First signs of fuel shortages in SC

All over the Fishing/Boating boards,, all are calling on "filling up" today before price increases, and filling All unused boat tanks etc.....
Hoarding has begun...
Severe Shortages by the weekend?

Here in Atlanta they ran out of 5 gallon gas tanks at the Home Depot. And the gas lines are long.
But most aren't concerned about a shortage, they are just trying to save a few bucks before gas goes up.
The gas station is out of Regular.

CNN is reporting gas panic in Atlanta. The average price is now $3.55, with some stations charging $4.99/gallon. Lines are two hours long, and some stations are rationing gas, allowing only $10 per customer. One reporter said he saw a fuel tanker being escorted by police.

I live in a little town called Royston, about 25 miles north of Athens, GA. Today at 12:30 gas prices in this area were 2.69 by 4:30 gas prices have risen to 3.39. They have placed police officers outside of the gas stations and the lines are unbelievable. I filled up my vehicle and have some gas in containers. I bought the last 5 gallon containers at our local hardware store. The gas station which I stopped at ran out of gas while I was there and did not know when more gas would be delievered. I remember the gas lines in the 70's but I do not remember it looking this grim. I am going to the store now to stock up on whatever non-perishable foods I can. Did anyone else watch the movie "Oil Storm" on USA a few months ago. That movie is coming true.

thank you very much for the links and info! Much appreciated.

I'm in a Chicago suburb and the regular has just ran out.

Does anyone know if Chicago has any ports on Lake Michigan for receiving crude or refined products?

I guess there is no major news coverage of these incidents? At least on this side of the pond there isn't. Only some general remarks about the rising energy prizes, people that have no electricity etc., but they make it look like there are only troubles where the storm hit directly.

Check for yourself: http://news.google.com/

sad, the gas buddy websites can't handle anything above $5

I went today to a full service gas station..owned by these three brothers..the gas station was a side enterprise..mostly they work on cars, but have the full service for people that want their fluids checked, but are too lazy or indisposed to do it themselves. I noticed the magic marker written in it that said 'out of order' on the pumps..asked them what it was about..if they had sold out already..they said no, but that they were told to shut it down for a while..then had to go back to work on a car..I'm like, what the fuck?

WHO told them? the govt? I did notice that for a while yesterday, every single place in the city of muskogee had the exact same price..2.69 a gallon..but then when I got back today, it varied from 2.73 to 2.89 a gallon..but it seemed to me as if they had all been told to change their prices to that at the same time, ya know?
Also, driving through two small towns, I noticed that one of them had yesterdays 2.69 a gallon price..but their was plastic over the nozzles, and even the convienience part of the store was closed..
is it possible that the govt is telling some gas stations to shut down to try and conserve some gas or am I just being paranoid?

CNN reported on the gasoline pipelines that are down due to lack of power. They said one is expected to get power back tonight. They hope to be up to 35% capacity tomorrow, 65% by the weekend.

Nope you are not paranoid. I think that is a real possibility that the stores are being told to close my friend in Atlanta was only able to put 10 bucks worth of gas in her car.

High fuel prices are bad but no fuel at any price is far worse.