Originally posted by Vegemite
Twitchy would you mind providing a local TV station. I checked out WRAL and their biggest story was a horse that had its tail caught on fire
www.wlos.com... is our local abc affiliate.
Today it's all 'Refugees' and 'Remembering', but this was the news Yesterday...
Originally posted by twitchy
I live in Asheville and it's pretty wild here, they are rationing it out now and local officials are publicly asking people to take time off from work or not drive at all. It's pretty wild. Here's some snippets from our local ABC affiliate...
www.wlos.com...
City & County Leaders Address Gas Concerns
Local leaders in Asheville and Buncombe County are asking people to conserve fuel as the area deals with a temporary shortage of gas.
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina continues to delay the delivery of gas to pumps in Western North Carolina. Leaders are urging people not drive unless they have to until the supply gets back up and running. The city and county is also asking non-essential employees to take sick or comp time over the next few days to cut down on demand. Asheville City and Buncombe County School officials say buses and schools will run as scheduled.
Price At The Pumps
The disaster on the Gulf Coast leads to an uncertain situation at gas pumps here in the mountains.
As we reported, the hurricane affected two major suppliers of fuel in the Southeast and it is having a ripple effect.
Some stations in the mountains ran out of gas last night but many of those got new shipments this morning.
Along with some concerns about supply there are some price increases.
At some stations the cost of a gallon of regular went up 20 cents overnight.
Some stations have regular gasoline priced at or even over $3 a gallon.
Some stations are putting up signs restricting how much gas you can buy.
Mountain Fuel Shortage
Hurricane Katrina has knocked out power to many areas in the Gulf States and that's affecting the two major suppliers of fuel in the Southeast.
That means delays in fuel deliveries to stations here in Western North Carolina. Wednesday morning we found that some gas stations only had premium. And at least one station, is selling gas for more than $3 dollars a gallon. People are urged to cut back on unnecessary trips and to conserve gasoline as much as possible. If the gas problem continues for several days, cities, towns and counties may ask police and firefighters to stay overnight to be sure they can get to work.
It's like nobody official is really talking about it. They make a brief don't panic statement, tell us to conserve, then go back into where ever it is that they go. The eerie sounds of a public official telling you not to panic, as the phone keeps ringing as peope chatter about this station has some, this one ran out. People are calling the stores around here asking if they are going to be able to get groceries out of the warehouses, there are 30 and forty minute lines here at the stations that do have gas.
The local media pretty much stopped mentioning it as of today. I think it is damage control and trying to quell a slowly growing panic, the rush on the pumps here had to have been tremendous as there were people filling up small containers as well. A friend of ours called to say she filled her tank for over 60 bucks, and waited almost an hour.
In all seriousness, I really don't
know how I will be able to get to work but at least my boss will be in the same boat and can't yell at me 
This is assuming we still have a job to
go back to when things get better...
