Gas Shortage In NC
Well on my way to work today I noticed my gas tank only had 3 little bars left on it. I was thinking about stopping, but realized I would be late to work. So I pressed onward. I saw a few people filing up at the filling station near me work and forgot all about the last time they only had unleaded only signs up. I didnt think we had a major crisis going on here. I got to work and wondered where all the new people went. I was amazed to see all these desks open. So I sat at the one I had for the last two days up by L , D, and J. Happy as clam, I learned new stuff, asked questions and drew some more stuff on my paint program for backgrounds. Weee...could not be happier...I love this project, must be the laid back attitude or something...just love them...
Then at the end of the day L, chatted everyone about the gas crisis and reminded us to fill up before the weekend. I heard a few people said alot of gas stations had run out. I asked if the ones by us had and were told they were. So I ventured on to the Shell station...accross from Mcdonalds up the road from me...yeah, they had gas, but the line was atrosis to get in and blocking trafic from the other side. People cut around us a few times and one person stopped on the side of the road and came back with gas in those gas containers. I asked them if they still had gas and they said yes. I prayed they would still have some by the time I got up there, because I was down to two bars and my engine light came on. I was afraid to shut off my engine, becasue I heard it even uses more gas to start it back up again. I was afraid i would be sleeping in my car til morning. I called several people to tell them the situaion. Including MA, telling her if things got real bad I would not be comming up to Jersey next month to visit.
Alans Caregiver" called me and said that while she was filing up in our town.. The pump ran out of gas and the people who were waiting in back of her were pissed. She said she just got in her van and locked the door and drove off. She said it really was not her fault, what could she do..She kept Alan tonight...It was just too late by the time everyone got gas and got situated.
Somehow I made it and filled up to the top. The girl in front of me tried to tell me they were rationing to $15 a person, but the guy inside told me no. I had some interesting coversations out my car window that night. ONe guy told me that he said this crisis extened all the way out to Atlanta. Alot of people, very talkative...I guess we were all in the same boat.
When I got home, I listened to Bushes Statement on the economy and how we needed all that money to bail us out. It was scarry to say the least. He was saying we would all go into a long and painful ression if not dealt with. I was thinking when is a recession a recession and a depression a depression...Sounds like another depression to me...How do you tell the difrerence. I also started thinking about how I was going to get to work Monday if there was no gas to be found and would they give us points, since this is not our fault? I was thinking willl the our state governernor call a state of emergency?
I watched the local news that night and for a while there all they were covering was everything else but the gas crisis and I was like: WHat the hell? Sports, WEather, other events. What about the dam gas crisis? Finally I caught up with the news on it. they said the police had to come and direct traffic and some fights almost broke out. God I feel like I am living in one of those Scarry B Movies about how bad the future will be...Although its real and I wish I could wake up!! The news said that the pipeline that carried the gas to us was either running slow or damaged and they are fixing it and the refinarys are also slow. they said that we are having the gas trucked in from different areas of United States, but they did not know when this whole thing would be over with. When I called my friend in NJ, they said they were not affected by this in anyway.
Then at the end of the day L, chatted everyone about the gas crisis and reminded us to fill up before the weekend. I heard a few people said alot of gas stations had run out. I asked if the ones by us had and were told they were. So I ventured on to the Shell station...accross from Mcdonalds up the road from me...yeah, they had gas, but the line was atrosis to get in and blocking trafic from the other side. People cut around us a few times and one person stopped on the side of the road and came back with gas in those gas containers. I asked them if they still had gas and they said yes. I prayed they would still have some by the time I got up there, because I was down to two bars and my engine light came on. I was afraid to shut off my engine, becasue I heard it even uses more gas to start it back up again. I was afraid i would be sleeping in my car til morning. I called several people to tell them the situaion. Including MA, telling her if things got real bad I would not be comming up to Jersey next month to visit.
Alans Caregiver" called me and said that while she was filing up in our town.. The pump ran out of gas and the people who were waiting in back of her were pissed. She said she just got in her van and locked the door and drove off. She said it really was not her fault, what could she do..She kept Alan tonight...It was just too late by the time everyone got gas and got situated.
Somehow I made it and filled up to the top. The girl in front of me tried to tell me they were rationing to $15 a person, but the guy inside told me no. I had some interesting coversations out my car window that night. ONe guy told me that he said this crisis extened all the way out to Atlanta. Alot of people, very talkative...I guess we were all in the same boat.
When I got home, I listened to Bushes Statement on the economy and how we needed all that money to bail us out. It was scarry to say the least. He was saying we would all go into a long and painful ression if not dealt with. I was thinking when is a recession a recession and a depression a depression...Sounds like another depression to me...How do you tell the difrerence. I also started thinking about how I was going to get to work Monday if there was no gas to be found and would they give us points, since this is not our fault? I was thinking willl the our state governernor call a state of emergency?
I watched the local news that night and for a while there all they were covering was everything else but the gas crisis and I was like: WHat the hell? Sports, WEather, other events. What about the dam gas crisis? Finally I caught up with the news on it. they said the police had to come and direct traffic and some fights almost broke out. God I feel like I am living in one of those Scarry B Movies about how bad the future will be...Although its real and I wish I could wake up!! The news said that the pipeline that carried the gas to us was either running slow or damaged and they are fixing it and the refinarys are also slow. they said that we are having the gas trucked in from different areas of United States, but they did not know when this whole thing would be over with. When I called my friend in NJ, they said they were not affected by this in anyway.