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These Are the Shockingly Long Gas Lines in New York and New Jersey After Sandy

Nov. 4, 2012 10:09am Madeleine Morgenstern

NEW YORK (TheBlaze/AP) — Filling stations with “No Gas” signs taped to the pumps are confronting drivers across New York City and coastal New Jersey amid fuel shortages following Superstorm Sandy.

Those lucky enough to find stations with gas for sale face long lines to reach the pumps.

These are the Shockingly Long Gas Lines in New York and New Jersey After Sandy

New Jersey state troopers keep order as motorist line up to purchase gasoline at the Thomas A. Edison service area on the New Jersey Turnpike Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, near Woodbridge, N.J. Gas lines were long at some gas stations Saturday morning with motorists trying to make purchases before a noon switch to a gas-rationing system ordered by Gov. Chris Christie. Drivers with license plates ending in an even number will be allowed to buy gas on even-numbered days, and those with plates ending in an odd number can make gas purchases on odd-numbered days. (AP)

A Hess gas station employee directs gas lines on Route 110 in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy on Nov. 3, 2012 at Republic Airport in Farmingdale, N.Y. With the death toll currently over 100 and millions of homes and businesses without power, the East Coast is attempting to recover from the effects of floods, fires and power outages brought on by the storm. New Jersey has begun rationing gas and the Department of Defense will be setting up mobile gas stations in New York City and Long Island. (Getty Images)

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Saturday implemented a gas-rationing system reminiscent of the 1970s, where residents with license plates ending in an even number are able to purchase gas only on even-numbered days and those with odd-numbered plates can buy it on odd-numbered days.

The gas crisis is expected to end within days as electricity comes back across the region, allowing fuel to be pumped from refineries, through pipelines, off tanker ships, out of terminals and to gas stations.

But in the meantime, getting gas for vehicles and home generators can mean protracted hunts for open stations and then hours spent in line.

Gas customers on foot with portable containers and lines of vehicles wait for gas pumps to open at a service station Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that resolving gas shortages could take days. Police presence was increased at gas lines after arrests at gas stations over line jumping. (AP)

A crowd gather at a service station with portable containers, waiting for gas pumps to open, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP)

In Staten Island, drivers seemed to be taking the long wait with calm. Sammy Cruz sat for three hours Saturday and still had 20 cars in front of him.

“People are happy to be getting something,” he said. “Nobody’s complaining.”

A police officer tries to calm tensions over line jumping as a crowd of gas customers wait for gas pumps to open at a service station Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP)

Customers line up along Route 22 East at the US Gas, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Pohatcong Township, N.J. , as the gas-rationing ordinance goes into effect. Christie said the system would remain in place as long as he deemed a need for it. (AP)

Edison Police Officer Charle Crincoli informs a motorist that they can’t get gas today, as they wait in long lines at the Tiger Mart Exxon on Route 1 and Parsonage Road in Edison, N.J., Saturday, Nov 3, 2012. (AP)

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Detroit paperboy
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:55am
Ship in some windmills and solar panels for all the lefty Commies…………….I thought they hated fossil fuels…………

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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 11:34am
  Did anyone see the people pushing their cars as the lines crept forward?
  
  They had to “LEAN FORWARD” to push…..
  
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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 12:20pm
  You know, left or liberal or commie…. they’re still fellow Americans. Show some class, this isn’t easy on anyone whether your a democrat or republican.
  
  Why’s everything have to be political? Why’s everything have to be a fight?
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 12:29pm
  Do you think any of those people in line are the same environmentalist
  that do not want to build refineries or pipelines?
  Or how about those coal fired plants that supply your electric?
  Have you figured out this is what Hussain and his minions want for
  Your future?
  Sandy has given you a look at your future on a small scale!
  
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- Angel_light
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 5:23pm
  Monk- LOL!!!! that is clever and so true!
  
  and I bet they are all wishing the price of gas was more like how it was four years ago instead of what it is today…
  
  so is everyone better off now than they were four years ago? if you say “yes” you’re either a swindler doing things you aren’t supposed to be doing or you’re DELUSIONAL!!!!!
  
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Tri-ox
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:53am
But … but … obama killed Osama bin Laden with his bare hands …

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- Blitz
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 11:21am
  Ha ha ha thanks for the morning laugh.
  
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- hatchetjob
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 2:03pm
  Smart thinking, TRI-OX, thanks for the chuckle.
  
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- DOra Glasberg
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 4:13pm
  And the Romney’s too.
  
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jackact
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:51am
The truth hurts.
It is now evident that the state government of NY (run by corrupt democrats) is totally incapable of providing assistance on any level to its desperate citizenry. The governor of the state has gone on record stating that the hurricane is a direct cause of so-called ‘global warning’?
The hubris of the incompetent NYC political machine is evident when generators for the NYC marathon, capable of powering 1000 homes had to be forcibly demanded by the people of NY (and their patron, NY Post) to assist the ravaged areas. Then 6 days after Sandy were dumped in a NJ lot………unused.
The entire county will choose a different path on Nov. 6th.
Will NY?

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:58am
  Indeed, and there are accounts being told over the radio of people at the gas lines informed ‘the government vehicles will be given priority; the gas is for THEM! NOT for YOU!!!”
  
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- R.A. Bullseye
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 12:51pm
  Amen !!
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 1:29pm
  Is that a fact?
  I was wondering what happened to the generators and this is the first
  I have heard! If so are they again being guarded?
  
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Tigress1
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:50am
Where’s the Community Organizer? Oh, that’s right. Obama’s busy hanging out with his Hollywood buddies. This is what you get when you elect a rock star and not somebody who KNOWS how to run things. Maybe now this country wants a real PRESIDENT instead of a rock star!

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- hatchetjob
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 2:06pm
  Amen to that TIGRESS1.
  
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NO_MORE_OBAMA
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:47am
These people voted for the idiots who are not trying to help them. They deserve what they voted for.
Do I feel sorry for you all? Hell no

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toomuchgovt
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:46am
The other thing I don’t want to say but I will, why do pple who don’t have cars, don’t own generators need gas? What are they going to do with it? Bloomberg doesn’t allow guns, but Gas is flammable and in the wrong hands can be misused. Madcow was on MSNBC telling people how to misuse gas, and alcohol.

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Individualism
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:46am
yeah a new source of fuel that is affordable needs to come out soon or standard of living could drastically drop in the future. Methane gas would be good there is plenty of that.

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- Fubared
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 12:53pm
  Look at how many windy turbines you alone could power.
  
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toomuchgovt
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:43am
My hubbie and I just sent a box of some things to a local church we found online and we’ve donated to Mercury one. I understand the frustration of pple around America. My hubbie this morning was reminding me of the drought in the midwest, the pple of Mississippi after Katrina how they pulled together, the floods in Nashville, Joplin, heck the floods just last year right outside our own town in Owego, NY. We heard crickets. I just don’t want us to be the people that sat back.

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COFemale
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:37am
Can you explain why Florida or the Gulf Coast states do not have this problem after a Hurricane? I never remember long lines after a hurricane in Florida. Oh that’s right, Floridians fill up their vehicles prior to a hurricane or tropical store ensuring they have full tanks and they fill up plastic cans just in case too. They also EVACUATE when told to do so. They get prepared, they plan ahead. New Yorkers are clueless. They become complacent and think the government is going to save their a$$. Surprise, surprise.

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- American Soldier (Separated)
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 12:53pm
  How do you know they didn’t?
  
  A week has gone buy. A full tank of gas, for anyone that works, only lasts a week. No power? Running generators? How long will that last?
  
  I agree though, they should have evacuated to survive the initial hit. These people survived without evacuating. Now they have to rebuild their damage community. Or should they just completely abandon their home and their lives because you think that’s what they should do?
  
  I swear, more and more people are being too cynical and judgemental to their fellow Americans….
  
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- scadoodle
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 1:10pm
  Agree with American Soldier. Filled up my tank, but that’s long gone. Have to drive to work and get things like groceries. There hasn’t been anyone cutting into lines here.
  
  BTW, do you know there are people who didn’t vote for Obama in NJ and NY? Cut us a break. The one good thing about the hurricane is that it swept away all the Obama/Biden lawn signs in Princeton :)
  
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- hotmonkeylovejunkie
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 11:18pm
  cofemale, absolutely 100% correct. I have come under a barrage of negativity myself on FB for making the same observation. and I’m not even from the south or east. but like you have stated, common sense dictates when given the needed information and suggestion for preparedness, always best to heed the advice given. ignorance is not an excuse
  
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jungle J
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:35am
They are special..they voted for Obama they should get our gas.

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skippy6
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:35am
Will this shut up the regressive left knot heads who mock the preppers??? I doubt it because their attention span is about a minute……

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randy
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:33am
People sit in lines for 2 to 3 hours or more?

How about getting in your car if you have gas, drive an hour outside the city, fill up your car and about ten 5 gallon gas cans? Duh.

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- JediKnight
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:51am
  I think the problem is that many of them continued commuting to work for a few days after the super storm passed through. They probably didn’t fill up their gas tanks before the hurricane made landfall, so they were woefully unprepared for the aftermath. They don’t have enough gas to make that one hour drive.
  
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Stelex
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:32am
Hey ProgPete……..this is what true progressivism looks like…….just picture it nation wide……JAGOV

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:42am
  Ah yes progressive pole puffing Pete,an OBAMAZOMBIE of the lowest order,Pete’s idiocy is stunning to say the least.
  
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BlackCrow
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:31am
Gee out here in Yokel Texas there were no lines at all at the gas station. Could it be there might be more people in New York than the environment can support if the infrastructure fails? They figured that out after Katrina made life a little difficult in New Orleans and that is now a much smaller city.

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UBETHECHANGE
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:31am
In Staten Island, drivers seemed to be taking the long wait with calm. Sammy Cruz sat for three hours Saturday and still had 20 cars in front of him.

“People are happy to be getting something,” he said. “Nobody’s complaining.”

I’m sure if we had a president with an R after his name, these people would be rioting and would not be so understanding.

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randy
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:30am
Obamas Jimmy “The Peanut Farmer” Carter Moment!
Anyone here old enough to remember gas rationing during Carter?
First thing I thought of when I read even and odd number plates.

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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 11:32am
  Hi Randy,
  
  Yep, I was in those lines. My car was real light so I just turned it off and pushed it as the lines crept forward.
  
  OK… that’s funny…… I had to “Lean Forward” to push my car.
  
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Mapache
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:29am
It would make more sense of the National Guard to help get the private gas stations open and functioning than to waste time with the FREE GAS program.Maybe FEMA should contract for a company to provide two gallon gas containers filled with gas as part of their emergency planning program.

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Mapache
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:25am
I do not get it. After a week, you count the number of gas stations, FEMA arranges to get each one without power a generator and arranges emergency gas tankers to keep the stations with gas…..is it all that difficult?
I would think that within a weeks time generators and extra tanker trucks could have arrived from CA and FL by now.

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- Stelex
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:34am
  Government does nothing well………..why on Earth would anyone want bigger government.
  
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barber2
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:25am
Strange . I just checked the front page of the New York Times and there is NO mention of this . Isn’t that odd ? Why, they just have a little campaign boost for Obama and a ” Ryan is quiet now but planning to be real active” in a Romney administration scare on their front page ! Isn’t that all so odd. Forgot to check the editorial titles….. NOBAMA 2012

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oriondma05
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:25am
And Obama said that oil/gas is the energy of the past. So many people lined up to buy this antiquated technology.

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:36am
  Barry is trying very hard to make oil and gas the thing of the past,something about lowering our standard of living that excites the Marxist mulatto POS fraud heathen.
  
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DGFDOUG
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:24am
I’m wondering why the Obama agencies are working to get GAS & Diesel to the area. Why not solar panels and wind turbines? I’ll bet the victims are thankful that the shutdown of coal fired power plants continues apace. Just sayin’…

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KingCanon
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:24am
Obamalines will spring up for every staple good known to man.

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GMAN455
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:21am
Obamaville they had days to prepare to get gas and supplys and wheres the drive-by media at asking where bush is ahh i mean the Bamster at ? unbelievable

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- barber2
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:27am
  GMAN: …but..but…but Obama and the lefty environmental scammers HATE oil and gas and coal !
  
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drattastic
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:20am
Bottom line DON’T depend on government. These people had a weeks warning , a thinking person should always have at least a few weeks supplies put back and rotate through them .

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Painter Guy
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:14am
A sign of things to come….

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- WeKnowTheseTruths
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:24am
  Agreed, this may not be far off from the new normal we could see with another Obama term.
  
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- momrules
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:28am
  These will be *the good old days* if Obama gets to stay in the Oval Office.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 10:29am
  PAINTER: do the gas line riots come before the class/ race riots or after ? Mr. Divider-in-Chief seems to be working so hard to pit various groups against one another…so I’m not sure…
  
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