I took another quick tour of Houston’s Midtown and the stores and gas stations are nuts. The one above, which I said two hours ago was mobbed and running low, is now completely out of gas.
Kroger’s on West Gray, just down the street from me, was mobbed – completely. The huge parking lot was overflowing on to Gray and and other nearby streets. As bad as it is now I expect it to be far worse this evening when even more people leave work and start their preparations far later than they should have.
It’s somewhat revealing that everyone I know who’s been through a major hurricane was ready days ago.
Update:
City of officials are adamant that there are not widespread fuel shortages. They are confident that stations will be resupplied as they run out. But Mayor Bill White also added that “If everyone in the nation’s fourth largest city tops off their tanks there will be fuel shortages somewhere.”
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September 11th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
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