Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

damn, that sucks - Cee Bee

weird...reminds me of the 1970's gas lines I witnessed as a kid - Susan Beebe

unbelievable. - Monique via fftogo

I didn't live it, Susan, but I've seen enough photos to have thought the same thing as soon as I drove past. Immediately pulled over and grabbed the camera. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

wow - Melissa

Looks totally 1974 to me. I was 9 at the time. - Helen Sventitsky

I guess odd/even days weren't better.. - Heidi Jeffers Thibodeau

This is the first I've seen of such lines: mostly it's been pumps that are marked as out of fuel. I'm going to guess that the Spinx station just received a shipment. I think I'm going to talk to my boss about telecommuting tomorrow... - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

why is there a gas shortage in the southeast? - David Ward

I have a bike. There's nowhere i can't go on my bike that i need to go. Then again, i rarely ever need to go anywhere. - ·[▪_▪]·

David, it's been ongoing in ever since Ike. The major pipeline to the area was somehow disrupted/damaged. More here http://ap.google.com/article/A... and here http://www.washingtonpost.com/... - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

it's bananas. i lucked out and managed to fill up the sunday after gustav and ike. by monday, all of the stations near me were out of gas. it's horrible because the southeast is like L.A. in terms of car dependency (and in ATL in terms of traffic too *sheesh*). sprawl + a serious lack of transit options = a NEED for gas. - tiffany

heard Asheville and Charlotte were bad, hadn't heard it made it to Greenville, will have to call my parents - Jeff Quinton

yeah, it's a big mess with no signs of immediate relief. I've done pretty well (my car gets fairly good mileage and I don't drive far). but getting gas this past Sunday required me to check #atlgas on Twitter search. - jbrotherlove

Well, at least there's no "price gouging." Right? - Dave

there isn't from what i've seen in metro atlanta. those stations that have gas are charging $3.97 - $4.10 per gallon. higher than usual, but not much more than we paid this summer. our governor put the smackdown on that before it began. - tiffany

I just posted something similar... 7:30 and all out or lines going strong. - ChangeForge | Ken Stewart

If the gas prices would be allowed to adjust up to demand, there would be no hoarding, which is what's causing the long lines. - Dave Roth

except that there's not really hoarding going on dave. there's a crimp in the supply. and if prices adjusted up to demand, people would suck it up and pay because they need gas to get to work. those who can are definitely using transit, riding bikes, and telecommuting. but not every company or job is so forgiving. - tiffany

by the election do you think it will be all across america? - Gregory Lent

Apparently your area is worried about a crop freeze too?? - Charlie Anzman

we're out all around town. last night our closest gas station got some more, but then ran out before the morning again. craziness. - Carmen

UPDATE - I went back to this station at 9:30 b/c husband needed to fill up. According to cashier they were out of gas until they received a gas shipment at 3pm today and were out of regular by the time I took these shots at 6pm today. There were lines 2-3 cars deep at 9:30 and she said they were about to run out of all grades. They're running out of gas every day and getting shipments every other day. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Wow.... that's amazing - Anthony K. Valley ©

It's amazing that we have this problem weeks later. - Phil Yanov

While at the same time, gas is at it's cheapest it's been in a long time and available everywhere in the Northeast at around $3.25 for the cheap stuff...I don't get it. - cmiper

@cmiper: It has to do with where your gas comes from. Most of the South comes through Gulf Coast, which was affected by storms. You can't just reroute gas there from somewhere else because formulations vary by region/state. - Cyndy

its nice that you have lines Tina... we don't have lines as we don't have any gas! :( that fixes the problem pretty quick! keep an eye on #atlgas for the latest tweets on where there may be gas in ATL - Scott Lockhart

@Cyndy the Governors of those states experiencing the gas shortages could relax the formulation requirements so that gas from else where can be brought in to help resolve the situation. - Colide81 (James)

James, if they do than then other areas of the country will start to see shortages. Not as extreme as those we're seeing, but it will lessen the overall available supply. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

I passed 20 stations near my house last night and only 1 had any gas at all. I live East of Atlanta. It *sucks* out here as far as gas goes. - Joey Gibson

Nashville suffered early and hard and still supply is wobbly. - Dave Gilbert

So if the rest of the south is having a problem, why are we unaffected here in FL? - Squirrel Girl

Squirrel, it's possible that your state gets some of its gas brought in on tanker and doesn't rely fully on the two southeastern pipelines. My understanding is the coast of SC isn't having the same kind of problems either (or at least, not as dramatic). - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)