The Washington Post reports:
Panic-buying has emptied 28 percent of North Carolina’s fuel stations and is exacerbating gasoline shortages across the Southeast, underscoring the real-world implications of a cyberattack that forced Colonial Pipeline offline last week.
More than 17 percent of the stations in Georgia and Virginia were dry Wednesday, according to GasBuddy, and states as far as West Virginia and Kentucky also are running out.
Major metropolitan areas have been hit hardest by the shortages, with more than 70 percent of the stations out of gasoline in Charlotte, Raleigh and Greenville, as well as roughly 60 percent of those in Norfolk and Atlanta, according to Patrick De Haan, GasBuddy’s head oil analyst.
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Do not fill plastic bags with gasoline.
— US Consumer Product Safety Commission (@USCPSC) May 12, 2021
Use only containers approved for fuel.
— US Consumer Product Safety Commission (@USCPSC) May 12, 2021
We know this sounds simple, but when people get desperate they stop thinking clearly. They take risks that can have deadly consequences. If you know someone who is thinking about bringing a container not meant for fuel to get gas, please let them know it’s dangerous.
— US Consumer Product Safety Commission (@USCPSC) May 12, 2021
Pipeline company is said to have no plan for now to pay ransom in cyberattack that led to fuel shortages https://t.co/wNFYSW7YJ4
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 12, 2021
PLASTIC BAGS FILLED WITH GAS BY MORONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA pic.twitter.com/yyMav93pU2
— RWLatstetter (@latstetter) May 12, 2021
Officials warn people not to fill plastic bags with gasoline amid panic over gas shortage https://t.co/4dW06l0vUr
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 12, 2021
Well that explains the gas shortage pic.twitter.com/VyWgLwl0EI
— Keith (@phillyindiefan) May 12, 2021