[SEL] OT: Gas Crunch?

[Richard Strobel]

Yup..check out the headline in the Helena paper:

http://www.helenair.com/

RickinMt.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Culp" <johnculp at chartertn.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 8:20 PM
Subject: [SEL] OT: Gas Crunch?


> Today there was a run on gas stations here. A rumor ran all around that
> a big fuel distribution center in Knoxville has shut down. Every gas
> station had cars lined up down the street. Prices jumped. At a station
> where I bought regular gas last week for $1.459 right before the NASCAR
> race here, it had gone to $3.109, and they sold out. My wife asked me
> to fill our son's car this evening, and I had to drive all over town to
> find a station that was open with any gas left. They were out of
> regular, but still had Plus at $3.069 and Premium for 10¢ more. As I
> was topping off, the clerk came on the P.A. asking that purchases be
> limited to $30. Pretty much just like it was in 1973.
>
>
> John Culp
> Bristol, Tennessee, USA
>
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