Gas Shortage

I don't know if any of you have been affected by the gas shortage but those of us in the Charlotte area sure have. I left home yesterday on my way to church, sitting between a quarter of a tank and empty. Plenty of gas to get to church and back home. But certainly not enough to get to my parents today and to work on Monday. I was not one of the crowd in the last week or so who got in a panic and sat in gas station lines for hours on end.

I stopped at the gas station right by our house, not a drop of gas in the whole place. I hit the interstate still not too worried. Went to church, which was great, as usual and then decided I'd head into Mooresville. Passed two gas stations right beside one another, again, not a drop of gas between the two. Now I am starting to panic just a tad bit. The needle on the gas gauge slowly crept closer to E. What if I run out of gas? What if there is not a drop of gas to be had between here and home? Will I really have to call in work on Monday because I can't get there? Passed another gas station, and yes you guessed it, no gas. I finally reached my tried and true gas station in M-town and praise there was some gas and I didn't have to wait in line. There for a moment, that feeling of panic I suffered, was not very comforting. But I also thought about the time say during WWII, when everything was rationed. I just wanted enough gas to get by. I wasn't trying to hoard it or anything. Amidst the panic of this past week there were people who pulled up to a pump, filled their cars, and then proceeded to fill up 5 gallon gas cans. What is the world coming to?