[gt350mike]

I just got off the phone with my wife (I'm in Williamsburg, VA & she's in Huntsville, AL) and she told me there was a "run" on fuel in Alabama and some gas stations ran out of gas. But don't worry about the gas stations.....they raised the !@#* price .40 to .50 per gallon before they ran out! I've been told that the prices have only increased about .15 to .20 here in Williamsburg for gas, and diesel is as high as $4.49.

I guess a big "THANK YOU" needs to go out to the f'ng media for blowing Ike way out of proportion (I was hearing that Ike was going to be "at least a 4") and another shout out needs to go to the oil companies for fanning the flames. I do realize that the oil rigs had to be evacuated and it may take some time for them to go back on-line, but I don't recall availability of fuel and/or price gouging being an issue with previous hurricanes. Is the Southeast experiencing fuel supply issues because Ike hit Houston directly or is there another issue(s) that is driving this problem???