Gasoline Situation Increasingly Dire in Days After Sandy
November 3rd, 2012Via: CBS News:
Commuters all over the New York area are still finding it very hard to find gasoline, as evidenced by long lines and angry drivers at the few stations that are open.
People all over the New Jersey shore are looking for gas and CBS New found one of the few stations still open in Manahawkin, N.J. But the secret is now out with people traveling 30, 40 and even 50 miles because they’re finding it very difficult to fill up.
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Gas is being rationed in parts of New York and New Jersey. The pumps are running on empty — and so is patience. One man in Queens, N.Y., was charged with waving a gun at another driver in a gas line. At a station in New Jersey, frustration nearly became a fist fight. The police were called in to literally keep anxious drivers in line as they try to cut each other off.
According to the motor club AAA, 60 percent of the gas stations in New Jersey and 70 percent on New York’s Long Island are now closed.
