John W. <worthj1970@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 20, 1:05?pm, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> > John W. <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > The news said that 85% of local gas stations in Nashville have no gas
> > > to sell. I went by six tonight and none have any gas. This is just
> > > f***ing crazy.
> >
> > Well, you're on the national news, now.
> >
> > http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/19/nashville.gas/index.html
> >
> > "(CNN) -- Call it a self-fulfilling prophecy: An estimated three-fourths
> > of gas stations in the Nashville, Tennessee, area ran dry Friday, victim
> > of an apparent rumor that the city was running out of gas."
> >
> We're all just a bunch of sheep, apparently. Last night I went to get
> ice cream and filled up. No waiting, no rush, no fights, though there
> were lot's of amazed looks on people's faces. I figured it was all
> over, for the most part. I was wrong. At the local Kroger (grocery
> store) gas station there is a line about 200 meters long, which is
> much shorter than it was yesterday at a different Kroger (almost a
> half mile at that one). The BP where I filled up last night still has
> gas because people were filling up this morning. Again, no lines and
> no waiting. That probably won't last long. I told someone this morning
> in Starbucks and within 10 minutes a half dozen people had come over
> to me asking, in quiet voices, "Where was it you said has gas?" as
> though I'm telling an addict where to get crack. Just crazy. And very,
> very sad.

I had just moved to LA in '78 when the first "gas crisis" hit. Lines for
miles around some stations (for $1.25 gas), and I had about half a tank so
I figured I'd get gas as soon as I saw managable line. 1/2 kilometer from 
home, I saw a station with $1.10 gas, 4 pumps, only 2 cars.

I believe at that point I realized I'd never, ever, be able to figure people
out.

Mike