Comments on: Panic ain’t pretty.

By: natesings

natesings — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:54:51 +0000

Sorry for the late reply to an older entry but I just discovered your blog this morning so I’m playing catch up.
We had the same problem here in Augusta, GA (not far from previous poster Barbara M. Lloyd) that same week. I typically laugh at the crazies and wait it out (usually a rumored price hike will make them line up at the pumps) but since we were going to Atlanta for our anniversary on the 27th, I was out there on the 25th with the rest of the nut-jobs for about 2 hours. I’m sure over half the people in line didn’t need gas and were just topping off. I guess it all come down to the selfish “gotta get mine” mentality. Guess what? Thirty miles down the interstate towards Atlanta, yup you guessed it, plenty of gas, no lines, no waiting.
I really enjoy your blog. Keep it up!

By: Steve Weber

Steve Weber — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:48:26 +0000

No insanity here in NY execpt for the price. It’s starting to go down dime by dime at least for know. But with all the wall street woes who knows?

The real solution for us it to keep our riches in Heaven and to trust the God will take care of us. That’s a real problem for me. I always feel like I have to do it myself. Over the years though I realize that God really is in control. He really does work all things togethor for good for those that love him and are called accoring to his purpose. But there’s always a little something in me that says “You’re on your own.”

By: Barbara M. Lloyd

Barbara M. Lloyd — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:50:13 +0000

My goodness, I spoke too soon. From all reports, Delaware is still not having a problem…..but this little sleepy, horsey town of Aiken, SC, has been hit with a vengence. We are out of gas and as soon as a station opens up with some of that black gold, there is a made rush by cars of every shape and size. There ya go, we’re a little slow here in the south.

By: tammy961

tammy961 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:12:17 +0000

Some stations here in Pensacola have had bags over the pumps–which of course means NO GAS–or they have the price removed also—but there has not really been long lines or anything–I think we had people taking gas over towards New Orleans and the Tx. coast because I saw lots of Miss. and La. tags filling big red gas cans…..The price is about 3.70 a gal here for the regular grade and no limits on the amount you can get…We drove to Gadsden, AL on Sunday and the gas seemed to cost more the farther we drove up 65. We even had a 10 gal limit when we stopped for gas in Gadsden….I would have thought it would be higher here on the Gulf Coast..I know all of us Floridians will be so happy when Nov. 1st gets here–the end of hurricane season….

By: CarolynR

CarolynR — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:49:02 +0000

LOL auburn60 might take you up on that
I remember visiting Cut and Shoot in Texas many years ago. But then we’ve got strange place names too, like “Frisby On The Wreake”, “Little Snoring” and “Nasty” !!

By: auburn60

auburn60 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:34:57 +0000

Come on over,Carolyn! I will give you a personal tour of Bald Knob.
Won’t take long.

By: CarolynR

CarolynR — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:08:03 +0000

Well apart from Bald Knob the thing that really sticks out from your post Tori is the cost of gas in your country!! Am emigrating forthwith. I’ve done a quick calculation using all my fingers and toes, multiplying by .5 and dividing the days of the week into my mother’s age (well something like that – we are metric!) and we pay upwards of $10 a gallon. Have to take out a mortgage every time you fill the tank – if only you could get a mortgage Great post. Isn’t the human condition fascinating!

By: belinda

belinda — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:58:32 +0000

We have gas in Oklahoma I just filled up last night for $3.32 and there is plenty of it. The other day before Ike hit, we had the long lines because every body was worried about the prices going up, but so far, no shortage yet. It is kind of sad that we have been excited about $3.32 but much better than the almost $4.00 we were paying earlier this year. I can’t imagine only getting 5 gallons at a time, that would not even get me to and from work for one day, okay, not even to work. Come on over to Oklahoma!

By: emilythemom

emilythemom — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:21:44 +0000

we yankees got gas way out here in good ol’ LaVergne. But you might use it all up coming & going! Feel free to move in for the weekend if you’d like, i’d totally let you cook for me.

By: rockin robyn

rockin robyn — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:01:10 +0000

Wow! That is way too scary. I’ve heard there are problems due to that pipeline being out of commission but so far this part of the East Coast isn’t feeling it. That’s too bad but that is the result of humans getting into panic situations… it is “every man for himself”. Trouble is everyone panics because they know everyone else will – don’t want to get left behind so they panic too! It’s a ripple effect.

On the way home from bible study this evening I actually stopped to get gas and as I stood there pumping away with no limitations – no worries (remembering reading your blog at work earlier… **shhhhh don’t tell) I actually said a heart felt prayer to make the gas situation ease up so people aren’t burdened with the stress of it all.

By: LindaB

LindaB — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:35:27 +0000

That’s EXACTLY why we need a woman in the White House, Barb——-someone who will protect our credit cards from greedy old Wall Street crooks! And will regulate those banks who try to tell us our accounts are depleted when we know perfectly well they are fine because we still have checks left! Duh!

Gee, I hope we never get into a gas shortage like the one in your town, Tori! I don’t know what I’d do! I don’t know if I should take my money out of the stock market and invest in a horse or not! So much uncertainty! I guess I’ll just go eat some ice cream (sugar free, of course) and watch Bill O’Reilly until I fall asleep in the chair. That always works. We haven’t had any shortages around here yet—–which doesn’t make sense since we are even farther from where the hurricane damage occurred than Nashville. And the price is around $3.56 a gallon.

We sure need an alternative source of energy here in America these days! Using natural gas to power our automobiles sounds like a dandy idea. When can we start? Windmills sound good too—–especially in Washington, D.C. where the “wind” blows all the time. I’m thinking of putting a windmill on top of my car——-it’s always windy up there as I’m driving down the road! (I know that because I’m always putting my hand up there to dry my nail polish. See—–I’m observant!) Why not harness that wind and keep my car goin’? Wow! I’m tellin’ ya——I impress myself sometimes.

By: Barbara M. Lloyd

Barbara M. Lloyd — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:56:57 +0000

Must be that I traveled a couple days past the “problem.”

But now I also had to come back and tell Allyson that back home we have a Murderkill River and a Broadkill Beach. As a matter of fact, we have all kinds of strange names that cannot be explained.

I was just thinking….not that it is anything to make a joke about, but if this Emergency Financial Mess ends up eliminating all credit cards…….Washington will be squashed when women stampede that town.

By: gracelynn

gracelynn — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:56:44 +0000

When I left to pick up Wanda last weekend to go and see Russ in Virginia, Greenville NC was still doing the same thing as your town Tori. Gas pumps were covered, people were lined up at the stations that still had the numbers up – cussing, raring, yelling, and protesting. The only difference is that they were rationing the gas in Greenville. You could not get over 5 gallons. However, I did manage to find a station where the premium fuel there was actually cheaper than the regular fuel (which I normally use) anywhere else. So my poor little Saturn finally got a taste of the high quality stuff ROTFL! Once I got up to Virginia, there was no problem. And we aren’t having any issues between my house and work so I guess the panic is over. The prices have actually dropped a few pennies here and I am thankful they have.

If you want a dose of Twilight Zone, come teach at my school LOLOL.

By: auburn60

auburn60 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:48:43 +0000

Bald Knob–‘Where the Ozarks meet the Delta’–and strawberries rule!
I thought that was the funniest name I had ever heard until I heard of ‘Possum Grape’ and ‘Booger Hollow’.

We went through that whole gas thing two weeks ago. One article on the front page of the paper set off a panic, people raced to line up to get gas and prices went to over $5.00 a gallon. Now that prices have gone down to around $3.50 a gallon, another strategically placed article appeared today–and people started freaking out and prices started inching up.We are well trained as a society to respond to the threat of having our transportation taken away.
I have to admit that I did call my daughter and tell her to go immediately and fill up her gas tank, but mainly because I did not want to be called from the side of the road to come bail her out.Gas gauges just aren’t high on her list of priorities.

I LOVED the Twilight Zone! Remember the one where all the people had pig faces?

By: Barbara M. Lloyd

Barbara M. Lloyd — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:48:21 +0000

Have you ever felt exceptional, Tori? On Friday we filled up with gas in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, stopped two places after that a filled up, then again when we got back here in Aiken, SC. Not once did we see a tank out of gas. Wanna move? There’s a nice house for sale down the street from mine….and it would just tickle me pink!

By: tori

tori — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:49:04 +0000

THANK YOU! I will do that.

By: dijea

dijea — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:34:11 +0000

Put some of that STP gas treatment in the tank and that should cover the lower octane in your tank. Promise. We all have premium gas guzzling cars and that’s what the mechanic said.