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Sept. 25, 2008 10:58 a.m. Raze New Reader

ATL is still bad, I live in Perimeter (north central), work in Marietta (north west) and very few stations reliably have gas. I love watching the shell and QT on Windy Hill across from one another, one day one will have gas and there will be a run on the pumps till they're out, the next day same thing across the street. They've been flip flopping for about a week...

I think half of it is people running the pumps due to local media hype. Seriously I'm from New England and you should see how these idiots clean out grocery stores and hardware stores in the winter when there's even mention of a 'possibility' of snow. Then we get an hour long flurry that doesn't even stick because the ground rarely if ever freezes down here and people panic. Funniest thing I've ever seen was when we got 6 inches of snow, shut down the city for 2 days because there were no plows and half the idiots who tried to drive on it with no experience ended up on the sidewalks, ditches, or worse.

God I love this city...
Sept. 25, 2008 11:17 a.m. MadScientistMatt HalfDork

That's part of it, but I'd think a week later any spike in filling up the cars would have pretty much gone away.

(Riding my bike to work until gas gets easier to find...)
Sept. 25, 2008 11:48 a.m. spitfirebill HalfDork

Hey Raze, it's not polite to make fun of the people you live amongst. We'uns luvs our guns.

But you are correct about the run on the store before a "snow". They are now running an ad on TV out of Asheville where a weatherman fakes a snow forecast because one of the local food chain needs the business.
Sept. 25, 2008 2:47 p.m. Raze New Reader

spitfirebill,

1) polite or not it's true... (that's my northern side being rude again, sorry)

2) I married a girl from Atlanta, her whole family lives here, and they are real southern natives way way way back, just like my whole family lives in the north and are northerners way way way back...

3) I love my guns too (don't think all northerners are anti-gun, Joe Horn is my hero...)

4) I drive a pickup (not because I'm trying to blend in but because I use the utility of it alot)

5) I'd almost be a redneck if I hadn't completed 2 degrees from Georgia Tech

I just wanted to point out how much 'hysteria' there seems to be over trivialities from where I grew up. Long term power outages are fun down here too, you'd think that the apocalypse was upon us and it's usually in the summer when we get really bad thunderstorm/tornados, but it's usually 80+ degrees outside, try going for a week or two when the daytime high is mid 20s and you have no generator, keeping warm becomes an interesting predicament...
Sept. 25, 2008 6:12 p.m. Storz HalfDork

We've had some spotty outages here in Cary, nothing major though and I've had no problems getting premium
Sept. 26, 2008 7:41 a.m. dlmater New Reader

I was speaking with some family and friends in NC yesterday evening and was told there were some outages and long lines in some parts of Charlotte, Mooresville, Hickory and Asheville. I do not live there so I do not have many details.
Sept. 26, 2008 8:31 a.m. poopshovel Dork

5) I'd almost be a redneck if I hadn't completed 2 degrees from Georgia Tech

Ummm. Explain to me how that makes you less 'redneck.'

Anyway, for anyone driving through on the way to the Challenge, the news douches are staying it's still going to be bad. Bring a 5 gallon jug or six.
Sept. 26, 2008 10:06 a.m. Raze New Reader

poopshovel wrote:

5) I'd almost be a redneck if I hadn't completed 2 degrees from Georgia Tech

Ummm. Explain to me how that makes you less 'redneck.'

Easy, my degrees are in engineering and didn't come from UGA
Sept. 26, 2008 10:26 a.m. poopshovel Dork

There's a reason why the phrase "Typical Georgia Tech Engineer" is not meant as a compliment. :wink:
Sept. 26, 2008 10:34 a.m. MadScientistMatt HalfDork

poopshovel wrote:

5) I'd almost be a redneck if I hadn't completed 2 degrees from Georgia Tech

Ummm. Explain to me how that makes you less 'redneck.'

After all, a degree from Georgia Tech didn't stop Jeff Foxworthy...
Sept. 26, 2008 11:12 a.m. Raze New Reader

MadScientistMatt wrote:

poopshovel wrote:

5) I'd almost be a redneck if I hadn't completed 2 degrees from Georgia Tech

Ummm. Explain to me how that makes you less 'redneck.'

After all, a degree from Georgia Tech didn't stop Jeff Foxworthy...

Touche...
Sept. 26, 2008 11:58 a.m. nderwater New Reader

Enough of the gas stations in my area have gas to keep the panic level down, but the lines for a pump are typically 5-20 minutes long. I haven't seen a station with premium since Ike hit, though - with a turbocharged car, that means I'm having to concentrate on keeping off the boost.
Sept. 26, 2008 1:01 p.m. Raze New Reader

poopshovel wrote:

There's a reason why the phrase "Typical Georgia Tech Engineer" is not meant as a compliment. :wink:

Hun, only ever heard that one from a UGA grad, or a UGA attendee, or someone who wanted to go to UGA, or someone who wanted to go to UGA but only their (INSERT RELATIVE UP TO AND INCLUDING Cousin's Brother's Mother's Uncle) went there...

FLAME-ON!
Sept. 26, 2008 1:19 p.m. Jensenman SuperDork

The local Sunoco had a big sign on the pumps yesterday: they could pump regular but not plus or premium. Not 'we're out' but 'can't pump'. Good thing both the Trooper and the race car burn the cheap crap.