The Costco Gas Station was boarded up today....

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Very little traffic or cars in the lot.

It was surreal picking up my weekly groceries and supplies.

There's something almost tangible in the air.

Fear?

I wonder how it felt in Germany as they watched Hitler rise to power?

[progressivebydesign]

1. Where are you located? Why is the station boarded up? n/t

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

4. Northern Alabama...

They were out of gas like so many other stations around here.

[ecoflame]

5. I'm in Idaho....

You must get your petro from those refineries in the Gulf.

Our gas at Costco shot up to $2.86/unleaded ($3.09 supreme) - but the assistant attorny general was on TV last night stating there was absolutely no reason gas around town HERE should shoot up like it did because we do NOT get our gas from the Gulf. When gas at Costco is $2.86/gallon, it's at least a dime more elsewhere - and up.

[CabalPowered]

6. Damn! I paid $2.49 at Costco in TF on Wednesday

[hyphenate]

17. I'm in Massachusetts

And the frigging gas was priced at $3.35 a gallon--just try to tell me that Massachusetts is stuck with gas from the Gulf.

[LeftyMom]

22. Ours is up in California, too

and almost all of our gas is refined in-state because we have tougher emissions requirements than the neighboring states.

It's a f'ing rip-off.

[mourningdove92]

2. Where?????

[ecoflame]

3. where are ya?

You don't have to give the exact location....state will do.

[barbaraann]

7. Costco is a "blue" company.

And they will pay for that.

[ecoflame]

21. What do you mean? (n/t)

n/t

[havocmom]

24. Blue company = they donate to DEM candidates

they also pay employees a living wage and treat them well. Wall Street keeps complaining about it. They treat employees well and Wall Street thinks that's a bad thing.

[barbaraann]

25. As in blue and red states - blue are dem, red are gop.

http://www.buyblue.org/

[eternalburn]

8. Out of Gas in North Carolina....

Talked to my Mom in N.C. yesterday. Gas station closed due to "no gas".

Prices here in Chicago have risen a minimum of 30 cents in the last 2 days.

[LizW]

9. Tom, which city in Alabama?

I'm in a suburb of Birmingham. I bought gas Thursday at Costco. It was $2.48, that was the day before the 50 cent jump. I haven't heard of any stations out of gas here yet. If Costco here shuts down its pumps, people are going to really start worrying.

A rumor went around Friday that there was no gas south of Montgomery. We called family down in Andalusia and that wasn't true. They do have limits down there, but there still seems to be gas.

My brother is an Alabama State Trooper and he's doing search and rescue/relief in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He has to drive a long way inland to get gas and sit in a line.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

12. This was Huntsville

[RebelOne]

10. Plenty of gas here in North Georgia, especially

since Gov. Perdue suspended the gas tax through September. Average price is $2.99 a gallon for regular.

[Boredtodeath]

23. Not ALL of North Georgia

Driving through there today one station told us when they ran out of gas (expected today) in the pumps, they wouldn't get anymore for 3 days.

[Tommy_J]

11. Your right there is something in the air

This is a little off topic. I live in the mountain pass containing interstate 15 which connects LA and Vegas. EVERY Friday traffic slows to a crawl with tens of thousands of folks heading to Vegas for weekend fun. I expected yesterday to be extra bad as its a long weekend. Instead, traffic was super light. So did 100K Californians cancel holiday there travel plans?

[Skidmore]

13. Communities which depend on tourism are going to

start to suffer. Unemployment will go up. We have a gazillion hotels in our little area, lots from major chains. I expect empty buildings.

The feds will not crack down on the gas companies--and Congress won't protect the people.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

14. Everything has to be transported.... Prices on everytning will rise,

jobs will be lost...

Nothing to worry about here, W has got it by the horns.

[crikkett]

16. your hotels can take in New Orleans residents...

... FEMA is paying their rent.

[whatelseisnew]

15. In Portland ME it was $3.20 before work $3.75 after work

yesterday.

[gauguin57]

18. Yeah, Costco ran out of gas in Lancaster County, PA two days ago

I'm sure they've gotten a couple of deliveries since then ...they've got some of the cheapest gas around, so I figure people just hammered them till the gas ran out!

[Corgigal]

19. Yep fear

My husband was thinking about buying a locking gas cap. He went over to Walmart and was talking to a clerk. He told hubby that he was selling plenty of these today but it's not the only thing. My husband asked what else and the clerk mentioned that they sold every shotgun in stock today.
This was on Thursday.

[KayLaw]

20. St. Petersburg here

Exact same experience - no gas very few shoppers, though Barnes and Noble was packed and the health food store was busy. The man who is fixing our pool filter was grousing about "the powers that be" saying they want all the poor people dead for population control reasons.