Subj : Re: Katrina is being felt all around here in one way or another....
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : RR
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 23:41:52

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Jim Larson 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.
>
> Me too. Her name was Mom.

Dr. Detroit?

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RR

"It's been my experience that every
  time I think I know 'where it's at,'
      it's really somewhere else."
      - William Holden - S.O.B.

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