Scenes from a local gas station during last weeks gas crisis

Governor Says Gas is on the Way

09/25/2008   

Gov. Mike Easley announced Wednesday that substantial additional gasoline supplies have been released to North Carolina. “The major oil companies have agreed to make additional gas supplies available to hard hits areas of our state, particularly western North Carolina,” said Easley. “We are getting tankers from Wilmington, Tennessee and South Carolina terminals to bring hundreds of thousands of gallons of gas to those most in need.” The governor said the additional gallons of gas will be available over the next two days. “I am grateful to the oil companies for trying to get gas to our people. He has arranged a deal with Pilot stores to ship at least 8,000 gallons of fuel from Tennessee on Thursday, to get the pumps flowing again. He says he is also looking at ways to make sure the severe shortages we are experiencing do not happen again. They do not have to make these changes in their delivery routine and I have no power to make them. They have agreed to do this voluntarily,” Easley said.