Hundreds of gas stations offline in western NC
STORIES AND SO MUCH MORE COMING
UP AT 5. ACTUALLY.
>> THANK YOU, DEBORAH, AND TALK
ABOUT NEED AT LEAST 50 CARS
WAITED IN THIS LINE TO GET GAS
IN NASHVILLE. 2 TO 300 GAS
STATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
DON'T HAVE FUEL AND THE ONES
THAT ARE OPEN ARE SEEING LONG
WAIT TIMES LIKE THIS 5 ON YOUR
SIDE'S KEELY, ARTHUR. LOOK AT
THE EXTREME OBSTACLES. PEOPLE
AND GAS STATIONS ARE FACING.
>> DEVASTATION JUST FOOTAGE ALL
OVER SOCIAL MEDIA OF WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA JUST GETTING
ABSOLUTELY BATTERED BY
HURRICANE LANE FOR THOSE LIVING
THROUGH THE DEVASTATION, FUEL
FOR GENERATORS IN CARS IS
GETTING HARDER TO
COME BY.
>> PATRICK DE HAAN SAYS ROAD
DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE
THE FIRST 2 MAJOR BARRIERS.
THE QUESTION IS NOT SO MUCH
IS GASOLINE. THERE IS THEIR
POWER TO PUMP THAT.
>> KEN, THE SEMIS THAT BRAIN
GASOLINE DELIVERIES GET THROUGH
ROADS AND CAN GASOLINE STATIONS
DISPENSE IT? THE HISTORIC
FLOODING CAUSED ANOTHER
PROBLEM. SOME STATIONS MAY HAVE
BEEN INUNDATED WITH FLOOD
WATERS AND THEY CAN'T SELL
THEIR FUEL. THEY MAY HAVE TO
HAVE THEIR TAKES PLANE BEFORE
THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT UNTIL
THOSE ISSUES ARE SAYS FINDING
FUEL MAY BE CHALLENGING, BUT
ONLY IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS.
UNLIKE LARGER HURRICANES OR
OUTAGES LIKE THE COLONIAL
PIPELINE OUTAGE. THERE'S YOU
FEEL ACROSS MUCH OF THE SATE
KEELY ARTHUR, 5 ON YOUR SIDE.
>> I WANT TO MENTION THAT PRICE
GOUGING LAWS ARE IN EFFECT,
PREVENTING RETAILERS FROM
RUNNING UP PRICES. DE HAAN SAYS
SO FAR GASBUDDY DATA SHOWS THAT
STATIONS ARE NOT RAISING PRICES
BECAUSE OF THIS. BUT IF YOU DO
SEE SUSPICIOUSLY HIGH PRICES,