No gas!

[tolbs17]

Hope people are safe trying to look for gas.

[jeffandnicole]

I noticed the Gasbuddy app hasn't been working well today!

[jmacswimmer]

Crazy how massive an effect a ransomware attack can have, huh?

I used to always roll my eyes at the IT-mandated training videos I have to watch every so often, but I sure don't anymore as things like this continue to happen and cybersecurity becomes more and more important.  (As another example, the Baltimore City government got hit with ransomware 2 years ago - I heard from colleagues living in the city that paying water bills was a huge PITA until the government's servers were back online.)

[hbelkins]

Hearing that in some cases, it's like the Nixon and Carter years all over again in terms of gas shortages and long lines at places that do have gas, especially in the southeast.

Kentucky isn't one of the states specifically affected by the pipeline problem, but there could be some residual issues in the southern part of the state. While much of the state's gas comes from the Marathon refinery at Ashland, a good chunk of the southern and southeastern part of the state has historically been served from the Knoxville terminal. For years I had a neighbor who frequently drove to Knoxville to pick up a load of gas.

[GaryV]

New standardized test analogy question:

Gas :: ransomware
TP :: ___________

Answer: Covid

[kevinb1994]

I also recall Atlanta being hit by a ransomware attack. They are all pretty serious regardless of the parties involved.

[1995hoo]

Ms1995hoo went to get her car inspected this morning and when she got home she said the gas stations were insanely busy with panic-buying.

[Max Rockatansky]

Something happened to the supply pipeline between Phoenix and Tucson back in 2002.  It had all the standard price hike and panic buying that usually comes along with this stuff.  It's quaint to look back at people being upset about $2 dollar a gallon gas.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Lots of panic buying happening here in the Richmond area. Quite a few stations are out of gas. People are being idiots and hoarding gas in containers.

[JayhawkCO]

Just got gas because I was on gas light, not because I wanted to hoard.  No one at the gas stations out here and prices haven't gone up. 

Chris

[1995hoo]

Lots of panic buying happening here in the Richmond area. Quite a few stations are out of gas. People are being idiots and hoarding gas in containers.

I am mildly optimistic that they'll run out of 93 octane (which three of our cars specify) last.

Two of the cars' tanks are almost full, so we will drive those if needed and leave the one that's below half a tank parked for the next several days. I don't drive much during the week anyway.

[Brandon]

Hope people are safe trying to look for gas.

We have no such problem here in the Midwest.  I believe this is a Mid-Atlantic problem just due to that particular pipeline.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

No gas? Better get over to Taco Bell.

[1995hoo]

No gas? Better get over to Taco Bell.

Heh. On my iPad, I have the Google Maps app set not to save my current location. For some reason, it always defaults to a location just outside Frenchtown, New Jersey.

Notice the name of the gas station there. Every time I load that app, that business's name makes me wonder if it has clean restrooms. Looking at it on Street View, I suspect the answer is "no."

[Rothman]

No lines up here in central NY.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Just got gas because I was on gas light, not because I wanted to hoard.  No one at the gas stations out here and prices haven't gone up. 

Chris

Colorado isn't a state affected by the pipeline hack, so I'm not surprised.

[SectorZ]

The fun part in the end is when Colonial is back up and running, they have a few weeks where prices are still artificially high that they get to benefit from (unlike their ascent, the descent is never as quick). Incompetence always pays, even if only for a short period.

[tolbs17]

I saw a long line of cars at Sheetz.

[Max Rockatansky]

No gas? Better get over to Taco Bell.

Only if you know how to use the Three Seashells.

[kphoger]

Hope people are safe trying to look for gas.

Am I supposed to know what you're talking about?

[Max Rockatansky]

Hope people are safe trying to look for gas.

Am I supposed to know what you're talking about?

I think might have watched a Mad Max movie one too many times. 

[Bruce]

...Maybe we should have multiple viable modes of transport in our cities after all.

[kevinb1994]

...Maybe we should have multiple viable modes of transport in our cities after all.

Gasp! You don't say...

[Max Rockatansky]

Before everyone goes all Freewayjim just know that I paid $4.08 for 87 octane as a normal thing yesterday in Fresno. 

[Brandon]

...Maybe we should have multiple viable modes of transport in our cities after all.

You do realize this affects trains that run on diesel fuel, buses that run on diesel fuel, powerplants that may use diesel fuel in some way, shape, or form, etc?