Broken Oil Line?

[UDenver20]

Hey, someone in my office said that the two major pipelines for petroleum (NOLA -> ATL) were destroyed/damaged in the huricane, suggesting that a gas shortage was looming.

Can't find anything online about it... anyone else hear this?

[FloridaPat]

1. Not a word anywhere.

[newswolf56]

2. Some talk about it on CNN early this morning. Reported that...

the pipe lines themselves were intact, but no electricity to run the pumps -- and power restoration expected to take at least three months.

[starmaker]

3. Supplies cut off to Greenville SC

Haywood county in WNC is almost out of gas
and could be very limited and days away
Sounds like same pipeline

[BooScout]

4. Here's a link...

I don't know if it will work because it's from the AJC and I think you have to register....but here's the gist:


http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0805/31fuel.html

"...
Jim Tudor, president of the Georgia Association of Convenience Stores, said panicky drivers are the problem now.

"Atlanta's not out of gas," Tudor said. He said there may be outages at some gas stations, "but it wasn't because there wasn't gas available. It was because there was a run on these stores."

Spot shortages and news snippets ignited rumors that shot through e-mails, text messages, and telephone calls Wednesday. A popular one said state troopers were closing all gas stations at 4 p.m.; they didn't.

Some good news also trickled in. At 4 p.m., the Colonial Pipeline Company which owns one of the two downed gas pipelines serving metro Atlanta, sent out a news release saying some service will be restored tonight. Between 25 to 35 percent of the pipeline's capacity could be operational in hours. The company is using generators to re-energize the line."

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Some stations were charging up to $4.75 a gallon by the end of the day. The Governor plans to go after price gougers.....we'll see.