Jason Sandford
Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.
Here’s a sample, all from my earlier post about the ongoing panic at the pumps:
bobaloo:
“If I was Heath Shuler, I would be asking for National Guard tanker loads of gasoline to be delivered NOW.”
You can’t be serious Ash. For crying out loud, that’s not what the Nat’l Guard is for. This isn’t an emergency by any stretch of the imagination, it’s hyper-panic mode and that only fuels the frenzy.
It’ll all blow over soon enough.
arratik
Luckily one of the gas stations on my way to work had gas yesterday morning, but they were sold out on my way home. I’m taking a couple of vacation days this week to ease the pain of the daily 60-mile round trip.
And I’m not the only person who’s doing this either – yesterday there were several people who come from places as far-flung as Franklin, Columbus, Lake Lure and Marshall who weren’t able to come to work yesterday. Maybe after a few more days of fuel-related sickouts they’ll start to take the telecommuting idea a little more seriously?
No One In Particular
It’s very odd…I live between Canton & Waynesville and yesterday while I was out, all the gas stations in Canton were out except one and it was lined up almost out into the street. But then I got to Waynesville and found gas at the first station I came to on Russ Avenue. It was busy, but there were no lines and I was able to fill up the tank in 5 minutes and be gone. Price was $3.99. Then, I noticed another station on up the road also had gas, and it was just $3.88. It was also fairly busy, but again, no lines, no panic. On the way back home, there was a third station that had gas with no lines, no craziness. It’s so odd that Canton was pretty much dry yet Waynesville seemed to have a normal amount of the stuff and no one was making a run on it.
greenashevilleblogspot.com
I just got back from the Outer Banks and there is no shortage elsewhere along the was. People driving around looking for gas and waiting in long lines to top off and hoard gas in cans are the largest problem. Our so called “leaders” are clueless. Maybe they should cut another deal in the back room with Coleman that has something to do with the gas supply…
