Subj : Re: Katrina is being felt all around here in one way or another....
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John I
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 16:35:28

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Jim Larson wrote:

> Nick wrote:
> 
>> G wrote:
>> 
>>> Well I live in Upstate SC. My wife came home and told me all gas
>>> stations within a 15 mile radius have no gas. Ones that do have very
>>> long lines going for blocks. People here are panicking saying there
>>> is going to be a gas shortage or something? I guess they forgot the
>>> federal oil reserves we have. So now every bob and jim have run out
>>> to fill up. All there containers with gasoline. Gas has soared to $4
>>> to 5 a gallon here. I saw a sign on TV in Atlanta saying $5.89 a
>>> gallon. Getting rather crazy here and I am in SC. No where near those
>>> other states that where directly hit... 
>>> 
>> 
>> The problem is being exacerbated by all the idiots who are suddenly
>> buying a lot more gas than they usually would.  It is a self fulfilling
>> prophecy. 
>> 
> 
> Exacerbate this, prophecy boy.
> 
> (I am waiting for them to start restricting when you can gas up based on
> license plate numbers[1]. 1973 here we come!)
> 

I forgot about that one.  This will be the third gas shortage I've 
experienced.

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