Gas in Atlanta

[Lanshark]

Very difficult to find in the area I live in

 

[asta]

I am sure that all of you folks down in Atlanta are too smart to "panic" and cause a gas shortage like us Nashvillians but our local paper is quoting AAA as saying that the gas shortage is moving your way. It is good to know that unlike the CNN report that stated that the shortages were due to rumors, the following link states that Nashville was hit harder than any other area. What it doesn't explain is why. It also does not explain why Atlanta will suffer shortages next. If they are diverting gas from one location to the next to solve shortages, they are doing a bad job.

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080920/BUSINESS01/809200383

And by the way, if it helps Kroger has been one of the quickest to respond to the gas shortage in Nashville. We wonder if they are supplying us out of their Louisville headquarters instead of the Colonial pipeline that should be delivering gas. Someone in authority needs to figure out what really is going on. There have been much worse hurricanes before and never anything like this has happened.

 

[Rebelmom67]

We are having a gas shortage too. All the gas stations around me are OUT!! This is the first I have heard of this and I don't know how I will get to work tommorrow.

I have a trip planned to the GSM this Wednesday, I don't even know if we will make it there. I sure hope we get gas soon.

 

[Lanshark]

I paid $4.19 a gallon for regular last night. I had to fill up to get to work on Monday. I finally found a Shell, which I hate, that had gas. Many stations are totally out. I find it interesting that in the 27 years I've lived in Atlanta I've only experienced this twice. Once was with Katrina and now with Ike.

 

[olena]

Ouch! You live right near me, Marcie. DH's employer is having everyone telecommute exclusively now, so we don't leave much. He needs to go out tonight, so I'll have him scope the stations on the way.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

Our gas prices are dropping in Savannah. I paid $3.90 at Sam's on Thursday, and today I saw another station and it was $3.79.. I was shocked! Maybe we will run out, too, if we keep lowering the prices.

 

[disney1990]

Everytime some says that it is difficult to get gasoline in a particular city, it ony gets harder because people rush out and fill their tanks. It's a not win situation.

 

[asta]

Everytime some says that it is difficult to get gasoline in a particular city, it ony gets harder because people rush out and fill their tanks. It's a not win situation.

After what we have been going through I think it is unfair to say that the situation is caused by people's reaction to a news story. In order to buy this explanation as the reason for 85% of the stations in Nashville going dry you would have to believe that the entire city normally drives around with tanks less than half full and suddenly decided as a group that we were all going to go out at the same time and fill up our tanks. This did not happen. Dispite the CNN news story, no one that I know panicked until there was no gas available at almost all of our stations. I am convinced that this is a mismanaged delivery problem. It is very suspicious that these shortages from a single event seem to be traveling serially around the southeast. It appears that they are not solving the problem, just diverting it from location to location.

 

[nannerbadnanner]

After what we have been going through I think it is unfair to say that the situation is caused by people's reaction to a news story. In order to buy this explanation as the reason for 85% of the stations in Nashville going dry you would have to believe that the entire city normally drives around with tanks less than half full and suddenly decided as a group that we were all going to go out at the same time and fill up our tanks. This did not happen. Dispite the CNN news story, no one that I know panicked until there was no gas available at almost all of our stations. I am convinced that this is a mismanaged delivery problem. It is very suspicious that these shortages from a single event seem to be traveling serially around the southeast. It appears that they are not solving the problem, just diverting it from location to location.

THANK YOU! That CNN article really irked me. As I said on the earlier thread, we drove from WDW to our home in Nashville last Sunday. It was nearly impossible to find gas in certain parts of Georgia (my vehicle is fuel efficient but has a small tank!). We had to go to several service stations before we were able to find any. I noticed that several gas stations near our home were also out. I looked because of all the problems we had in GA. There si definitely a better explanation out there than "mass panic."

 

[tinatark]

We had a gas shortage in Knoxville/GSM area a couple of weeks ago - it started with rumors, then people who wouldn't have normally done it went out and filled their cars/tanks/etc. Gas went from 3.69 to 5.49 in one afternoon. Today it's down to 3.39.

ONE station didn't buy into the hype and raise their prices - Food City left their prices as they were, ran out, and were out Sat/Sun, until more deliveries on Monday.

 

[Rebelmom67]

We had a gas shortage in Knoxville/GSM area a couple of weeks ago - it started with rumors, then people who wouldn't have normally done it went out and filled their cars/tanks/etc. Gas went from 3.69 to 5.49 in one afternoon. Today it's down to 3.39.

ONE station didn't buy into the hype and raise their prices - Food City left their prices as they were, ran out, and were out Sat/Sun, until more deliveries on Monday.

Thanks for the heads up, I feel better now.

 

[asta]

Does anyone else think that it is odd that after the Knoxville area ran short over a week ago and as their supplies got better, the Nashville area has almost completely ran out of gas. Now that they are projecting that Nashville will finally have a reliable supply of gas this coming week, the Atlanta area does not have enough to meet their demand. I don't think that these outages are a result of customer behavior. Do you think that the people in any city could decide to use up all of the gas in that area and do that in less than a week?

 

[Andrea]

yuck I know I was just in Kennesaw and we couldnt find gas and where I live in the Villa Rica area only one gas station had gas. I have to fill my gas tank up twice a week which sucks so now i am spending around 140.00 a week in gas

 

[Belle1962]

yuck I know I was just in Kennesaw and we couldnt find gas and where I live in the Villa Rica area only one gas station had gas. I have to fill my gas tank up twice a week which sucks so now i am spending around 140.00 a week in gas

I'm in the Acworth/Kennesaw area--you are correct---no gas around here. One station had gas earlier today but they are now out. And they had llloooooonnnggggg liiiinnnnnnneeees.

 

[DizneeMommy]

I live up above Atlanta in the Cornelia area, and we had a really tough time finding gas this afternoon! We were on the way to a reunion in Gainesville and were getting really close to empty. Only ONE station between Cornelia and Gainesville had any gas at all (filled up for $3.97/gal). Once we got to Gainesville, there were a few more, but still lots without.

 

[raysnkaysmom]

Yeah...tonight we drove forever to find gas....through Covington and Conyers. Finally found some at the Shell in Honey Creek. Only 4 pumps left (ironically only regular...which was GREAT!!) but you had to pay cash and not more than $50. Kinda scary. I don't get it

 

[Lanshark]

When I filled up Saturday night the East Cobb(Roswell, Marietta)area had many stations that were closed. I noticed that BPs in our area were out.

 

[crazelion]

D@mn It. I am going to the Georgia Dome this Saturday for football game and Atlanta is having gas shortages. This is not funny.

 

[lovebuzz]

Lanshark- I guess you live near me. Intersection of Johnson Ferry and Shallowford. I passed by 6 gas stations before I found one that had gas and
I paid $4.19 a gallon. Not only did I pay that but, I sat in line for 10 minutes for the pleasure to do it.

 

[Andrea]

oh man and i work off of barrett parkway and there is no gas there well as of friday. I think i am going to talk to my boss today and only working for 4 days.. which will cut my hours, but if i can't find gas to get there anyways...

I wonder how i should bring that up to him, he is not the nicest man in the area haha