Former Alaskan here: Take care, little Texas. We're rooting for you! On Sep 1, 2017 8:23 AM, "Cameron Crum" <cc...@wispmon.com> wrote:
The gas thing is nuts. Lines at the gas stations into the night around here. The size of the storm and affected area was huge, bigger than a lot of north eastern states or even a couple combined. I don't think people realize just how big Texas really is unless they have spent time here. I really don't think a lot of people outside of TX have a grasp on the scale of this thing. And, yes there are some crooks, but the vast majority of people heading that way are going to help. I saw ad's for people looking to buy boats and jet skis just so they could go help. Guys in by 4x4 clubs with lifted trucks were submitting air intake heights to see if their vehicles would pass the high water so they could go help. It's pretty amazing how many people are putting in an effort. Our office is being used to stock supplies of all kinds as my Ops Mgr's son and friends are heading down to Aransas Co next week. Keep in mind, it is a 5 hr drive at highway speeds in light traffic for me to get to Houston from where I live in Fort Worth, 7hrs to Corpus, 10 hrs to Brownsville (when the roads are open and clear). It's not exactly down the road. On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 7:53 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > How about you just haul the generator in the trunk. Then pull off road > if you want to start and charge... > > *From:* Steve Jones > *Sent:* Thursday, August 31, 2017 8:28 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OFF TOPIC - starting to get dicey in TX over gas > > You can put red in on the generator at the shop to charge it. If the > generator is in the trunk charging as you drive you cant use it...... road > tax. > > On Aug 31, 2017 9:00 PM, "Mike Hammett" <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > >> I'm not advocating this, but why? >> >> Electric cars don't pay anything. >> >> If I put a diesel generator into a Chevy Volt, I can use red diesel. >> Well, I assume. Why can't I put red diesel into... sorry, most hybrids can >> engage the combustion motor for movement.... a factory version of a Volt >> with a diesel? >> >> I know one is legal and one is not, but they're basically the same thing, >> just one comes with the generator and the other doesn't. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >> >> >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Robert" <i...@avantwireless.com> >> *To: *af@afmug.com >> *Sent: *Thursday, August 31, 2017 8:51:28 PM >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OFF TOPIC - starting to get dicey in TX over gas >> >> As long as you keep it off-road! >> >> On 8/31/17 6:34 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: >> > If an electric car pays no fuel tax, can a hybrid diesel-electric use >> > red diesel? :-) >> > >> > >> > >> > ----- >> > Mike Hammett >> > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL><https://plus.google.com/+In >> telligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb><https://www.linkedin.com/ >> company/intelligent-computing-solutions><https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix><https://www.linkedin.com >> /company/midwest-internet-exchange><https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >> > >> > >> > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------------ >> > *From: *"Steve Jones" <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> >> > *To: *af@afmug.com >> > *Sent: *Thursday, August 31, 2017 8:15:16 PM >> > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OFF TOPIC - starting to get dicey in TX over gas >> > >> > Generator gas is offroad, you folks buying generator gas surely arent >> > paying road tax. >> > >> > On Aug 31, 2017 8:11 PM, "Richard Strittmatter" <rich...@mesh.net >> > <mailto:rich...@mesh.net>> wrote: >> > >> > Funny you say that about the tank.____ >> > >> > __ __ >> > >> > We just had to “borrow” some diesel from one of our extra tanks to >> > our colo genset, to get one of our guys to the next station that had >> > diesel.. ____ >> > >> > It was over 20+ miles away, and his 2500 was past E.. We had to call >> > around to see who had fuel for him.____ >> > >> > __ __ >> > >> > It’s pretty crazy here in DFW, most of the stations here have 0.00 >> > on their signs denoting that they have no gas.____ >> > >> > People lined up all down the access roads for fuel for the stations >> > that do.____ >> > >> > All mine stay pretty full, but I’ve always done that.____ >> > >> > __ __ >> > >> > I personally think the media should be ashamed of the panic they set >> > off, but it’s all about what gets people pumped up, to them.____ >> > >> > My wife works for a municipality, and their officers spent a fair >> > amount of time at gas stations today. They are short handed already, >> > because____ >> > >> > they have sent a contingent down to Houston. ____ >> > >> > __ __ >> > >> > Richard Strittmatter____ >> > >> > __ __ >> > >> > *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com >> > <mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On Behalf Of *Lewis Bergman >> > *Sent:* Thursday, August 31, 2017 3:52 PM >> > *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> >> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OFF TOPIC - starting to get dicey in TX over >> > gas____ >> > >> > __ __ >> > >> > 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 <mailto: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 >> > <mailto: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. ____ >> > >> > __ __ >> > >> > >> >> >
