Do we know the well being of any of our Fiero brothers and PFF members in the Houston area ? Is everyone safe and accounted for ? Did we lose any cars ? Praying for everyone there.
Some people may not even know their car was flooded. I saw a lot of parked cars and the people left. I suppose flood waters leave some sort of signature, but where I was the water was very clean. You get back you have no idea if your car was flooded or not.
As of yesterday prices were at normal pre-storm prices ~$1.95 to $2.05
Price gouging in storm areas is illegal.
Price gouging here is a daily occurrence, even without a natural disaster. Currently (with conversions done)... regular gas is $4.24(US) a gallon and premium is $4.72(US). I can't imagine what these prices would go up to if/when the anticipated big earthquake ever hits.
Price gouging here is a daily occurrence, even without a natural disaster. Currently (with conversions done)... regular gas is $4.24(US) a gallon and premium is $4.72(US). I can't imagine what these prices would go up to if/when the anticipated big earthquake ever hits.
I know. I drove through your area in my RV on my trip to Alaska. At less than 10 mpg I was afraid to do the conversion and just paid whatever the price was. If you think Vancouver is high, the Alaska highway stations are worse.
I'm glad to hear that Houston gas prices are normal. Heck, it's $2.50/gal, here.
There is some gouging, though. The AG said to take pics of any gas station whose prices increased by more than $.30/gal. Supposedly, gas prices are high to keep gas for emergency workers.
On 9/11/01, gas prices skyrocketed here. Lots of people went and waited in line to fill up on gas. Some stations ran out. Lots of stations got into trouble for gouging.
The reality is that the fuel supply doesn't allow for everyone to always have a full tank of gas.
I'm glad to hear that Houston gas prices are normal. Heck, it's $2.50/gal, here.
Houston probably had it better than most of the country because 50% of the refineries in the US are right here, and most didn't shut down for very long. And not very many people were driving for 5 days because most business were closed. Houston schools will not reopen until September 11th. I filled up my tank before the storm and it's still on "F"