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'The whole system imploded': How Ida crippled Louisiana's gasoline distribution
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 4812794:MV80ODk1OTM5Xzg5NDM4OTc5XzhDNzNEQzM2] [quote:Daniel Higdon:MV80ODk1OTM5Xzg5NDMwMTg2XzUwRjNBNDNG] Dangerous to even be at a gas station right now: [b] Thieves drove stolen vehicle full of kids from New Orleans to Grosse Tete, carjacked people parked at gas station[/b] [i]A pair of thieves from New Orleans drove a stolen car to Iberville Parish and later abandoned that vehicle before carjacking people parked at a gas station. Louisiana State Police said the suspects were transporting a woman and five kids inside the stolen vehicle when they abandoned it. The suspects, identified as 26-year-old Ashton Davis and 22-year-old Aldon Ducre, then allegedly approached the victims in a gas station parking lot and stole their White Chevrolet Equinox at gunpoint. [/i] https://www.wbrz.com/news/thieves-drove-stolen-vehicle-full-of-kids-from-new-orleans-to-grosse-tete-carjacked-people-parked-at-gas-station [/quote] GREAT fucking plan, carjack someone OBVIOUSLY already low on gas!!!! . [/quote]
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As Hurricane Ida began toppling transmission towers and knocking out water systems across southeast Louisiana, another vital infrastructure system was slowly falling apart: gasoline distribution.
Lines of fuel tankers were already backing up at refineries by the time Ida smashed into the state, damaging several of the facilities and leaving seven Louisiana refiners out of production. None of those seven was fully operating as of Wednesday, according to the state Department of Environmental Quality, though at least two had begun the complex process of restarting.
Then came the closures of hundreds of gas stations that were pummeled by the vicious winds, funneling customers to a select few pumps that had power. Meanwhile, demand for fuel had skyrocketed: First, hundreds of thousands of people evacuated by car. And then a million-plus homes and businesses were left without power, many of them turning to gas-powered generators.
The resulting shortage has created scenes of desperation, anxiety and violence at gas pumps.
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