Wed, Aug 31st, 2005 | 2:40pm |
Bananas!
In more gas news, Miami's local news
is reporting that an email describing a gas shortage in the wake of the Katrina disaster launched a crazy dash in Miami-Dade County. The email had said that gas would stop being sold at midnight, and would not be sold for 2 to 3 days following that. Gas stations had long lines as people frantically tried to fill gas before the "deadline." One of the gas stations even temporarily ran out of gas.
"Officials said that there was plenty of gasoline in the state and companies are making plans to get it from the northeast and overseas.
But Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings said there still could be some areas that run short.
Jennings said people shouldn't cancel travel plans for the Labor Day weekend, but they need to be careful about doing pointless driving around."