my groceries anyway. Don't worry, I reuse the bags.
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post #32 of 33
9/23/08 at 12:39am
Glad I'm out of there. Nashville has always had a fucked up car situation. People as nice as the dickens though.
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post #33 of 33
9/23/08 at 4:37am
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Originally Posted by AlmightyShmun View Post
I'm a handlebar guy. Never invested in a basket for the old one, and since it got mangled, I just haven't had the money to try it for the new ride. They seem like they might be convenient, but ah well. I double-bag all my groceries anyway. Don't worry, I reuse the bags.
Ever try putting the grocery bags in a backpack?
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