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Some samples Tweets after listening to this afternoon’s press conference in Asheville. A bunch of local officials got together and told us all not to panic, and to conserve gas. Here’s a sample:
Nathan Ramsey says to conserve gas; county offices will close Friday and Monday to save gas
Buncombe County Commission David Gantt says: don’t panic; we’re gonna get through this
Mack Salley, with Buncombe County’s emergency management services, says expect fuel supply to be spotty for another week.
Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan says there’s gas for patrols and calls for service; asking public to use gas only for essential trips
State officials say the big pipelines delivering gas to our region are operating at reduced capacity, but are being resupplied.
State Rep. Charles Thomas says there’s good reason to be angry, but direct anger at big oil companies
State Rep. Charles Thomas says big oil companies are running “allocation scheme” that means we’re not getting gas we need.
Randy Flack, district rep. for U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, says Gov. Easley has told Shuler gas from around the state is on the move westward.
Graham Fields, the western NC rep for U.S. Sen. Dole, says Dole thinks the U.S. needs to build more refineries
State officials say the big pipelines delivering gas to our region are operating at reduced capacity, but are being resupplied
Asheville City Schools cancelled all Parent-Teacher conferences on Monday (a mandatory work day for teachers) because of the gas situation
At gas crunch press conference, reps from Woodfin and Black Mountain say they’re conserving fuel, still providing services
AB-Tech representative explains why the school is closing at end of day today through Sunday — to ease stress of students
Cliff Dodson, Buncombe County School superintendent, says there’s enough gas for buses for 8 or 9 days. “Our tanks are full.”
Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy ripped state government in the press conference, according to WWNC radio host Matt Mittan at press conf.
Alan Johnson, superintendent of Asheville city schools, says Monday will be treated as a “snow day.” Parent-teacher conference
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tate Rep. Charles Thomas says there’s good reason to be angry, but direct anger at big oil companies
State Rep. Charles Thomas says big oil companies are running "allocation scheme" that means we’re not getting gas we need.
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Need I say more. It is what I have been saying all along.
We have been scammed by the state government in order to keep the larger cities in check.
Just think what will happen if we have a Bio attack. They will forget about us and run away to the ocean get on a boat and leave us an inner-tube to pile on.