This afternoon cable news beamed out news of gas prices of $6 and change per gallon in Atlanta - and my spidey senses began to tingle. Sure enough, on my way out for a cruise to get a bite to eat tonight I drove past at least 20 or more gas stations and all but two were packed to capacity and spilling out into the streets. Apparently the fear is that gas will hit the $6 mark around here by this weekend. One of the stations without much business was beside the restaurant I stopped at - they told me inside that the station was empty because they had run out of gas hours earlier.
Well I don't know about anyone else, but I'd rather pay $6 a gallon tommorow morning when my car is on empty, as opposed to not being able to buy a single drop at any price because the huddled masses made a panic run on the pumps. I'd hate to be the guy who didn't poke his head out tonight and gets stalled at a dry pump tomorrow morning with an empty gas tank. Around here (at least for tonight) it's $3 for unleaded, $3.30 for the 93 oct. brew to keep the Harley wound up.
Tomorrow - who knows. It doesn't look too good. Still, it's a whole lot better than the folks on the gulf coast have it. I was arguing with my brother-in-law this past weekend that I didn't think $2.50 a gallon was anything to get pissed about, where we were getting it for $1.80 or less a few months ago. I think he owes me a beer or something - especially if gas hits that $6 mark
Besides, beer's gonna be cheaper than gas pretty soon.
WmB