Funny Images of No Gas in Texas
More than 10,000 gas stations in eastern US had completely run out of gas on Wednesday, according to GasBuddy.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the worst-hit states were North Carolina, where 65% of stations were out of gas; Virginia, where 44% of stations were dry; and Georgia, with 43% of stations out of fuel, according to the app GasBuddy.
Metropolitan areas in the region have also been hit hard by shortages, including Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Norfolk.
Gas prices surged past $3 for the first time since 2014 on Wednesday.
The average price for a gallon of gas was sitting at $3.008, according to automotive group AAA, while a gallon of premium now costs $3.597.
Multiple states have declared emergencies and attempted to relax gas transport rules as a result.
Governors in Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia, had all declared states of emergency as of Wednesday
According to the Tallahassee Democrat, Florida's gasoline supply is mostly unaffected by the hack, but an uptick in panic buying has led to local shortages, especially in North Florida.
Earlier this week, the Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a regional emergency declaration for 17 states and Washington, DC. The declaration covers Alabama, Arkansas, DC, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Fear and misinformation has led to panic buying and stockpiling.
Experts told The Washington Post that attempts by people to "stock up" on fuel is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Nervous drivers have run thousands of gas stations dry as demand has soared more than 40 percent in some of the hardest-hit states.
"This is reminiscent of how supermarkets were running short on toilet paper , etc. in the earliest days of the Covid pandemic in the spring of 2020 — same underlying issue of consumer psychology," Pavel Molchanov, an energy analyst at Raymond James told the outlet.
Some drivers have turned to *unique* storage methods as they stock up on gas.
Social media was ablaze with photos and videos of nervous drivers filling up their cars...and other things.
—Tyler in Texas (@ty_p3) May 12, 2021
From trash bags to giant barrels, many people decided to fill up as much as possible.
—ZR (@ZR_dude) May 11, 2021
The Biden administration urged Americans not to stockpile gas.
"We are asking people not to hoard," US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told reporters at the White House. "Things will be back to normal soon."
But lines of vehicles wrapped around street corners as demand remained high Wednesday afternoon.
The pipeline resumed operations Wednesday evening, its operators said, but it will take "several days" for the supply chain to stabilize.
In a media release Wednesday evening, Colonial said operations had resumed on the pipeline around 5:00 p.m. ET.
The release said it will take "several days" for the product delivery supply chain to return to normal and some markets served by the pipeline may continue to experience service interruptions.
Colonial operates 5,500 miles of a pipeline from Texas to New York and transports nearly half of all fuel consumed on the East Coast, moving more than 100 million gallons of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and home heating oil, every day.
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Source: https://www.insider.com/photos-show-the-chaos-of-worsening-gas-shortages-across-the-country
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