Fuel situation As of 7 a.m. ET....

[Garion_55]

As of 7 a.m. ET, 24.8% of all gas stations in North Carolina, 15.4% in Georgia and 15% in Virginia are without gasoline, according to GasBuddy, an app that tracks fuel demand, prices and outages.

[Walleye]

1. We should be trading Covid shots for free gasoline for these sheep

Get a shot, fill your tank

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. In that case, may I have a third shot? NT

[fescuerescue]

5. Sheep because you need gas to go to work?

Or because my business vehicle needs to ...move?

not sure I follow.

[Walleye]

6. Because of the panic buying I think

[fescuerescue]

8. Most cars only hold a week of gas

Many just 3 about 3 days.

This isn't like toilet paper where you can buy a years worth.

[Walleye]

9. True. I shouldn't have been so flip about it

No shortage here busy at the gas station but all the pumps are full

[RegularJam]

12. Sheep because of all of the people who went out due to panic....

Yet will be sitting on the same tank of gas for the next month.

They have no consideration for those you mention. I'm using my car less this week and running it to empty in hopes that some trucks destine for FL will end up delivering up north. I can dream. Wish others could as well. If people did, instead of being overly emotionally wrought, we would all be better off.

[fescuerescue]

13. How?

How many people do you know that can stockpile 500 gallons of gas?

Most of us can only buy an extra 5 gallons or so.

[RegularJam]

14. No clue what you are talking about with respect to having anything to do with what I said.

500 gallons of gas will get most Americans over 10,000 miles.

Not sure what that has to do with anything being discussed. There is no point to it.

[fescuerescue]

15. Well I'm really curious. How WOULD you stockpile gas?

If you choose to do so?

For most Americans. Especially the ones in your example. They have a car with a 15 gallon tank and a 2 to 5 gallon tank in their shed for the lawn mower.

I happen to have a boat with a very large capacity tank (50 gallons). It's really expensive to buy fuel on the water.

So I've done the research. Buying more fuel than car holds is really difficult. Sure I can buy an extra 5 gallons, There are even portable carriers that hold up to 38 gallons (about a $400 caddy) that becomes really heavy and cumbersome.

But beyond that...it's really really hard to buy a meaningful amount of fuel beyond a car tank of gas.

So my point is - NOBODY is really stockpiling fuel beyond an extra day or two. Its just not happening.

[RegularJam]

17. "NOBODY is really stockpiling fuel beyond an extra day or two. Its just not happening."

That is not an honest statement.

Similar to your other statement that you cannot/refuse to back up.

[fescuerescue]

19. So you don't know when how you would do it

It's ok.

[Tommy Carcetti]

3. Filled up today. No line whatsoever.

Granted, I usually fill up at the local Wawa and there was a bit of a line, so I went to that one gas station that is 30 cents more than Wawa.

Still no sense of real panic yet like we see before hurricanes.

[fescuerescue]

10. In Clayton NC, I finally gave up and went home.

No gas within 10 miles.

[wishstar]

4. As of now, 10:30 am NC Asheville local news says 78% of stations without gas in this region

we are a prominent tourist destination and probably always have high demand even before the shortage but this week stations have just not gotten their normal deliveries plus panic buying too.

[fescuerescue]

11. Yes I threw in the towel yesterday trying to buy gas.

Using gas buddy I couldn't find a station within 10 miles.

So I'm staying home today.

[PortTack]

7. Pipeline is expected to reopen this Friday.

[roamer65]

16. There should be rationing.

U get 10 gallons.

Make it work.

[JuJuChen]

18. good time to start thinking about the bus I guess.....

[Bucky]

20. fucking morons

[pwb]

22. We have every station open, no lines in upstate N. Y.

We probably have contingency plans and reserves.