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Anxiety Mounts Over Gas Shortage After Sandy

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    Bo Dietl of Investigations.com on the gas shortage in New York and New Jersey after the hurricane.

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They're welcome now.

This regular Monday visit a friend bargain Camara president good morning John how he's -- -- that can -- endorsers manager who spent all weekend.

1% Ireland on what he would general resort just fjords frontier to a man.

Our group reported -- actually implicated.

-- -- elevator they would go to homes.

That had not been damaged.

Like stuff from them you know ordered anything canned goods cleaning supplies.

All kinds of stuff.

And -- don't give it to two people -- have been damaged people who work and conversely.

Clearer.

-- -- Who were who were clearly in trouble spectrum.

Soul.

I'm just drawn out again today aside 500 dollars -- part of my did not join him.

And so.

Amounts -- great thing to do because it's you're eliminate any middleman in my been involved and and those are good friends and close in the outflows or constantly -- it's it's getting cold out there in.

I tea and if I may tell a story because it gesture epitomizes everybody what's going on.

Friday.

Friday I was at -- -- day we have had several hundred guys out trying to helpful around.

And so Friday had decided to check on the houses out Long Island -- the kids and -- -- to -- blacked out out -- mechanics of the -- they have -- -- against.

I head out to -- county the -- blacked out dared.

And I head out to us Suffolk County to Dix Hills out there their old blacked out there.

So now I have I have to tell you guess I was gonna go out to see what the house looks like out on the island out -- Hampton -- there.

As soon -- I get nervous and this is what people of what's happening with people.

Is going to be more -- problems than ever before causing society so now I have -- half a tank of gas it's about.

-- 930 at night I go it is Suffolk County trying to funny.

-- -- I'll go around now -- becomes an obsession becomes anxiety.

Now I go to net -- of 25 gas station thirty years -- but I'm noticing.

Every one of whom shut down black early dot I go to -- county 45 more and whatever is there.

Miles and miles of cause I go to queens now it's about 1130 -- is certainly going home on the up beside and I got about a quarter but tanking -- Anxieties thought the buildings like mid Reagan maxis sucked and the list dropping guess -- Slice -- political pundits were -- go up the New York -- I get off the Tarrytown taken nine W I noticed could place to go to sing sing to jail -- And I -- -- a lot of gas station everyone -- blacked out blacked out.

So mound is going down to a little bit less than a quarter of a tank as the story haven't and -- -- -- point guests up.

And then I'm coming -- on a hutch and then I give back to New York it's 1 o'clock in the morning instead of me going home I -- -- estimate that the tank.

I see how far to go sixty miles.

I had on the New Jersey Turnpike -- south I give up the wrong exit Debra -- -- reserve all of a sudden exit seven on the Jersey turnpike I get on it.

-- -- -- -- -- -- What I'm trying to bring out -- -- -- -- -- point out to the point is the -- -- -- as he had done -- settled but the point dearest I call up I courtyard below Philip retirement yeah we're regular and I think yeah I call -- -- wanna -- -- -- what target more.

I call Peter King congressman king.

-- -- -- -- -- We got all the -- the world when that storm hit.

On Tuesday Monday and Tuesday.

Nobody filled up their tanks that big gifts is in the ground let's get some general -- is -- I call threatening -- I don't from massive kind of as did we got all the -- -- -- that's a great idea demo some the government comes out the idea around Sunday.

I me in my smartest guy in the world or these guys that -- of pages of -- -- We had to guess in the ground no we -- -- -- somewhat Monday night.

It would guess the world isn't.

It rated ticket that's it should be no doubt -- -- of course we can only guess the world aren't.

I mean that's started you don't want the widest stories if you don't need yes you caught don't have that anxiety the -- -- -- -- -- yourself to get sick.

300%.

Increase in coronary problems because of the anxiety people just relax the -- will be -- Please the most important and we got an -- -- bonds yeah well.

Norma Norma I don't know I don't know all the tries senator.

And I -- -- -- -- just all goes I was.

An idiot and citations idiot and it became obsessive patient.

And I -- -- tell people please don't -- what I did.