Subj : Re: Katrina is being felt all around here in one way or another.... To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 19:31:52 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote in news:Xns96C457F6F21BB3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: > John I wrote: > >> 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. >> > > I wasn't exactly driving at the time, but I remember the lines. > I had my own personal chauffeur for much of the year. Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .