Luckily close to my work the gas stations still had gas today. One gas station near our house received a delivery today, but the supply only lasted about one hour. Kris was home early and rushed down there to fill up his truck. He had resorted to riding his motorcycle since the truck was running so low. He said it was pretty wild, he waited for a long time in line to get gas and then took about 20 minutes to fill the tank because the tanks were operating so slow. Once he was ready to leave the truck was blocked in; while waiting to be able to pull out he was chatting with some other lucky ones getting gas about what would happen if they ran out of gas again. Not two seconds later the pumps started to click and shut off. Kris was the second to last person lucky enough to fill their tanks there today.
After I got home today we went and did all the necessary errands (which included Kris having to get a new SIM card for his phone, not a happy story), got groceries, and are prepared to spend the rest of the weekend at home conserving the gas we were lucky enough to get.
2 comments:
Wow- what a first! Glad the shortage isn't nation wide like the '70's. I'd have to take the bus with Russell;-)
That is crazy. It sounds so "third world." How fortunate that Kris had the time (and the luck) to get some fuel while it was there.
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