Storms and hurricanes?

Yeah I saw that Ernesto has likely changed his path. People down there got burned hard last year... remember how many got caught (even with a weeks notice) without sufficient supplies? I think maybe some of them might have learned and are buying a bit earlier...

Call me after it passes if you can and let me know you're alright, k?

I will..right now it's just a tropical storm over Cuba...They don't know how much it will strengthen or if it will...Remember those long lines at the gas pumps last year? well it's happening today..I guess everyone remembers all to well how there was no gas at all..also when katrina came by here in its way to New orleans it was supposed to just be a storm but strenghtened into a Cat 1 hurricane in just a few hours...I'M NOT A HAPPY CAMPER RIGHT NOT..

I'm with you! I think there should be restrictions on how many cans of gas can be filled per person. This is rediculous! I also feel that they should have to buy premium gas and leave the regular for people who are trying to fill their vehicles! Personally, I can't afford to fill our car and truck with premium. Gas prices as they are, we can' barely afford regular.
As far as the gas running out... each station can only hold so much of each grade of gas at a time. People are filling their tanks and cans and the lines are crazy long, I can see easily how they would run out of gas. Each station can only get deliveries so many times (remember the trucks have to drive it to them). I'm very frustrated with this situation too, and scared! I can't deal another 2 weeks with no electric like with Wilma! Last year luckily we were at least able to get a hotel room but this time we don't have the money or CC's to do it. This leaves me in a bad situation. Because of my health I can not be without air conditioning and one of the MANY things that can happen if I do is my asthma act up severely... well, how am I gonna use my breathing machine if there's no electric? The hospital over here didn't even have electric (I'm on the North Broward hospital grid)
Good luck and stay safe! Let's hope we all get through this as quickly as possible and that it isn't as bad as last year!

I definitely agree with you about the restrictions of filling so many gas cans and using up all the regular...I only had to fill a bit more than 1/2 my tank and it cost me nearly $40.. My husband had no choice and had to use premium, it cost him about $70... we drive small cars, just 4 cylindars each to save money on gasoline and then this type of thing happens...Literally, there was a guy in front of me filling what looked like 10 big cans, not only using all the gas but causing a horrendous line. And then lets not go into what it was like in Publix......yikes, my mistake for not going yesterday..Would you believe the ice was all sold out already? Thankfully I didn't need any because I fill ziplocs with my filtered ice cubes and stash them away in my feeezer.

I hope you can find a solution to your problem and maybe we will get lucky this time..

Good luck and you stay well and safe also

My husband experienced similar thing (gas sold out) but for a different reason. But either way, it was a pain. Some stations didn't have any gas at all (not even premium). He went to the fifth gas station before he could find ANY gas (premium, of course) at all.

somehow I think there has to be solution to this problem of people filling up too many gas cans while others wait in line with their motors running..maybe a separate line? I do understand the need for gas for your generator but yesterday was ridiculous..

Here's hoping we get through the season without another one of these kind of events..

How did you fair the strom Barbara?

I experienced gas shortages here on the Louisiana gulf coast last year with Rita and Katrina. Anything I could say y'all have already said. There's got to be a better way!!

We've made a disaster supply kit with water, granola bars, canned fruits, veggies, etc. Candles, batteries, you name it. Even put copies of important papers in our kit. (Which is the biggest plastic tupperware box like thing I could find) We also included clean undies and socks!

Oh, we had no problems...thanks goodness ;) but I'm keeping 1/2 my hurricane shutters up for the rest of the season...it's really hard on my husbands back to have to put them on and take them off.

I have a great idea if you need a bigger container to use for your supplies...A new plastic garbage can with a tight lid..I remember after hurricane Andrew hearing on the radio of a woman who did that in the most damaged part of of Miami and was the only one around who didn't lose all their important papers and things...

I'm so disorganised my hurricane supplies are in different rooms of the house...well, now they are together since I did put them together on Tues this week.

I don't want to drive anywhere and use up my precious gas,,,LOL