~~ Monday, September 15th ~~
Two East Coast (local convenience store chain) stations were totally out of gasoline -- and both only had diesel available today.
Several Sheetz (another chain - competitive to Wawa or 7-11) stores had no gasoline as well. Two Kroger stores reportedly had run out of fuel, but were said to be receiving deliveries Tuesday or Wednesday.
According to news outlet, the "off brand" stations are the last to get their fuel from the same pipelines used by the major brands, and they were going to be charged top rate for the available gasoline. Word has it they decided to "go without" for a day or two, rather than pay top dollar only to have the prices inevitably decline once the refineries are brought back on-line.
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There is plenty of fuel available at other stations, but I did notice that the Wawa stores were exceptionally busy this afternoon. I filled up my Sentra and paid $3.79 for unleaded regular.
P.S. If this is not a wake up call for us to expand our refining capacity, I don't know what is!
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