Community Chat

[sidsmom]

Holy cow!

Here in Dallas, we have gas lines 10-40 cars deep.

Do you see any lines in your neck of the woods?

[SeaMaiden]

yes, we have gas pipelines in my neck of the woods....they are really nice green belts where people walk their dogs.

[Witchy Woman]

I'm in Maryland, and I doubt we will have lines, but who really knows?

Regular was $2.47 at my Shell station, and that's with 5 cents off on Thursday.

Prices definetly jumped up in the last couple of days.

[Poodlepet2]

Hi @sidsmom....futures have already spiked 20% as this morning. One refinery is closed, and I highly doubt rigs are back in swing yet....

Harvey is definitely taking a bite out of highway transportation....and if the rain totals come to fruition, barge traffic will be slowed tremendously....

In addition to Irma, there's a low pressure system off the west coast of the Yucatan....I'd top off my car whether it needs gas or not....

It sounds like quite a few cities in Texas are without potable water. I'm stocking up on that too!

Out of curiosity, what are grocery prices doing in your area?

Hugs,

Poodlepet2

[Cakers3]

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@SeaMaiden wrote:

yes, we have gas pipelines in my neck of the woods....they are really nice green belts where people walk their dogs.

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@SeaMaiden  I believe she means cars lined up to get gas at gas stations.

[SeaMaiden]

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@Cakers3 wrote:

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@SeaMaiden wrote:

yes, we have gas pipelines in my neck of the woods....they are really nice green belts where people walk their dogs.

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@SeaMaiden  I believe she means cars lined up to get gas at gas stations.

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@Cakers3😄😄😄😄😄😅😂🤣I really read it wrong!

[Cakers3]

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@SeaMaiden wrote:

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@Cakers3 wrote:

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@SeaMaiden wrote:

yes, we have gas pipelines in my neck of the woods....they are really nice green belts where people walk their dogs.

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@SeaMaiden  I believe she means cars lined up to get gas at gas stations.

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@Cakers3😄😄😄😄😄😅😂🤣I really read it wrong!

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@SeaMaiden

[noodleann]

I was talking to someone in Dallas last night who said that a lot of stations are out of gas down there, and people are going a bit bananas about it, understandably.

I keep track of the futures prices of crude oil, and they've dropped over the past several days, from $55/barrel to $52. Usually current gasoline and heating oil prices are roughly tied to that trend, but not now. Today's increase is 0.5% for heating oil and over 5% for gasoline.

I guess the question is how high prices will go and how long they'll stay there. I guess we'll get a better sense when the waters recede and they can analyze the refinery and processing situation.

[Lipstickdiva]

No gas lines but our wonderful gas stations raised gas from $2.25 to $2.55 yesterday afternoon.  I'm sure they'll say it's because of the hurricane when in reality they are just being greedy.  I'm in Ohio!!!

Every so often a gas station in the area will lower gas for X number of hours to a ridiculously low price and the line to get gas will be crazy long.  I remember after 9/11 sitting in a gas line for well over 30 minutes. 

[sidsmom]

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@Poodlepet2 wrote:

Hi @sidsmom....futures have already spiked 20% as this morning. One refinery is closed, and I highly doubt rigs are back in swing yet....

Harvey is definitely taking a bite out of highway transportation....and if the rain totals come to fruition, barge traffic will be slowed tremendously....

In addition to Irma, there's a low pressure system off the west coast of the Yucatan....I'd top off my car whether it needs gas or not....

It sounds like quite a few cities in Texas are without potable water. I'm stocking up on that too!

Out of curiosity, what are grocery prices doing in your area?

Hugs,

Poodlepet2

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Grocery prices:

Haven't noticed anything out of line, yet...but I'm sure the grocery $$

will be next.  When I get out tomorrow, I'll swing by the store & get some price comparisons.  Will report back.