In Texas gas shortage, man fills garbage cans at pump in Austin

[dalton99a]

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-weather/hurricaneharvey/article/In-Texas-gas-shortage-man-fills-garbage-can-at-12167150.php

In Texas gas shortage, man fills garbage cans at pump in Austin
By Fernando Alfonso III | Updated 4:35 pm, Friday, September 1, 2017


Gas shortages around Austin have forces Texans to take extreme measures when it comes to collecting fuel.

As Hurricane Harvey's hardest hit areas continue to dry out this weekend, major cities like Austin are facing a gas shortage crisis that have inspired at least one man to go to extreme measures for fuel.

Motorists in Texas' largest cities have overreacted to Harvey's impact on Houston's energy industry by rushing to the pump.

A glance at tracker.gasbuddy.com shows numerous gas stations in San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas completely out of fuel as of 11:45 a. Friday.

A photo of one man allegedly shows him filling up what appears to be dark garbage cans sitting in the back of his truck at an Austin-area gas station sometime over the past 24 hours.

[sweetloukillbot]

1. Friend posted on FB that it took him 3 hours to get gas last night

In Austin.

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. Have a friend in Dallas area who said it is a completely man-made shortage due to rumor.

She filled up in her area yesterday, and even asked about any gas supply problems, was told no, "unless people THINK there is a shortage, then they will create one".

sure enough........

Smart people all over the Gulf coast from Texas to Fla. filled up 2-3 days before Harvey hit.

god knows how many of the est. 40,000 cars ( so far) that drowned did so with a full tank.

[Skittles]

22. that is true

heaven forbid Texans think about actually CONSERVING

[LeftInTX]

24. There is a real shortage

There is no gas available in San Antonio at the moment.

[dixiegrrrrl]

31. Yeah...NOW.

Don't know if you are old enough to remember this, but true story.
In early 1970s, when Johnny Carson was King of late night TV ( he mentored Jay Leno who took over the show)
Johnny made a casual remark, actually a small joke, about a toilet paper shortage.
Not a word of truth to it.
and within 24 hours there was a toilet paper shortage across the nation, as people ran to stock up.

He actually had to apologize for it on the air.

That is how it can happen.

[LiberalFighter]

37. How many abandoned cars still have gas in them?

[dixiegrrrrl]

38. Sorry..I meant full tanks of gas in them.

One of those "on the one hand, gas is getting hard to find," vs. all the gas that was sold only for the cars to not be running now.

[jpak]

2. This is the kind of idiot that drives through deep water

Darwin Award candidate.

yup

[sweetloukillbot]

3. Should have fun trying to lift those trash cans full of liquid

[miyazaki]

5. And not just that, he could get a lot of people killed. n/t

[RKP5637]

17. Imagine an accident with this guy! n/t

[meow2u3]

4. Last I checked, it was illegal to fill garbage cans with gas

Plus, it's gotta be just a bit dangerous. Just a slight fire or explosion hazard.

[Docreed2003]

6. How much you wanna bet that he lights a cig up on the way home??

[meow2u3]

8. 20 bucks say he lights up a smoke

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and then lights up his pickup in the process.

[Docreed2003]

12. #DarwinWins!

[linuxman]

25. Okay.

[Achilleaze]

43. Another $20 says he voted for republican Comrade Casino*

Stupid is as stupid does.

* republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[longship]

19. And flicks the lit butt out the window as he's driving.

First he says, "hold my beer, Hon!"

[Docreed2003]

23. Lmao...true

[Warpy]

30. Lone Star Libertarians

Aint no pointy headed librul gonna tell him what to do!

[rickford66]

36. Gas doesn't burn that easy. It needs to atomize.

I've seen mechanics throw lit cigarette butts into gasoline filled containers used to clean parts. It scared the crap out of me the first time I saw it. Now once this idiot's gas spills, it's ripe for an explosion.

[Docreed2003]

39. I get that...from a scientific prospective

But if this dude lights a hypothetical cigarette, after filling up these containers....when he starts out from the station to head home..,do you think some of the contents of his buckets might spill out??? Judging from the way he's filling these trash cans, I'd say yes! So if the tailgate is saturated with fumes, then the resultant fire wouldn't be surprising, if the driver lit up a smoke!

[Stinky The Clown]

7. Yup, illegal into ANY non-approved container.

What happens when he drives home sloshing it in his pickup bed and some one flips a ciggy butt his way.

"Hold my beer. Watch this."

Trying for a Darwin award, that one is.

[Doreen]

35. Probably not illegal in Texas.

If anything has the ability to kill in Texas it is legal.

[misanthrope]

45. Yes it is

First thing that occurred to me.

[jbond56]

9. I live 10ish miles from Ausin. No lines at gas stations they have gas.

[Croney]

10. He's lucky his license plate number is obscured.

I guess.

[roamer65]

11. They need to institute gas rationing.

10 gallons per fill and no certified containers greater than 5 gallons.


He should have been stopped immediately and reported to the police.

[narnian60]

13. Very selfish.

[Motley13]

14. This is insane, I saw a huge line of tanker trucks waiting in line to get gas

to fill up to deliver gas to TX. Where the hell did they come from?

[Not Ruth]

16. This is about the same as what Houston did building a city made to be flooded

The thinking is comparable. Difference? Just a matter of scale.

[Warren DeMontague]

18. I've seen that movie!

[dalton99a]

20. And they didn't die!

[Warren DeMontague]

21. "We're with the Towering Inferno"

[SHRED]

26. Dangerous as hell.

[lunasun]

27. I already saw this episode of Always Sunny in Philadelphia.....as always it didn't end well for them

They did not make $$$as planned
The question is ...is the gasoline all for that guy in the OP or will he be a selling it door to door ???

[ProgressiveValue]

44. I immediately thought of this as well!

I couldn't find on YouTube the scene where they are standing outside with their filled trash cans using a lighter to spit out gas and cause a flame.

[procon]

28. Gas fumes, hot engine, exhaust, sparks from the dragging chain on the

boat trailer in the next lane, and then the driver flicks a lit butt out the window. Yeah, what could possibly go wrong?

[JCMach1]

29. 0 gas and 200 car gas lines in North Dallas

Gave up hunting gas for the wife's Prius... Just waving to people as I drive by in my Volt

[xor]

33. I was thinking about how much less stressful this would be with an hybrid or electric car

Idiots like this are pissing me off. I am glad I just happened to fill up on Wednesday night. On my way home today I was looking to see if any of the stations on the route had gas yet. Nothing. Either they haven't refilled or people drained it as soon as they did. Probably filling up trash bags with gas.

[ProudLib72]

32. Must need it to fill his tRump car

tRump Laborghini Aventador: http://www.thesupercarblog.com/youre-trump-supporter-car-guy/

[dalton99a]

34. It makes no sense

The first sentence says

this Aventador owner is one of those Trump supporters who want to see him become the next President of the United States of America.

The last sentence says

the owner does not support Trump

[ProudLib72]

41. I think they are distinguishing between car owner and business that did the wrap nt

[L. Coyote]

40. He'll go home and put thiose in the garage, fill his home with toxic fumes, and fry his kids IQs.

And when he starts his truck, the place will blow up.

[onethatcares]

42. is he a member

of the Texas Legislature?

[TheBlackAdder]

46. For those of you who wonder what his censored licence plate was: FUK*NUT