I have an 8000 gallon tank of diesel at my shop. Hope I don't have to refill it before the prices come back down.
On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 3:43 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > Its much less awful than initial estimates. They had said we would be down > to just over 50% refining capacity, as it stands we are still in the mid to > high 70s, and as I understand it only one refinery is slated to be offline > for an extended time. > > Its best to just get 20 or 30 gallons in reserve cans in the garage, more > if you have the capacity. It shouldnt be impactful, but we are coming up on > the labor day price hike, in conjunction with this, theres going to be some > gouging attempts, but its been made federally clear that gouging wont be > tolerated. > > > > On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Cameron Crum <cc...@wispmon.com> wrote: > >> So a news report came out claiming that the gas stations would soon run >> out of gas because the refineries are all shut down. So, guess what started >> happening in Fort Worth, a run on gas. I went to fill up my wife's car last >> night as it was running on about 1/8 tank and all the pumps were busy. I >> thought that was strange at 10pm. This morning, the local 7-11 where I make >> a morning stop had 4 deep at each pump. At lunch, every gas station I >> passed was the same. My truck was on E so I had to wait. I went home, >> emptied all my gas cans into my project truck, and went back and got in >> line. For the most part people were being courteous, but when I got out of >> my truck, a guy in a black BMW and a woman in red sedan were going at it >> over who was supposed to get the pump next at the pump in front of mine. >> She was threatening to back into his car so he called the cops. The truck >> in front of him pulled out so he got a pump and she got a pump in less than >> 30 seconds of arguing. He told her he had called the cops, so she then >> called the cops and claimed the guy accosted her, making it a priority call >> so they showed up quick. He pumped his gas and left and she waited for the >> cops. The look on the cops face said it all, "why the f*ck am I dealing >> with this woman with everything that is going on?" Fort Worth sent 100 >> offices down to Houston so they are short staffed right now, and an >> argument at the gas pump is not a high priority. Anyway, just a heads up as >> to what might be coming to the rest of the country soon. Most of the gas is >> refined down this way, so unless things get better fast, there could be >> shortages in a lot of places. >> > >
