ktschris said:
You go kt....great thinking outside the box!!!
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You go kt....great thinking outside the box!!!
My daughter and her friend are planning to drive down from Georgia Tech to Seagrove for Labor Day weekend tomorrow. The car won't make it all the way to the beach on one tank. Does anyone have a guess as to whether she will be able to get here and, more importantly, get back to ATL on Monday so she can attend class on Tuesday AM?
My suggestion to her was to never get below half a tank so that if she has trouble getting gas, she wouldn't run out before she found a station with gas available. I mean, you don't want a 20-year-old stranded. Plus, thanks to T-Mobile, she can't get a cell phone signal between Troy and Defuniak Springs. I guess that's a piggish suggestion (having her keep her tank at least half full, but I don't want her stranded). I'd tell just not to come, but the beach is a nice way for a college student to relax from the stress of studying.
My suggestion to her was to never get below half a tank so that if she has trouble getting gas, she wouldn't run out before she found a station with gas available. I mean, you don't want a 20-year-old stranded. Plus, thanks to T-Mobile, she can't get a cell phone signal between Troy and Defuniak Springs. I guess that's a piggish suggestion (having her keep her tank at least half full, but I don't want her stranded). I'd tell just not to come, but the beach is a nice way for a college student to relax from the stress of studying.
Gas is fine here in LA! In the midst of the craziness and thousands of evacuees- we have gas. This stuff was all started with panic & media ( as the above poster stated ) Too much demand for the supply when people ran out and gassed up. Plus, all the message boards which are wreaking havoc and causing more panic. Hubby went all the way up to Little Rock today and not one station on the way was out. No lines either.
ktschris said:
Great idea. We all know that in addition to conservation of gas that you want the Friday or Monday off to go to SoWal for the long weekends. Sneaky, very sneaky. :clap_1:
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Smiling JOe said:
Me too...I think we should conserve gas if for no other reason than to leave plenty for the evacuation and rescue operations. I will give up a trip (especially a short one) to SoWal for a while. Also, maybe if everyone slows down on buying, it will help the prices come down sooner.
Well, I finally ran low on gas and just filled up at the Tom Thumb in Seagrove. I was not going to look at the price, but I could not help but to look. Regular gas is $2.59 9/10 per gal. Woo-hoo! Also, they had 18pks of rice beer(coors light) for $4.99 -- that is cheaper than bottled water. 
I had to get some. I think it is a NFL promotion. I also heard of Bud and Miller running similar promos at various local locations.
The pump I was on was out of the mid-grade. I would guess that all pumps run out of the same tanks.
For you diesel owners, I understand from several people, that they cannot find diesel. Reports are there is none in Lower Alabama area north of here either.
I had to get some. I think it is a NFL promotion. I also heard of Bud and Miller running similar promos at various local locations.The pump I was on was out of the mid-grade. I would guess that all pumps run out of the same tanks.
For you diesel owners, I understand from several people, that they cannot find diesel. Reports are there is none in Lower Alabama area north of here either.
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Jeb Bush just stated that they are going to make sure NW Florida has gas because there are so many displaced families here. Escambia County is out of gas, but that is because their use doubled with so many people traveling through.
Regular gas in Michigan is about $3.39 now. No lines at pumps, but prices high.
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