no one has talked about gas. Today people were backed up at all pumps. But when th

[demtenjeep]

that take is gone, you will still need it again.

That said-always keep your tank full

[Skittles]

1. if more people wfh and not going anwhere

why would there be a gas shortage?

[Flaleftist]

3. Something like this has never happened before, at least in most people's lifetimes.

People seem to be freaking out and don't know what to do. So they are just hoarding and stocking up on everything they can.

[evertonfc]

2. Peoe could flee areas with high concentrations

of virus. Maybe go cool.thier heels in the boondocks

[bullwinkle428]

4. Seriously? You're in the Midwest too, if I'm recalling correctly? I just filled my tank

at $1.90/gallon, and the traffic at the station was very light. No craziness at all!

[abqtommy]

5. I topped up my tank today at 2.05/gal. Two weeks ago it was 2.45/gal...no line, no wait.

[doc03]

6. I haven't noticed any problem except it is under $2.00 nt

[onetexan]

7. Filled my SUV today - $1.699/gallon

Total was just under $26 for 15-gallon tank - cheapest its been in a few years.

[renate]

12. What the heck! It was $3.07 in Oregon!

No fair!

[RockRaven]

8. Seems like people feel the urgent need to DO SOMETHING to prepare

so they do what they can instead of what is needed -- because what is truly useful is either unknown to them or unavailable.

But on the topic of disaster preparedness, I was reminded today by a family member who lives in the Sierras that keeping your tank at least half-full is recommended for wildfire-preparedness. Their family re-fills all of their cars when they hit the half-mark, compulsively, no matter the time of year (for them half they year is wildfire risk, the other half is snow risk).

[2naSalit]

9. That's the rule in my neck o' the woods. ...nt

[rickford66]

10. Gasoline powered respirators maybe ?

[Jersey Devil]

11. This is totally counter-productive

There is currently a glut of gas owing to a war between Saudi Arabia and Russia in which SA has increased the amount of oil available and thus the much lower prices at the pump for gas. By making a run on gas you will be creating higher demand and the price of gas will go up again to an artificially high level. It is just as dumb as hoarding toilet paper.

[Ferryboat]

13. Everett Wa $3.05

Anacortes 40 miles north $2.27. No lines...

[durablend]

14. Really nobody here either

2.23-2.35

[Doreen]

15. I get either Cheveron or Shell and regular is 2.99.

This is in Centralia/Chehalis Wa

[herding cats]

16. That's just silly.

There's an oil glut and we're being advised not to travel more than necessary. There's the opposite of a shortage. Where are they thinking they're fleeing to?!

Here stores are nuts, and we have little to no food, cleaning supplies or medicines on the shelves, and hopefully you were smarter than myself and purchased toilet paper, but there's no crush for gas ATM.