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Originally Posted by Bill
Just out of curiosity ...
During the Great Northeast Ice Storm of 1998, power was off for several days all over New England, and parts of New York, Quebec, and New Brunswick. One of the consequences, unforeseen by most people, was that gasoline was not available. The gas stations all had plenty of gas in the underground tanks, but without electricity, they had no way to pump it.
Are you folks in the outage areas experiencing this?
Bill
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The town I live in (Ottawa) has no power for gas stations, stores or food but, fortunately only a 15 minute drive and I can get gas and 30 minutes for food etc. Truly hoping to be restored before the weekend but it is quite a mess around here with all the storm damage. Thank goodness for my air card.
I did hear this past Saturday and I'm not sure how legal this was but apparently Shell was selling gas off the truck at $20.00 per 5 gallon cash only. I opted for the 15 minute drive & $3.09 a gal. It's also very hot & humid here but we'll get through it.