New York – The gas station lines are considerably shorter on Long Island as rationing gets under way.
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A driver passing about 20 stations on Friday morning found about half were open.
A couple of stations had lines of about 30 to 40 cars. But the system was working smoothly.
In other places, there were only a few cars in line. Drivers who got really lucky only had to wait about five minutes.
A driver who got to fill up his tank says Manhattan gas lines are better now that there’s rationing.
But Ira Friedman, who’s a doctor, says he doesn’t understand why New Yorkers are still “in this situation.”
A fellow customer, Angel Ventura, says he starts looking for gas when his fuel gauge drops below a quarter.
His delivery van has a 29-gallon tank.
Ventura says the possibility of running out of gas makes him “crazy.”
He’s gotten used to one-hour waits. On Friday, it was only 15 minutes.
Says Ventura: “It’s about time, right?”
If that is what you call smoothly. Impeach Cuomo.
Can someone explain to me how come ONLY Hess and BP have gas while Exxon/Mobil stations are mostly closed?
I think there is lotys here we dont know and we are being held in the dark
Can’t birvebthis garbage thereis no gas in Brooklyn
According to Reuters, the smaller regional suppliers like Rio, Hess and WaWa have a greater stake in getting their stations up and running and provide all the help they need, the larger multinational chains like Exxon/Mobil simply do not care of some franchise operators stay closed.
Re-fuel your energy.
The gas solution is a great idea – but if you go sown many main streets where there are lots of gas stations – they are closed why no gas – so how does this solve the issue.
Also to ChareidiMan – Hess stations are owned by HESS, not sure about the others.
For those in Queens and Long Island,go over the bridge into Westchester county,specifically New Rochelle off I-95 .Besides gas at Costco,there is a gas station on every other block of Route 1. 15 mniutes from toll booth ,